June 18th, 2009
If you haven’t noticed already I’ve been making changes to my online presence for the last couple of weeks or so. I’ve recently redesigned my blog, added what I like to call a “link blog” and have created a twitter account for people who read my blog to know when I’ve published something new. All of these changes(which I’m still in the process of ironing out) are my attempt to build a consistent online look and feel. And things are looking good too. My site redesign is at about 80% and the link blog, which can be found here is being updated regularly.
I’m doing this for two reasons. The first is to push myself to think and write more creatively. I’ve always loved writing, but I’ve never had enough confidence to show tons of people my opinions or ideas. Using the web is a great and easy way for me to put it out there and use whatever feedback to grow and learn.
Secondly, it’s to meet new people. With the advent of Twitter and Social Networking in general it’s been a lot easier to find people with whom you share common interests. This can lead to great friendships that may lifetime, and can open your mind to interesting new ideas or perspectives that you may have never seen otherwise.
In essence, I’ve thrown myself into the online world in order to give people that may or may not know me a glimpse of who I am and the way I do things and hopefully inspire those that my need direction or just something funny to read.
June 17th, 2009
So, you can now be updated every time I write something new by following @iamskelephant on twitter. Think of it as an RSS Feed, only on twitter.
June 13th, 2009
[Taken from the journal of Jacob Solomon]
April 17, 1988 – Los Angeles, California
Plans.
That seems to be the word of that has been resonating in my head as of late. Why? I don’t know. What force is behind the thoughts that develop in your head? For all I know it could be the devil, it could be my age, it could even be stress caused from the constant changing atmosphere that is my life at this moment in time. If you were to ask me to pinpoint where I think it might be coming for you’d be disappointed, because I don’t know.
I don’t know, now there’s a statement.
Admitting that you don’t know anything is hard for some people. The thought of tarnishing their pride and looking inferior, no matter how insignificant it is, is in itself, mortifying, abhorrent and impossible to them. Facing reality and noticing that they do have an Achilles heel causes them to panic and overcompensate; they quickly put on a paper mache costume of one who is strong, charismatic and always right. They are continually hiding who they really are.
I have plans, but I don’t know what they are. You can say that I have goals in life, but no idea on how to connect from point A to point B. There are obstacles. Some physical, some emotional, and some that are beyond my control. I’m too young for some and too old for others. I’m a dreamer caught in the current of a life that was set in motion way before I had a choice. I grasp and hold on tightly to anything that can slow the rate in which this river flows.
I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. I can feel the object I’m clinging to straining. Each creak the result of the weight I’ve placed upon it. I can feel it’s dying breath getting weaker as time passes. I can feel how bad it hurts.
Why does it have to be so hard?
June 9th, 2009
So after watching today’s WWDC Keynote address I was filled with the urge to dive deep within the world of iPhone development. I made a pact with myself to build my own personal iPhone App, for twitter of course.
I’m doing this because I learn by getting my hands dirty and setting a goal makes the whole process of learning that much more fun. Also, the idea of developing and App which may in the future be a source of income intrigues me. Who knows I might even make something really cool once I get a grip of Objective-C a little better.
So here’s wishing me good luck on my adventures. I’ll keep you posted on the progress. And now to hit the books.
June 5th, 2009
So this summer I decided to do myself some good and create a summer reading list. I’ve been meaning to this for a while but the busyness of my school and work schedule of prior didn’t afford me much time to get much reading in.
I’m making it my duty to read the following this summer:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Me Talk Pretty One Day & When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
I’ve been wanting to read these books for the longest, so they should make for a pretty good summer.
