Comments for brad nelson

Comment on WTO, 10 years later by Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:04:29 +0000

Small world. I was one of those people with a drum on 6th and Pike…. I could have used your chemistry goggles, my bandana had nothing on good solid, UW protective eyewear.

I really appreciate your reflections on the event, I was musing about writing about it as well, but too many of my memories are too tied up in the love affair I was having at the time and the fact that I was feverish with strep throat during the protest and any recollection is dubiously tainted. Sort of like the night I saw the Ravenna Pig, I have to keep asking myself — did that really happen?

I agree, the real tragedy of the WTO protest was that there was no follow-through. I can remember feeling the overwhelming sense of accomplishment in closing down the talks that day, of seeing 30, 000 regular people take to the streets of Seattle to unite for one purpose. It was so empowering, I recall feeling physically swollen with pride. We all had our reasons for being there whether it was for labor standards, frankenfoods, animal welfare or economic equality (to name a few) but on the day we were all hand in hand despite our differences. I thought that kind of unity could not be reckoned with. We would convince the world what we had to say was worth hearing. We could not fail. I was wrong.

Comment on Flying Trapeze! by brad

brad — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:50:38 +0000

Yes me too, it’s way fun.

Comment on Flying Trapeze! by LaRae Lobdell

LaRae Lobdell — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:44:32 +0000

I kind of want to join the circus after watching this!

Comment on the decade from my lens by Hal

Hal — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:19 +0000

What a great view!!! Awesome post…

Comment on Favorite Music of 2009 by Brent Enarson

Brent Enarson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:40:29 +0000

http://www.benarson.com/other/new_wilco_album.mp3

Comment on The Fire Hose by Melody

Melody — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:22:35 +0000

I follow about 1000 people, and have great difficulty keeping up with twitter. I don’t know how some people follow 30,000 people. @Unmarketing is pretty insistent that he can keep it real following 30,000 and I just have to assume he has a lot of time for twitter. I find that I skim looking for a few people that I am most interested in. I fear if I dropped 500 people, I’d have no followers left! I know it’s shameful for me to think that way, but I do. I also specifically go to the profiles of a few people who I always want to know what they’re writing – it’s one way to catch up with them.

Comment on Favorite Music of 2009 by matt

matt — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:57:44 +0000

i agree with mos def’s “ecstatic”, track 3 with slick rick is great! but the rest is also great!! i don’t agree that tru magik wasn’t solid though. i think it’s pretty good, the track about N.O. and hurricane katrina was done in one straight shot, no cuts.he is mos definetly one of the most talented men in hip-hop!

Comment on Favorite Music of 2009 by Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:46:43 +0000

Very much agreed on Grizzly Bear..

I think Beach House’s Teen Dream will be on your 2010 list.

Comment on The Fire Hose by Vik Duggal

Vik Duggal — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:31:47 +0000

We either have to find DJs or be our own…

It’s all about filtering now that there is such an abundance of content. Since you limited the convo to Twitter and RSS Reader, let’s focus on those two.

With Twitter, the addition of lists and the Retweet feature and tools like Tweetdeck, make it easier to filter the content coming out of the hose so you can focus your attention on those people you want to hear from and that content your interested in most (subject matter/keywords).

With the RSS Reader, it’s less of a stream that you can miss so sometimes the number of unread items can build, but I can read those at my leisure and in the priority I set.

Overall, I think you need not be (or shouldn’t be) pulling out your phone every waking opportunity. I’m going head up to 30,000 ft here (as I tell my clients): Start with the goals and objectives for your life (personal/business), see what tools are important to meet those objectives and accomplish those goals. If Twitter and an RSS Reader make the list, see if the content coming out of those tools is helping you meet the original goals and objectives you set originally. If it’s not, it’s just for fun, hobby, or simply a waste of time.

It’s more important than ever for those of us who are early adopters and have the firehose problem to be selfish.

What do you think Brad? Others?

Comment on The Fire Hose by S!ick

S!ick — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:57:09 +0000

When I began to use Twitter, it was very easy to limit who I followed and to try to read every post they made. When more Twitter accounts were created that I felt I “needed” and wanted to follow, limiting the number of accounts that I followed became very difficult. If I limit myself to following only those I can read every post from, I’ll miss something great from those I don’t follow. There’s too much coming out of the “hose”, I can’t drink it all in, so I just catch what I can when I can (to try to stay aware of what’s happening). I’m sure I have, and will, miss something important…it’s a numbers game that I can’t win.