Discovery

I listen to several podcasts a week, most of these are technology or news related, however, on the recommendation of a friend, I started listening to TEDTalks and Pop!Tech also. These podcasts are recorded at their respective conferences and cover many different subjects from leaders in nearly every discipline, from Billy Graham to Robert Ballard.

They often have short musical pieces from cutting edge performers, some like Benjamin Zander, musical director for the Boston Philharmonic, will speak on achievement or theory based on their musical experience and some are like Rodrigo y Gabriela, the Mexican Flamenco duo who are gaining popularity around the world.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a huge fan of Flamenco music and when I initially applied to college it was to be a major in classical guitar, so it is likely that I am biased towards this type of music. However, after you see them perform, I am certain you will agree that this is one of the most exciting acts to appear in several years. I can't wait until I can see them live in concert!.

Reformatting?

Several of the blogs I read have recently announced that they are going to change focus, direction or content. That sounds like fun! I am going to do that too. Fortunately for me, since it has been over 7 months since I posted here last, changing direction will not really be difficult.

In all seriousness, earlier this year I had multiple blogs about different subjects. I had started a business blog, a fictional travelog hosted by a character I created, and a self-improvement blog. I felt that none of them got the attention they deserved and additionally, I spent so much time deciding which Blog was the most appropriate that I never did the writing. Productivity management gurus recommend having one notebook to keep everything in, because multiple notebooks and locations for notes only lead to lost notes and wasted time looking for then. This is good advice and I applying it to my blogging. I chose to continue this blog in favor of my other ones because this was the first and by its very nature the subject matter, as hinted in the title, does not have to be topically specific.

In addition to multiple blogs, I also have been participating in forum discussions on Linkedin and the Greenlight Community and minimally on Twitter.

I am going to use this one blog as the cornerstone of my writing efforts, linking back to my forum posts and to other bloggers and offering more of my own commentary.

Looking forward to sharing more random thoughts from the dusty corners of my brain!

V.