Hopefully you’ll agree with the title of the blog post. If not, things will be back to normal by Monday.
Stock markets – legalized gambling or not? Technically not, but if you’re in it for the (very) short term, then yeah.
Tribes – interesting concept being talked about at length by Seth Godin (his book by the same name is out now.) I see some value in the concept (I think Hugh MacLeod does as well), but I wonder about things like:
- Are tribes really exclusive?
- Can I belong to multiple tribes?
- Can I be a leader in one tribe and a follower in many other tribes?
- If two tribes go to war… (sorry, 80′s music reference)
Content creation – feeling a bit overextended, like I’ve put out too many fishing lines and I feel obligated to keep tending them. Unfortunately, I’m a bit short on fishing line, hooks, and worms.
Social media blogging – social media blogging is becoming very saturated; the leaders have pretty clearly emerged, I think, and there are plenty of other strong voices. Although I’ve written a lot about this space, and will continue to do so where I think it continues to fit at Broadcasting Brain, I’m more interested in the ideas behind content creation (despite my comments above), fiction, psychology (sort of), sociology (kind of), self-expression and self-actualization. These topics are interrelated. I think it all culminates in self-actualization, though. Be all you can be, you know?
Humor – I’m consciously trying to use more humor here. In part it’s a creative exercise; it’s also amusing and fun, at least to me.
Confidence – can be a scarce resource at times.
Energy – ditto. What keeps you going in your creative efforts?
This blog post sounds like me talking to myself rather than you and I apologize for that. I guess it’s just the way it’s coming out.
So, how about you? If you’re active on the Web in some way shape or form these days, how do you feel about it? Things going well? On track? Off track? Hey, maybe I can offer some advice that can help a little. Why not leave a comment?
On your twitter page Mark, is that the 10,000 Rubies Galaxy?
I don't know, Tammy. I wish I could remember where I got the image from, but I don't. Sorry.
That's the Orion Nebula, my friend.
Never been there, but I'll take your word for it.
Is that some of the so-called “humor” you're adding to the blog, Mark?