I’m trying to come up with a bumper sticker abbreviation of my current PodCast slogan. Currently, I use Gandhi’s condensed quote, “Live the change you want to see.” I need to have this quote condensed into something quickly actionable. Something like “Live the Change Daily”. or “Live the Change Every Day”.

Ideas?

I’ll be taking all the ideas, putting them in a bundle, and either putting them up to a vote, or selecting a winner randomly. The winner gets a bag from ChicoBag.

Originally posted over on my Livejournal blog.


When I start talking about Twitter, or microblogging, people look at me, and usually say, “Why would you want to do that?” I talk about keeping touch with people, virtual watercoolers, conversation starting, homeschooling interaction with my geek daughter… lots of topics. Because we’re all here online together right now, I can recommend that you take a look at the definitive YouTube video on Twitter in Plain English.

If video doesn’t do it for you, here’s what Twitter is to me.

First off, Twitter starts you off with the question of, “What are you doing?”


Notice that number in the corner there, it encourages you to enter a 140 character response. Then your post gets put into a stream of other entries, from your contacts.

Okay. Why do I care that Andy’s hands are sticky… Maybe, I don’t. Maybe, though, his hands are sticky because he’s having another of his famous snacks. The SocNet community checks in with Andy to see what some of the best snacks are, and what are the best ways to eat them. Everybody needs a hobby.

While you think that this may be a kind of micro-niche web application, there are a bunch of micro-blogging sites out there now. The Social Networking community jumps around, testing new tools. I’ve got accounts on Brightkite, Jaiku, Twitter, and Pownce.

I’m busy trying to asses whether or not I should pick one of these sites and stick with it. To that end, I’ve created a spreadsheet (back off, I’m a geek, I know it) that compares the top three contenders for my main micro-blogging site. I’ve rated them on character limits, adding links or photos, contacts/friends adding, as well as some of their mobile/smartphone features. I know that I’ve not captured all the features that should be compared, and so I’m reaching out to the community to see what else should be covered, and what those features are. I’m also sure there are other micro-blogging sites that aren’t in my brief list.

If you’d like to help out comparing these metrics, please check out the sheet over on Google Docs.

If you want to be involved in editing the sheet, please drop me a line at wholelotofnonsense at gmail dot com and put “Micro-Blogging Comparison” in the email subject line.

A global food crisis comes home to roost. There are price increases in the local school lunce, and flour prices are rising. Let’s share some information and ideas and work to do our part to help resolve some of the thing causing international food riots.

Some key links

This is available as an mp3 for download.

The next in our series of ideas about "Human Footprint" from National Geographic. Today we talk about meat consumption and wonder if there are ways we can easily reduce it.

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This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s Cows R Us from Kick in the Can and Tees from Matthew Ebel.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

"Human Footprint" from National Geographic was recommended to my by JR Murdock in a Twitter post from him. I think this video is chock full of things we humans do wrong. Let’s see if we can come up with ways to reduce our carbon footprint. We’ll start here, and move on.

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This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s IT from maestross, Pachelbel Canon in D - Ska out of a Cannon from aprigliano, and How do you do? from George Hrab.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

Music… it soothed the sick beast I was the better part of the last few days. Join me a some nice, quiet… well, kinda quiet tune.

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This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s Coma Girl from Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

The time is now. We need to start driving sales of Infected up an up. The bigger we can make Scott Sigler’s book now, the better chance we’ll have to get other awesome PodioBook authors such as Seth Harwood, JC Hutchins, Mur Lafferty, Jack Mangan, Tee Morris, and all the other amazing people over at Podiobooks.com.
Listen: DoitforSigler.mp3

This show, we talk handkerchiefs. Tissues, handkerchiefs, and snot… It may not sound like much, but there’s a hot debate going on about mucous. Oh yeah… and we finish with a mention of Scott Sigler’s upcoming signing for his new hardcover, Infected, and a rag… yep, a story about blowing your nose environmentally ends with a rag… snicker…

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This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s Punk Snot Dead from The Noids!, Booger from Tadago Pie, The Shack Song from Justin Gordon, and Zipolite Rag from Justin Gordon.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

This show, I read a recent speech delivered by Robert Menendez, Senator from NJ. Why am I reading a speech? Sometimes, we need to be aware of the whole text of what our elected officials are saying… sound bites only give you what the editor wants you to hear.

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This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s Head Case from Bubble and the skin of my yellow country teeth from clap your hands say yeah.

This is available as an mp3 for download.

Today we talk about some new opportunities for you to help change the world. Why not check out Have Justice Will Travel and learn how you can help fight domestic violence.? The crew here at Whole Lot/Little Bit of Nonsense also wants to ask y’all to think positive thoughts for my friend Lisa who lost her father, and offer her support as she does the Scope it Out 5K Run to help raise awareness about, and money for, colon cancer research.

Some key links

This show’s music comes from the PodSafe Music Network. It’s Bloomington from Beeblebrox and Dear Dawn from Geordie Keitt.

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