Inside the Bloggers Studio: TheBusyBrain
TheBusyBrain Wisdom: If you do stupid stuff, stupid stuff happens!
“TheBusyBrain” is Mike Johnson, self-described “Proud Father, Husband, and Family guy.” A US Postal Service Letter Carrier by day, blogger and web entrepreneur by night, TheBusyBrain provides his readers with an an eclectic mix of “web, tech, & gadget related content”.
“Veritable Smorgasbord” aptly describes the variety of topics covered. Travel, web design, money savers, video gaming and technology news are just a few of the categories Mike writes about. My personal fave is the “Did You Know?” category, filled with a smattering of useful suggestions and tips representing a cross-section of the aforementioned topics.
Spotlight Post: On “Who is Jon Ray?”
Who is the man behind the mustache?Read Who is Jon Ray? to find out!
Confession Time.
I have a crush.
And it’s not my boyfriend.
It’s a . . . blog.
I don’t recollect how I happened upon Who is Jon Ray. What I do remember is all it took was reading Jon Ray’s tag-line and I was hooked:
I’m twenty-something & embarrassed to buy myself ice cream. I switch my career focus constantly. I used to wet the bed. Yeah, I’m that kid.
“Play it cool,” I told myself, “You’ve only just met this blog, it may turn out it’s really not going to work out long term“.
Inside the Bloggers Studio
James Lipton's got nothing on The Fearless Blogger!
Starting very soon, I’ll be kicking off a new series on my blog called Inside the Bloggers Studio.
I’m a big time movie geek and love A&E’s Inside the Actors Studio. For those not familiar with the show:
“Inside the Actors Studio” is the Emmy-nominated, longest-running original series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton . . . Since its premiere, Inside the Actors Studio has had over 200 guests. Of those guests, there have been 74 Academy Awardwinners: 8 directors; four screenwriters; 61 actors and actresses; and two musicians. While most of the show is a one-on-one interview conducted by Lipton, this is followed by the host submitting a questionnaire to the guest. The questionnaire concept was originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot, after the Proust Questionnaire.1
My favorite part is the questionnaire, which is comprised of the following questions:
- What is your favorite word?
- What is your least favorite word?
- What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
- What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
- What sound or noise do you love?
- What sound or noise do you hate?
- What is your favorite curse word?
- What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
- What profession would you not like to do?
- If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
The way I see it, why should actors get to have all the fun?
Spotlight Post: 12 Seconds to Vegas!
It’s been a while since I’ve done a spotlight post and this one has me excited. Just in time for my road trip to Vegas, 12seconds (12seconds.tv) has released their video slideshow iPhone app! (Those without iPhones, keep reading – you won’t be left out in the cold.)
The app (currently available at the App Store for $ .99) lets you take three photos (or choose three photos from your iPhone library) and then record 12 seconds of audio. The photos and audio make a slideshow which outputs as a 12 second video to your 12seconds account. Since the iPhone does not yet include any video capture functionality, this has the potential of serving as a bit of a work-around.
Why 12 seconds?
According to the site, “because anything longer is boring”!
12seconds launched in August, and till now they’ve been in invite-only Alpha.
As of today, 12seconds has opened up the site in a public Beta to allow anyone to register.
You don’t have to have an iPhone to be able to join the fun. The 12second site features a video interface for users to record videos; or you can upload a previously recorded video. read more
Explaining Twitter
Something I enjoy about the holidays is the cross-generational conversations family gatherings provide.
One cousin just learned to drive, a nephew is learning to walk, an aunt just started a new job . . . and Grandpa sits back smiling, observing, absorbing, basking in the glow of bringing family together.
photo credit: Bryan Ledgard
It occurred to me that Twitter is a bit like that family gathering; and we’re all a bit like Grandpa. read more
