Step by Step Blogger FTP Migration Tool

@RKlau walks you thru using the Blogger FTP Migration Tool that should be rolled out this evening. Blogger FTP will be closing May 1st.

I Want My Disney Style Monorail!

We are headed to the biggest traffic jam ever seen by man... but there is a solution, and Walt started it in 1959, Now is the time to go back, So we can all move forward.

And as ever we will be right in the middle of it.

Join us Today for the Southern California Transit Forum.

U is for Use

How To Use Twitter To Affect Social Change

Because if you are not using a tool, how can you understand it?

S is for Sunrise

I wake up in the morning and I consciously create my day the way I want it to happen. Now sometimes, because my mind is examining all the things that I need to get done, it takes me a little bit to settle down and get to the point of where I'm actually intentionally creating my day. But here's the thing: When I create my day and out of nowhere little things happen that are so unexplainable, I know that they are the process or the result of my creation. And the more I do that, the more I build a neural net in my brain that I accept that that's possible. This gives me the power and the incentive to do it the next day.

So if we're consciously designing our destiny, and if we're consciously from a spiritual standpoint throwing in with the idea that our thoughts can affect our reality or affect our life -- because reality equals life -- then I have this little pact that I have when I create my day. I say, 'I'm taking this time to create my day and I'm infecting the quantum field. Now if (it) is in fact the observer's watching me the whole time that I'm doing this and there is a spiritual aspect to myself, then show me a sign today that you paid attention to any one of these things that I created, and bring them in a way that I won't expect, so I'm as surprised at my ability to be able to experience these things. And make it so that I have no doubt that it's come from you,' and so I live my life, in a sense, all day long thinking about being a genius or thinking about being the glory and the power of God or thinking about being unconditional love.

I'll use living as a genius, for example. And as I do that during parts of the day, I'll have thoughts that are so amazing, that cause a chill in my physical body, that have come from nowhere. But then I remember that that thought has an associated energy that's produced an effect in my physical body. Now that's a subjective experience, but the truth is is that I don't think that unless I was creating my day to have unlimited thought, that that thought would come. -Dr. Joe Dispenza

I Create My Day, Go Create Yours.

O is for Outside

Do not believe that yours is the only answer, think outside of the box...

F is for First Person Shooters

FPS - First Person Shooters raise your visual acuity in real world situations a whooping 58% according to the journal of Nature Neuroscience.

So next time you look at your kid playing Battlefield 1943, realize that she is getting 58% more information from that scene as you are, and that still holds true when she is AFK (away from the keyboard)

Got BFG?

D is for Dedication

Ok so now we have you thinking, I wanna blog...

Now what? Now you need to dedicate yourself to your passion.

But HOW DO I DO THAT???

Set up a task that you can complete in 15 min a day that you will do for the next month.

My Name Is ______ And I will post once a day for the next month. << Put that on your monitor as a sticky note Ideas to get you started. The ABC's of... The 30 things You did not know about... How To Cook A Dish A day <<< FOOODIES!!! They Said WHAT??? <<<< NEWZIES!!! 30 Steps to Peace <<<< Give Peace a chance! A Dialog With Myself... <<< Remember Diary's? Thirty days of Sunsets <<< Photoblogging 29 Ted Talks that have inspired me and why. << Youtubers crank up your vid cam! 50 ways to leave your lover... Get Dedicated, Get Creative, Get Blogging... Lemme know if I can help.
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Google DNS Setup

What is DNS? Learn about DNS & then update your DNS settings for safer surfing with Googles new public DNS servers, 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4

Photosynth How To

A Photosynth is a way of using your digital camera to really grab a space and time.
Yesterday I visited my Friends Drew and Maria Brophy and shot the synth above in about 15 min.

Check out some more cool Photosynths at Photosynth.net

Twitter Gifting

My first antidote to the "I-ness" issue is something called Twitter Gifting.


Look at your list of followers. Who are they? What information or entertainment can you send their way? How can you acknowledge them? Engagement begins with acknowledgement and to make a friendly thoughtful gesture is the best way to open up a conversation.

We Aren't Our Numbers
The Dunbar Number intrigues me and there does seem to be an upper limit to how many people you can hold a meaningful conversation with. However, the numbers game is fruitless, people jockeying for the most amount of followers annoys me, we aren't competing for who has the longest contact list. It's about the discussion. Who are you influencing? What information are you sharing? What conversations are you starting and nurturing?

Let's talk quality. Let's build a resource. Let's connect. My first suggestion is Twitter Gifting.

1. bring something to the conversation

2. show that you care, that you looked at who they are, that you listen

3. wrap it cleverly and with care

a. include their @username
b. make your Tweet a bit short for easy retweeting
c. use is.gd or a link shortener
d. give hint to the content, use descriptive language

4. Words to the wise. Always view the complete item before you forward.

Twitter Gifting is our first in a list of antidotes to the issue of "I-ness."

Now you are Ready To Go and become part of the conversation.

How to Search Twitter Real Time

Twitter's saved searches open up the Twitter-verse. By searching for your keywords you can connect with the conversations that you are most interested in. Connecting and building via shared interests builds a dynamic community which not only gives you a platform to spread your message but also keeps you informed of new information and new networks to explore.

You are now Ready To Go!