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• @stephromanski have a safe trip! #
• Allright people, we’re in a WootOff! #
• Following Drew Carey now (@TPIRHost). Have to say my 2 fav TV themes were his old show and his current show. & TPIR Live in Vegas rocks! #
• My #guiltypleasuers - Joe’s Apartment, The FreeCreditReport ‘Rock Star’ commercoal and the theme to the $25000 pyramid. What are yours? #
• RT @VoIPTrunk: Looking for people with extensive telco sales experience! High earning opportunities! Email us jobs@voiptrunk RT Please! #
• @katekate123 What are things you don’t want to be surprised by? #
• @stephromanski have you looked at HootSuite for managing multiple twitter accts? #
• Thinkin I need to have a garage/yard sale. Anyone have a garage/yard I can borrow? #
• How is it Thursday already?!? #
• Happy Birthday to @KateKate123 one of the coolest chicks I know. #
• Its a no-repeat thursday on that internal monolouge radio station that even the boss in my mind can agree on. #
• Uh oh, I think I’m starting to feel productive today. #
• @theang At least he isn’t talking about using Word. in reply to theang #
• Told a doctor to ‘take a long walk’ today after they tell me I need to cut out “all animal products” and throw 4 prescriptions at me. KNoThx #
• @stephromanski “This video is being processed to a format you could play. It’ll be ready very soon.” #
• @stephromanski Cool. BTW, love the Dalek on your bkgd in reply to stephromanski #
• Called the police since someone has decided they can park in my garage. #
• @theang Well, we do have work to do in reply to theang #
• So I’m thinkin snack. Just remembered I have a Jiffy Pop #
• I didn’t want to be a web designer…. I wanted to be a http://bit.ly/Pbra0 #
• @theindependent So questions to the Mayor like, how did “Thriller” influence your political career probably wouldn’t be appropriate, right? in reply to theindependent #
• @theindependent In the interest of fairness… Mayor, did you sport the Farrah style haircut back in the 70s? #
• @theindependent Just to be clear, while I may be snarky, I do respect our mayor. Met her when I interviewed for Ward 3 city council seat. #
• So if typing in all caps is yelling, is typing in all lowercase whispering? #
• Man, I’m on a bad joke roll today. I feel sorry for everyone who sees me today. #
• Interesting, I just got a phishing email from someone who claims to be with a small local bank. #
• I’m fine with the proof being in the pudding, just as long as its butterscotch pudding. #
• @routerguy Check your inbox, sir. in reply to routerguy #
• You know its bad when you step outside and your glasses fog up. #
• Oil change turned into replacing tie rod and serpentine belt. #
• Car repairs have thrown a serious wrench in my plans. The upside? I brought my textbook for class and am catching up on reading. #
• This hotel’s wifi is slower than dialup. FAIL. #

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• Caught up on email, facebook, twitter and feeds. Been in bed all day trying to shake this bug. Not working. #
• Lunch = sushi #
• Grilling during a sunshower. #
• Watching a cool light show. Betting heavy rain will be forthcoming. #
• @katekate123 pssh. promises, promises. in reply to katekate123 #
• @emc2serv Are they both down? Or do you still have the backup unit? in reply to emc2serv #
• @theang Hey, you too? I have to go in at 10am. I’m dying here. in reply to theang #
• @theang Monitors are for pansies. in reply to theang #
• @ObservantAngel I thought you ditched your twitter acct… in reply to ObservantAngel #
• @annepmitchell Put a piece of foil between tv and dvd player (if stacked) to reduce interference. #
• @annepmitchell Improve the frequency of your standard TV remote by makine a reflector: http://bit.ly/4svshP #
• RT @AnnePMitchell: Please RT! I have a $5 Amazon gift card for whomever suggests the most creative use of tin foil in the next hour! #
• In kearney today #
• @theang but you got an icecreamsammich #
• Was going to swap out the blazer and put the newer car in the garage, but the battery is dead. Awesome. #
• In Kearney again today. #
• Trying Mozilla SeaMonkey #
• @theindependent Isn’t that where the waivin’ wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain? #
• Why I walked into the kitchen to get a drink, then not bring it back into the office with me shows where I am today. #
• I must be feeling better, I’m wanting to sing #
• Found a place here (at home) that has a beer-battered deep fried burger. #
• @srickel @theang Its actually at Whiskey Creek - and no. I am NOT brave enough to try it. in reply to srickel #

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• Just picked up the trophies for my awards night. The company did a great job! #
• http://twitpic.com/6xfb6 - Here is the GILTy trophy. We will award them on Friday night. Hopefully I’ll get one #
• Celebrating 32 years of, well, something. #
• @wantmoore And right back at you. Hope you had a great day! I think this will be the first birthday I have ever been able to wear a sweater. in reply to wantmoore #
• RT @michaeljnelson: The 7th seal has been opened, the seventh trump has sounded, the end is near: bacon coffee. http://tinyurl.com/oakn8n #
• @srickel I’ll refrain from the cake jokes. in reply to srickel #
• @srickel You could patch up the crumby code with frosting in reply to srickel #
• @stesla Wow - congrats! in reply to stesla #
• @etesla in omaha or cali? #
• @theindependent are you guys still actively promoting/updating shopgrandisland.com? #
• Dug out my old ArtDio IPF2002L and flashing firmware so I can try out @VoIPTrunk - now I’ll just have to figure out how to configure it! #
• @overworkedtech Got it up and running - call quality according to my test call subject was excellent! in reply to overworkedtech #
• @katekate123 Thanks, now I have “Not an Addict” running through my head. in reply to katekate123 #
• RT @overworkedtech Alright we are at 500 followers! Next five people to RT this message will be sent a $10 gift certificate (via @Superdawg) #
• I wish I knew someone who could play the Whose Line Is it Anyway Hoedown song. #
• Exhausted but the day won’t be over until tomorrow… #

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• I really like helping people with social networking. #
• Very frustrating that all 3 cordless phones at home are dead. #
• @stephromanski it matches my tattoo. #
• Tagging photos on Facebook for a client. #
• I’m very proud that I was called an uber nerd this morning #
• I really hope that #Conan brought “In the Year 2000″ to LA with him… #
• Are you an IT professional? Get a free 1 yr subscription to Microsoft TechNET: http://bit.ly/4bVYY #
• @katekate123 No, run them OVER in reply to katekate123 #
• Something I wish my dad had been around to teach me: how to change a tire. #
• @katekate123 I <3 that song Don’t ask me why though. in reply to katekate123 #
• I also <3 my friends at @theindependent - hooked me up with some code that made one of my clients very happy. Hey S, does Darin like coffee? #
• In the year 3000… the shamwow guy will reveal he’s not the real shamwow guy but actually a sham shamwow guy. #conan #
• @overworkedtech How many do you have? I have 6. in reply to overworkedtech #
• Boo to Apple…the Belkin car charger that worked fine with my Touch is ‘not supported’ on my new nano. #
• @katekate123 I’m not your friend, buddy. in reply to katekate123 #
• On a mission from @ramseyshow 300 cold calls in 2 weeks. Doing cold call 1 NOW #
• @stephromanski http://bit.ly/7180d Wordpress.com Stats in reply to stephromanski #
• Stopped to drop off birthday cards for the kids of a good friend and got invited to a birthday swim party. This should be interesting #

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• Just realized that the recent Denis Leary Hulu spot has everyones fav stoner in it…thats right, Ben the “Dude, you’re gettin a dell” guy. #
• May all my friends have a great day, don’t forget to stop and take a moment to remember. #
• had to update storage solutions. Home network now has a 1.5tb drive. #
• @ObservantAngel Hey, I’m sorry hon. I’ll keep you in my thoughts. in reply to ObservantAngel #
• RT @DonGeronimo: blog: DON PARDO http://post.ly/eri #
• @stephromanski If anyone can handle it, its you. in reply to stephromanski #
• For some strange reason today’s soundtrack is pop music #
• I know it sounds corny, but I’m sorry. Listening to the music of Rick Astley puts a smile on my face. #
• RT @smegatron: Attn Hot girls or Andy Milonakis. Want 2 see Lakers on Wed? Courtside, really. Awkwardness 2 follow: http://bit.ly/uNxmu #
• Got my bonus check from the holiday job today. Can’t spend it on anything fun though. Bills bills bills… #
• Working on a wireframe for a new project for an old customer. #
• BestBuy cashier was seriously lacking in customer service skills. Almost went back to Sams Club vs. Price match. #customerservice #
• No, @routerguy Not for cst svc, just price. If I was by myself, I wouldn’t have sucked it up. I know a mgr who will hearing about this. #
• Now taking guesses as to what the name of the first song I played on my new iPod. Yet-to-be determined prize for the correct answer. #
• I *heart* my new iPod Nano. I really don’t have a need for a touch - all the productivity stuff is already on my Crackberry. #
• @DonGeronimo Found a pic of the mother and daughter… http://twurl.nl/qnljcr in reply to DonGeronimo #
• @stephromanski What exactly are the concerns? That they don’t have control over ads/content, or that they aren’t getting a cut? in reply to stephromanski #
• @stephromanski My response was way more than 140 characters. Thanks for playing muse… http://bit.ly/rQpZU in reply to stephromanski #
• @overworkedtech It sounds like VoipTrunk is going over like gangbusters. Glad I could help get your ship going! in reply to overworkedtech #
• @theang Whoo! WTG! in reply to theang #
• Finishing up a new site for a client… http://www.upperdeckgi.com Gotta love WordPress as a CMS! #
• @aaronasay Have you looked local? I think there’s Heartland Hosting, and KDSI (KDSI is GI) in reply to aaronasay #
• @overworkedtech how does that work? I end up chair dancing… in reply to overworkedtech #
• @aaronasay Understandable. Did you know KDSI does offer 24/7? They even have local techs if a server goes down (I don’t work there) in reply to aaronasay #
• Its funny. @davetaylor keeps on about #unfollowfriday and weeding out ppl who pimp their stuff when 2 of his last 3 tweets were selfpromos. #
• @DaveTaylor Hey, I’m still following ya in reply to DaveTaylor #
• @smegatron Smegmalicious in reply to smegatron #
• @smegatron I’m game. How am I not an idiot? I can tweak wordpress templates. http://www.upperdeckgi.com (my latest, not quite perfect yet) #
• @smegatron Or, you can compile it yourself automatically. http://twickie.pirillo.com/ Not as sexy as whoring someone out, but it works well. #
• @smegatron Realized it right after I hit enter. My bad. #
• Heading to Lincoln, NE this afternoon. #
• @srickel do I need to bring anything other than a lawn chair? #
• @theang Very cool! Hey, ask Stacy if I need to bring anything other than myself and a lawn chair in reply to theang #
• @theang Awesome in reply to theang #

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A good online friend recently sent this tweet:

Feedback plz?: Company is concerned about comm. blogs we link to having ads (google, banners) on their site. Should they be concerned?

This is a interesting topic. I asked if it was because of the lack of editorial control, or not getting a cut of the revenue; and the response was a bit of both. I started to reply via twitter, then an email, but then realized that this is something that I wanted to share with everyone. Please keep in mind, this is just my opinion, so YMMV.

I can definitely see the concern. The question ultimately is this. If these sites are listed in, say a portal, these are people who are essentially giving content (and return traffic) to you at no charge. While some may use a free service (ie: blogger, wordpress.com) some may not be and have legitimate expenses (hosting, etc) from putting their blog up. Also time and creativity deserve to be compensated.

If TPTB want to have more control over the content and revenue, they need to be the ones providing the platform, and compensating for the content given. That would give them not only the right to attempt to monetize the blog, but to control the content as well. Lets say for example, a newspaper had created this portal. They could certainly offer paid placement of blogs (just like display advertising), meaning they earn money from the venture. Lockergnome.com is a great example - Chris Pirillo provides a venue, hosting, bandwidth and marketing for their bloggers. So yes, they would deserve to reap the benefits of the creative process.

Back to our newspaper example, I would liken a group like that wanting a ‘cut’ to say, running an article on a new business in town in the Sunday paper only on the condition that they get a cut of the profit created by the traffic. Same with editorial content. If the store featured in the Sunday paper decided to carry a controversial product sure they could say ‘well if you are gonna carry the Widget3000 we will pull your feature’. they have that right. But thats not the reason they are running the article. They are running it because they feel its newsworthy. But it still all goes back to my this, if you want to have control, you have to have that control from start to finish. If you don’t, its the risk you take in playing on the web.

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Someone forwarded this to me. I don’t know if its a true story or not, but it makes a good point.

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, ‘If I were any better, I would be twins!’

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, ‘I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time How do you do it?’

He replied, ‘Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or … you can choose to be in a bad mood I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or…I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or… I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.’

‘Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,’ I protested.

‘Yes, it is,’ he said. ‘Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live your life.’

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower…

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, ‘If I were any better, I’d be twins..Wanna see my scars?’

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

‘The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,’ he replied. ‘Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or…I could choose to die. I chose to live.’

‘Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?’ I asked

He continued, ‘…the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read ‘he’s a dead man’. I knew I needed to take action.’

‘What did you do?’ I asked.

‘Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,’ said John. ‘She asked if I was allergic to anything ‘Yes, I replied.’ The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead…’

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude….. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything.

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