Developing the Conversation, Internally

Whether you realize it or no, blogging and audio/video podcasting is about developing a conversation, both with yourself and with your community. First you have to converse with yourself.

If you're not comfortable conversing with yourself, you many not exhibit comfort conversing with others. So one must strike up a conversation with oneself. To do that, find out what you like to do for personal development...and then put that into the public eye. If for instance you like studying Tai Chi, learn to do it with others. If you like podcasting, learn to push yourself in production...and then reach out to others. This idea of reaching out to others may sound counter-intuitive if we're talking about self-conversation...but to really learn, you have to put yourself into more challenging situations...and you may not be able to challenge yourself in ways that are sufficient for growth. By interacting with others, you are faced with external challenges which will help you learn how to deal with your own internal questions.

Once you find yourself being challenged by your own activities, you can begin to reach out to help others and/or work with others toward common goals.

This podcast is the beginning of my self-conversation. I'm pushing myself to produce on a constant basis, and putting the result of that production into the public eye so that I can learn from comments, criticism and the internal fire that comes with continual production.

As I produce, I see ways that I can grow more rapidly. Is this true for you in your situation?

I saw this with video blogging, which is why I began interviewing people. Have you seen those interviews? Please check them out here.

..Alex.

Minute Tech 049: Mourning - What is the Obituary?

- Laser Etch that Holiday Gift;
- Mourning: What is the Obituary?
- Bre Pettis provides interstitial music.

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Interstitial music from Apple's GarageBand & Bre Pettis.

..alex.

Minute Tech 048: Mourning - What Are Your Customs?

- Le Web launches Social Media in France
- Mourning: What Are Your Customs?
- and, Chris Brogan suggests paper cut-outs to educate.

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Interstitial music snippets by bre pettis, of the I Make Things podcast.

..Alex.

Minute Tech 47: Mourning: Are You Being Creative?

- Atlantis grounded until January due to Package Deliver conflicts;
- Mourning: Are You Being Creative?
- Are you an Early Adopter, using Google Reader...or roadkill???

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Show Archive

..Alex.

Minute Tech 046: What is Sledding?

- Morgan Stanley, Atlantis and the Evil Empire;
- What is Sledding?
- and, Seeking Stylistic Cues from FAP and BizTech.

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..Alex.

Minute Tech 045: What is Tobogganing?

- Intel's Penryn and ESA's Columbus make debuts;
- What is Tobogganing?
- Listening to my earlier shows...for enjoyment.

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..Alex.

Minute Tech 044: What is Ice Skating?

- Oil is up, Oil is Down, Imus is up, Apple is Down;
- What is Ice Skating?
- Toyboxcar Leads Me to Scribd.com.

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..alex.