Ready For Takeoff
Tonight I finished the Thirty Day Challenge pre-season lessons. That involved the following tasks:
- Installed and configured the Flock browser
- Installed all recommended add-ons
- Created new accounts (just for this site) at delicious, stumbleupon, youtube, facebook, and friendfeed
What have I learned?
- I now have a whole new appreciation for the depth of social networking. I had no idea that all of these different accounts could be linked together and basically provide a “life stream” of everything you do. I need to give the whole concept some more thought and learn the finer points of the technique.
- I have a better understanding how important it is to stay abreast of changes in the Internet landscape. A site that is doing well without using some of these powerful new tools, could be thriving beyond comparison by taking advantage of the available technology and the increased exposure it can provide.
- The final nugget of wisdom and inspiration I am taking away from the pre-season lessons was in one of Ed’s final pre-season videos. He talked about getting out of your head, away from your computer, and noticing things around you specifically for the purpose of capturing ideas and inspiration that might be useful when doing market research. Notice everything and take notes. These ideas will be useful later.
This is a theme I’ve been planning to write about for a week or so, because I feel like as though a faucet has been turned on in my head and now the ideas are just gushing out. Ever since I started brainstorming content ideas, my brain has come to life. No matter what I’m doing - driving, running, playing with my kids, sleeping - ideas just pop into my head and I am compelled to write them down.
The post-it notes and scribbled notebook pages continue to multiply, and now my brain has started to focus on finding a more organized way to capture all of this information. In order to free it up to do the fun stuff, I have been casting about for a better way. I’m familiar with David Allen’s Getting Things Done
You have my solemn pledge that I will find the right solution (for me) and share that solution on this site in the interest of helping anyone else who is afraid the brilliant 4 a.m. brainstorm will be lost or forgotten by the time the morning coffee has been poured.