Journey Inside My Mind ™

I woke the Dreamgirls up early this morning at 3 AM this morning so that we could eat breakfast at Bob Evans at 4 AM and then head to some doorbuster sales around our neighborhood. It turned out that Target had everything we really wanted. It was my first ever doorbuster experience, and I won’t forget it.

When I came home, I asked folks on Twitter if it was too self-serving for me to UStream the unboxing. I didn’t think it was interesting, but a few folks requested I do it, so I did in the video that follows. At the end of this video, I encouraged people again to check out How I Got My Job.

I think the video is about 30 minutes or so:

Live streaming video by Ustream

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Summary

Listener feedback, New Media Cincinnati updates, and celebrating mothers!

Listening Options

• Direct link to file (mp3, 45:55, 42.0 MB)
• JIMM Podcast on MySpace
• Subscribe to the feed
• Add to your iTunes subscription
• From ANY phone: +1 (650) 523-6856 (via Podlinez.net)

Music from the Podsafe Music Network (PMN)

Happy Mother’s Day to mothers everywhere!

Listener Feedback

• Ed Ovett from http://edsmixedbag.com commented on Keisha’s guest host appearance on JIMM 105
• Kevin Reeves from http://kevinreeves.net contacted me because he saw me give out my number on Twitter

New Media Cincinnati Update

• http://twitter.com/newmediacincy is one of the best places to get updates on the group
• http://newmediacincinnati.com redirects to the Facebook group
• Audio from the May meetup posted to http://journeyinsidemymind.com and http://danieljohnsonjr.com
• Working on getting meetup setup for June 2008

Podcamp Ohio is June 28, 2008!

• More info at http://podcampohio.com
• Are you going? Contact me so that we can get together! +1-206-666-5466

Celebrating Mothers

• Keisha shares about her Mommy, Nana, Grandma, and Grandma Linda
• Jennie shares about her Mom and about being a mother to Keisha
• I share about my Mom (aka the Official Mom of Journey Inside My Mind) and about Jennie being Keisha’s Mommy

Music Played

Special thanks to all the independent artists who’ve let their music be played on this episode! (via http://music.podshow.com)

• Rory, “Up and Go” (JIMM Theme)
• Kevin Reeves, “Mother”
• Adam Zampino, “Mystical Vista”
• Beth Hirsch, “All Together”
• Alexander Blu, “Childhood”
• The Alice Project, “I’m Having a Great Day”
• Martin Herzberg, “Walk for Change”
• Rebecca Haviland, “Sleep”

Other Link-Love

• Twitter in Plain English (video)
• Daniel Johnson, Jr.
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast on MySpace
• Get That Job!
• QuotesBlog
• Follow me on Twitter
• New Media Cincinnati on Facebook
• New Media Cincinnati updates on Twitter
• Sunday Sundown

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Summary

Fast-paced electronica, rock/pop with Celtic influence, a cappella gospel, and chillout music and me talking about other stuff

Listening Options

• Direct link to file (mp3, 44:18, 40.5 MB)
• JIMM Podcast on MySpace
• Subscribe to the feed
• Add to iTunes
• From ANY phone: +1 (650) 523-6856 (via Podlinez.net)

Music from the Podsafe Music Network (PMN) and other places.

1. Dr. Awkward, “Fanfare”
2. Morcheeba, “Lighten Up”
3. Cincinnati church of Christ Mass Choir, “How Excellent”
4. Carbon Leaf, “The Boxer”
5. Natalie Walker, “Waking Dream”

Other Link-Love

New Media Cincinnati
Podcamp Ohio
The Pod 5
Mothpod Productions
Music Remyx
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
Journey Inside My Mind Podcast on MySpace

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Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
Journey Inside My Mind
Get That Job!
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr

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I used to put a small byline by each blog post here at the Journey Inside My Mind Blog:

Mood: Happy
Listening to: Coverville
Reading: Join the Conversation by Joseph Jaffe
Eating: baby carrots
Watching: Twitter in Plain English

These short, bite-sized nuggets (such as what you just saw above)would let you know how and what I was doing. Since August 2006, however, I’ve opted for a different way: Twitter

You may already know about Twitter, but the folks from Common Craft have put together a video that really helps it make sense:

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Check out my other blogs:
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
Get That Job!
Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
QuotesBlog
Twitter.com/danieljohnsonjr
The Pod 5
Wanna get LinkedIn?

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… and fortunately for us his music is still around to enjoy.

Jeff Turner on Twitter pointed to this video:

It reminded me of this post from 5 years ago: Paving the Milestones

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+ Sometime in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself. — Katherine Sharp

Thanks to everyone who submitted comments

+ Steve Webb, Lifespring Media
+ Dwight Dunlop, Much To Do About Nothing
+ The Official Mom
+ Zack Daggy, Mothpod Productions
+ Ed Ovett, Ed’s Mixed Bag
+ Maurice Zondag, Sunday Sundown

Songs Played

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Please check out http://journeyinsidemymind.com for complete shownotes, including links to find out more about the artists who’ve given permission for their music to be played here.

+ Danko Jones, “Baby Hates Me”
+ The Wylde Bunch, “Yeah, Yeah (Stomp the Bleachers)”
+ Josh Woodward, “Adventures of a Deaf Dreamer (instrumental)” (softly in the bkgd during my talking)
+ Matthew Ebel, “Lost My Way” (with a little bit of ‘help’? from The Pod 5)
+ The Negatones, “And So My Troubles Began”
+ Karmyn Tyler, “Luv Me So”
+ Last Day, “Chasing Tomorrow”

Other goodness

+ Keep your eyes on http://howigotmyjob.com for my new interview show, “How I Got My Job” with job-hunting success stories! Contact me if you’d like to share one of your job-hunting success stories
+ Get That Job! job-hunting and career development toolkit
+ The Pod 5 (podcast and live show) consists of
++ Ed Ovett, Ed’s Mixed Bag
++ Brent Bradley, PodShow Radio
++ Zack Daggy, The Mothpod
++ Dwight Dunlop, Much To Do About Nothing
++ Daniel Johnson, Jr., Journey Inside My Mind

+ New Media Cincinnati meetup group on Facebook and Twitter
+ Press play.

Listening Options

+ JIMM Podcast on MySpace
+ Subscribe to the feed
+ 1-click iTunes subscription
+ From ANY phone: +1 (650) 523-6856 (via Podlinez.net)

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SUMMARY

Fantastic music. Funny stuff. Twitter friends and others check in. Some follow-up from the One Voice Walk. Other appearances by yours truly.

LISTENING OPTIONS

• Direct link to file (mp3, 50:58, 46.6 MB)
• Get the show via e-mail!
• Add to your iTunes
• Play on jimmpodcast.com using PlayTagger triangles or PuPu player
• PodShow Plus page
• JIMM Podcast on MySpace
• Subscribe to the feed
• From ANY phone: +1 (650) 523-6856 (via Podlinez.net)

MUSIC

Music from the Podsafe Music Network (PMN) and other places.

Title (with link to iTunes or other place to purchase, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists’ website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com or CDBaby.com, if available)
99 Percent	The Mooney Suzuki	Have Mercy (Amazon)
Banjo Boy	Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band	Dream Big (Amazon)
Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye	Ron Rutherford	Lone Wolf
Kids Rock	Tim Hawkins	TunaFish Productions (link to buy CDs, DVDs)
Domino’s Pizza	Paul and Storm	Opening Band (Amazon)
Staplegunned	The Spill Canvas	Denial Feels So Good (Amazon)

The Journey Inside My Mind theme is “Up and Go” by Rory. Background music during the Pod 5 segment is “The Jump House Rock” by after son

OTHER LINK-LOVE

• Pod 5, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 8:30 PM Eastern
  • Ed Ovett from Ed’s Mixed Bag
  • Brent Bradley from PodShow Radio
  • Dwight Dunlop from Much To Do About Nothing
  • Zack “The Mothman” Daggy from The Mothpod and several hundred other shows (j/k)
  • Daniel Johnson, Jr. from Journey Inside My Mind
• Tim Hawkins Audio Page
• Post It Cast LIVE with Michael W. Moss – join me on the show 10/9/2007!
• Journey Inside My Mind Blog – Interviewed in the Dayton Daily News
• Follow Daniel Johnson, Jr. on Twitter
• Thanks to ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’, Nathan Friedly, and Bill Green for their show IDs!
• Thanks to
  • Jen from the Dinkycast,
  • Jim Farley from Musical World Podcast,
  • Jersey Todd from the Jersey Todd Show,
  • Bryce Moore from Suffering from Sanity, and
  • Bill Green from KD8DRX

  for twittering in to say hi while I was recording!

• One Voice Walk content via Google
• Daniel Johnson, Jr.
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast on MySpace

ToddOrRyan
Originally uploaded by tvanhoosear

You be the judge.

It’s so funny how we get to certain places on the web.

1. Yesterday on Twitter, C.C. Chapman encouraged people to take pictures of themselves at work, upload them to Flickr, and tag them with “slackershots“. He even registered www.slackershots.com to point to the tag page for it.
2. One of our fellow Twitter friends, Todd Van Hoosear, uploaded a picture of himself.
3. I browsed the gallery and remarked on Twitter that his picture resembled Ryan Stiles of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
4. Todd then posted the picture you see in this post and mentioned it on Twitter.

Todd and I have never met in person, but I sure hope we get to at some point.
What’s that? You want to know what picture I submitted? I didn’t have my camera with me yesterday, so I resubmitted my picture as a Home Fry Speed Demon.

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Mood: upbeat
Listening to: Managing the Gray: Every Day is a Good Day
Reading: Learning XML, Second Edition
Eating: an apple

I checked my Bloglines and noticed that C.C. Chapman mentioned my name on his latest episode and the Journey Inside My Mind Blog in the shownotes, specifically with an audio comment about how the new media playground is a lot like jazz:

“Do not fear mistakes; there are none.” – Miles Davis.

A lot of jazz music usually involves improvisation within the boundaries of a chord progression. The song starts off, usually with the melody. Then different instruments take their solos, which usually fall within the same chord progression as the melody. Eventually everyone comes back together to wrap up the song.

I’m probably grossly oversimplifying things with that description, especially when you consider trendsetters like Miles Davis, who through constantly reinventing himself, created new boundaries and genres of jazz music (Check out this post from 2003 for more information: Paving the Milestones).

I like to think that’s what it’s like with what we’re doing with new media.

ABOUT DANIEL JOHNSON, JR.

I suppose I should share a bit more about me, in case this is your first time here.

I’ve been blogging since January 2002 and podcasting since August 2005. I now have more blogs than I care to count. Here is more of me, in case you’re interested:

• Daniel Johnson, Jr. – my portfolio blog
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast – the podcast spin-off of this blog
• Get That Job! for job-hunting, career development, toolkits, success stories, and the like
• QuotesBlog quotations collected from various places over the years
• Follow danieljohnsonjr on Twitter – more frequent updates of stuff going on. By the way, if you add me as a friend, please contact me via email or leave a comment here so that I know how you found me.

And of course you can find me on MySpace, LinkedIn, and other social media networks. I’m always open to connect; just let me know how you found me.

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It would appear that most folks on twitter like to post about coffee over other popular beverages (Tweetvolume: coffee vs tea vs milk vs water vs beer). The picture below was taken at about 1 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 30, 2007:

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I’ve realized that my enthusiastic use of Twitter has meant infrequent posting over here. Who knew that I could limit myself to 140 characters or less?

This is all to say that I don’t mean to neglect you. If you want to see what’s going on with me more frequently, follow me on Twitter. I will still post things back here and my other blogs from time to time; namely

• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
• Get That Job!
• QuotesBlog
• Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Mike Schaffner points us to an eWeek report on a recent poll by Reuters that discussed how Blackberrys and laptops are blurring the distinction between home and work life.

He recommends the following useful techniques:

1. Take action to reduce the number of unnecessary emails that you receive
2. Prioritize your actions – take control of when you check and respond to email

He also recommends going into your Blackberry and turning the new email notification off so that you’re not tempted to check it every time a new one arrives. The key to remember is that laptops and Blackberrys are not your jobs; instead they are tools to help you do your jobs.

Here are the comments I left:

You hit a nerve in me with this one, Mike, on a couple of levels.

1. I am totally for getting information when it’s convenient for me. I consume most of my media on-demand these days. The idea of watching a program at a specific time is something I’m growing out of. The same with online media (blogs, podcasting, and the like). I’m learning to consume it on my schedule.
2. Having said that, I’m also a guy who checks every email that comes in and who also spends so much of my time lately watching what’s going on with Twitter (http://twitter.com).

I have recently found out how to change the notifications for Outlook and GMail, but I could do a lot better with Twitter.

What about you?

Earlier I made this post on Twitter:

*!$% hearing impairments! Ugh. So frustrating sometimes!

Then I put my daughter to bed, cooling off a little bit. I returned and decided I should post again:

Clarification on my last Twitter: I’m just frustrated at hearing impairment. Ppl who know me understand that we deal with it every day

Now the real back story. Earlier as I was trying to get her into bed, different things kept coming up to hinder that. Then as she was getting her bed ready, I was in the living room, and she called out. She needed a pillow because hers were in the dryer.

So I told her to get one from our bedroom. She apparently didn’t hear me – go figure. So I called out a bit louder for her to get one from our bedroom. Again – so I basically called out as loud as I could for her to hear.

A few minutes later I went to her room to tuck her in, and she had this hurt expression on her face. “I don’t like when you yell at me,” she said.

That’s what I meant by hating the frustration of hearing impairment. I need to remind myself constantly that I practically need to be in the same room as Keisha in order for her to hear me; especially when she has her hearing aids out at night. If I’m going to be sensitive, I need to make this kind of effort.

I have written about our experiences with deafness and hearing impairment a lot in this blog, but I’d love to know what you have to say.

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I’ve often said in this blog that my dreams are weirder than yours. This morning as the alarm started going off and I went through the usual routine of hitting the snooze button every 9 minutes, falling back to sleep, guess what?

I started thinking about my day, previous days, and my mind went off to Twitter. I thought about how frequently some of my friends update and how I’ve stopped getting notified via IM because of frequent notifications. I now prefer to get updated via the website. As I was thinking about these interruptions via chat, the alarm went off again. Thinking about one interruption interrupted by another.

I thought that was weird, or at least interesting. Have you ever had something like that happen to you?

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Twitter lets folks provide their friends and others with instantaneous updates via a web interface and via text messaging. I’ve got my own Twitter page, which you can check throughout the day, because I’m so interesting (lol).

Why not head over to Twitter.com and sign up? Then you too can be my friend.