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Comics are a hotbed of creativity

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:54:14 -0500

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:19:00 -0500

I made the plunge into comics after realizing I had read less than a dozen in my life.

Thanks Amber, Tim, and John for helping me pick out some of my first comics the other day.

To commemorate my plunge, I’ve dug up the first comic I wrote.

I was 11 or 12.

I had forgotten I was such a PC-basher, and such an endering speller.

Here’s “Fred’s Adventure” my frist comic in full screen 3-page glory.

Comic geeks, what do you call the comic Oscar? Another question for comic geeks: Am I a suppressed comic geek if I read like two, created a few, then forgot about the magic?

You think twitter forces you to be pithy? Try saturating a story into text bubbles. Original stories thrive, and when it’s good… innovation at the intersection of visual and written story collide brilliantly.

One night this week I skipped beer with friends, for reading the next page in my comic book. Whatever—I’ll call it a phase.

We commit ourselves to well-crafted art. It’s why we NEED to see the next episode of Lost, or get Bryan Adams’ new CD.

I’ve been going through “Y: The Last Man” book by book at Nashville’s Great Escape, and leaving the story trail for my roommate, who is also hooked.

In the age of Kindle and the decline of newspaper readership, can you imagine physically walking somewhere so you have the next installment of a story?

As I walked to be inspired by the next installment of Y today, I knew the beautiful ending was that my level of commitment was being reciprocated with great story.

I’m having a love affair and I’m-loving-every-new-second-of-it.

Departure of Technology Entreprenuer Sparks Great Discussion

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:08 -0500

Departure of Technology Entreprenuer Sparks Great Discussion: Click the title to view the discussion at Venture Nashville.

Dynamic Paintings of The Future

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:48:00 -0500

It calculates how close you are and enlarges the frame as you teeter close.

It creates the sensation of depth by merging inputs based on the distance between your eyes and your closeness. No polarization tricks. No glasses. No staring at a dot or crossing your eyes required.

The technology is seamless as air.

If you like, it recreates the weather in your precise location and spawns pixels of rain drizzle on a wet day and flashes of light during thunderstorm warnings.

It emits your daily does of vitamin D, which sets off a chemical response which pumps a mental association of childhood adventures into the crevasses of your brain.

The lifetime warranty guarantees if you spend at least five minutes a day looking at the painting, it will add two years to your life, or your money back—to whoever you specify in your will.

Art reviewers agree it reinforces the where of your belonging. They call it Essential.

Economists agree the price point for such an advancement in technology will make it accessible to every household. They call it Viral.

Dead artists agree in their well-catalogued notebooks it is the fulfillment of a prophesy. They call it Inspiration.

It can track the movement of a nearby fly and recreate the image of the fly’s legs touching glass.

If you like, you can teeter extra close and smash your hand against the paining, which responds and displays the fly fleeing from your input.

But the true magic is this.

Of all the reprints, none are the same. And in each instance of the billions of blinking eyes, large and small, that look into reprints of a Dynamic Painting, never—never even once, is the image the same as it was a millisecond ago.

They call it Window.

Stephen Yeargin wins first Nashville's Almost Impossible Crossword Puzzle

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:56:00 -0500

Congratulations to Stephen Yeargin!

He told me he put calls on Do-Not-Disturb to fully focus on the prize, which won him a retro Opryland Belt Bucklet. Get it.

He was able to win Nashville’s Almost Impossible Crossword Puzzle by solving the last clue:

CLUE: In the second fold below the clouds

ANSWER: John C. Tune

The second fold refers to the folds in the Cumberland River.

With the leaderhip of Stephen and other crossword champs, Nashville was able to collectively finish the puzzle in less than a day.

Which means… we’ll have to make the next one harder so more people have a chance to jump in. Many people realized what was happening only after there was one clue left.

The Winner’s circle from the last puzzle will be able to contribute clues, which could add to the difficulty and lengthen the time it takes for Nashville to solve the next puzzle.

Let me know if you have any other ideas on how to improve this experiment. It was great to see such a positive reaction. Thanks for playing and expect another soon!

Nashville's Almost Impossible Crossword Puzzle

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:35:00 -0500

Winners List

Jonathan Baker

WILLIAMSON - TN’s richest county per household

Nicholas Young

GORE - TN’s nobel prizer

Colin J. Hill

MUSICA - Nine nudes
CAFECOCO - 24-7 coffee shop

Tim Kerrick

FLYINGSAUCER - Most on tap

Chris Ennis

MEHARRY - Sit-in participants: Fisk, TSU, American Baptist College, _____
LORENZO - Miracle - ______ = Frank + Kevin
OPRAH - Former Channel 5 anchor

Samantha Y.

YOUNGBUCK - Straight outta Cashville
PEACE - 31-floor message returns

Defycreative

ATHENA - She holds victory

Tony Grotticelli

BOAT - Nashville’s showboat built by Jeff _____

Levi Cole with the assist from Andrew Duthie

BATPOET - Caped cab driver

Stephen with assists from Samantha Y.

MBA - Inspired sweaty-toothed madman
INTERSTATE65 - Grand Wizard’s view
JACKSON - Broken circle’s namesake
PYRAMID - Memphis brought this exhibit

Lance Conzett

ENQUIRER - Street named after dead horse who has a grave stone in Nashville

Jessica (No link to twitter?!)

HANGMAN - Moved to Florida pre-mall

Piecing Together Chapter 11

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:03:00 -0500

My computer froze as I wrote chapter 11 of my story.

Even though the excerpt was a draft and riddled with errors, I couldn’t stand the thought of losing a nuance of what I had just created, so I took some photos of the screen. I ended up not loosing anything, but decided to piece the images together for their own sake. Here’s the result:

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Nashville's tech community spawns gpsAssassin mobile game

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:41:00 -0500

Kill your neighbor.

That’s the motto of gpsAssassin, the iPhone application which became available on iTunes yesterday.

Players scan for targets and launch mafia-style attacks on nearby friends.

“What has been great is the huge community support that we have received,” developer and co-founder Jackson Miller said in an email.

For the over 50 beta testers and numerous contributors to the game, killing neighbors cultivated a community which fed the game’s development.

Nashville companies including Griffin Technology, Sitening and Firefly Logic have released iphone applications, but not necessarily with the same degree of community input.

Nashville’s growing technology scene may indicate a shift in the readiness of Nashville to be known not only for its music and healthcare industries, but also for technology, according to co-founder Nicholas Holland.

“Many feel we haven’t had a major success - something that is so innovative and/or cool that [it] garners world-wide attention,” Holland said in an email.

“We’re hoping that gpsAssassins can solve that problem due to its Startup Weekend roots and the innovative combination of GPS gameplay with social interaction.”

Co-founder Nicholas Holland grabs lunch at Nashville Startup Weekend
last October, where he pitched the idea for new iphone game, gpsAssassin.

Last October Holland presented the idea of gpsAssassin at Nashville’s first Startup Weekend.

Startup Weekends are gatherings of community members which work to launch various companies in a weekend.

In less than a year, and after co-founders Holland and Miller put in an estimated 500 hours each, the project went live.

“We thought this would be much simpler when we started,” Miller said.

“We have had a really incredible group of beta testers working with us for several months. They deserve a lot of credit for the high quality of the gameplay and mechanics,” Miller said.

Co-founder and lead developer Jackson Miller discusses new iphone
game, gpsAssassin, at Nashville Startup Weekend last October.

Players can create custom weapons, so they can kill their friends in as many morbid or cute ways they can imagine.

Health, armor and money are tracked during gameplay.

“I can easily say that gpsAssassins wouldn’t be half as fun (or feature rich) if it wasn’t for the excellent feedback of the local players,” Holland said.

The game is currently $4.99 and available from the iTunes store for the iPhone. Planning has begun to support other mobile devices.

Holland and Miller formed Side Hobby LLC to launch gpsAssassin.

Buy it now to support the launch party, according to an online message from Holland, who mentions a free version will eventually be available.

More Online

Official gpsAssassin website
Tom Cheredar reports on Nashville iphone development, including gpsAssassin
Mar 8th, 2009 Nate News Review of beta game:

1:32 | mp3

Bookstore Magician

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:56:00 -0500

A magician strolled down the how-to isle cradling Your First Herb Garden.

Rows of books became rosemary, basil, parsnip perhaps—the daydream died at the “Magic Tricks Revealed” sign.

The magician fumed. He readied the herb book.

Twist the ends of you mustache with your finger and thumb.
Press the desired series of letters in a bound book.
While fanning the pages out, blow through them and towards your target.

“Sellouts and Traitors” spawned.

Smiling, the magician twisted his mustache and hide his fingers in his hands. He blew through his hands towards the magic books.

They shifted about but nothing happened.

He tried again. Nothing. Again. Nothing.

“Huzzombie!”

The girl at the checkout began to watch. The magician knelt and scanned the books.

Making Little Kids Cough Up Goldfish
Making Little Kids Think You’re A God Dude
Making Things Appear
Making Things Disappear

The missing step was in Making Things Disappear.

After twisting his mustache, he hid his fingers in his hands (behind his back this time), and blew at the books.

They disappeared.

He carried Your First Herb Garden and Making Things Disappear to the counter.

The girl looked up from her book.

“Look magician, unless you can make those books reappear, you’re paying for them.”

Flipping through Making Things Disappear his face grew red.

“Huzzombie!”

Luckily he remembered a trick.

Twist the ends of you mustache with your finger and thumb.
Take a check and fold it in half three times.

The girl’s finger tapped CASH OR CREDIT ONLY.

He handed her a Visa.

The magician walked out with a herb book, a bill for over $3,000, and the knowledge of how to make things disappear but not reappear.

At the chime of the exit bell, the girl bookmarked her spot in Making Things Appear.

She walked to the empty section and pulled a mustache from her back pocket.

“Bookstore Magician” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Terms of Marriage

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:43:00 -0500

He passed his proposal across the table.

His eyes undressed her. Her eyes paced over the page.

Terms of Marriage

For each minute of life we share, you may read one word from my JOURNAL until you’ve read it all.

JOURNAL is the bound book notarized by Shelby R. F. Goodman.

X__________________

“HUSBAND, how many journals do you have?”

“More than one.”

“I want the opportunity to know you completely.”

“We share a common goal.”

“Does that mean what I hope it doesn’t?”

“Yes. The reason I write is to have the opportunity to know myself completely.”

“HUSBAND, I’m jealous. Your words need to be for me.”

“That’s what I’ve written in the other journals. That’s what you can’t see. That it takes this much work to believe what I believe.”

“Terms of Marriage” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Kickstarter

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:18:35 -0500

Kickstarter: Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, bloggers, explorers… (Just saw this. Really cool.)

There are only roses in this park

Wed, 06 May 2009 20:35:00 -0500

Yeah so there were only roses in this park.

I heard about this in high school biology. Natural selection I think they call it.

But the people kept picking all the flowers, mainly roses, so the flowers that were pruned kept growing bigger and bigger each year.

And hardly anyone picked grass, maybe dogs ate it sometimes, so each year things turned to roses, like the trees, even the water when the ducks got jealous.

The people started to walk delicately to not step on them all, and all the gymnasts would hold lessons like how to pick a rose with your toes then grand battement it to your ear.

It was all roses till the local news broke a story.

The newscaster said something like “shit, there are thorns everywhere.”

So we killed the roses and now we only let them grow in a few corners.

“There are only roses in this park” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Read Books, Not Blogs

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:13:00 -0500

Ironic right?

It’s like when you watch the Health Channel, and they tell you to walk.

Leave this place. It’s not helping.

I trust people who admit listening to them is not the answer.

For example Merlin Mann is historically a productivity guru, but he realized the larger answer is not learning systems, but doing.

After a certin point, he tells his audience to walk away.

To become better writers we must walk away: Less blogs. Less twitter.

In all the good books I’ve read on writing, the prevailing theme is simple:

Read more
Write more

That’s where I want to walk…

BYOB

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:17:00 -0500

Best buy buns brotha
Best be bringin beer
Better believe bummin be beseechin be breakin byob basics, beware

“BYOB” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

What do Beer, my Grandmother, and Journalism have in common?

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:38:00 -0500

Answer: They are themes among my online reading. I finally added some links to external sites on the left column of Nate News.

Here are some themes from of the list of 24 blogs I frequent…

So some highlights from my online reading list:

Grandmother: Go comment on my grandmother’s charming blog! She’s a super fast learner and I love interacting with her online between my real visits.
Beer: My brother is starting a microbrewery in Atlanta. Psh.. whatever, pretty impressive. He’s also brilliant at online branding. (But I beat him at chess this one time.)
Journalism: I frequent Nashville is Talking for innovations in journalism. It looks like Christian has recently revamped the “10 from twitter” feature, which spotlights unique perspectives from the community. It also increases repeat traffic because people check to see if their pithy remarks get picked up. Bravo.
Belmont: Check out the fairly new Dr. Syb Blog. She was a creative modivater when she professored me, and it’s nice to have the luxury of following her new media projects now!
Tech: Here’s a plug for Chris Brogan. He’s a social media expert who seems focused on the community rather than measuring his numbers. It’s refreshing to have his leadership.
Nashville: Duh… Nashvillest. In a year the blogging-duo has established themselves as a Nashville jugernaut from consistent, relevent content. Next up… a post from Captain Obvious.

What blog should I be reading that’s not on my list?

Why I'm ready for Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:58:00 -0500

At around sixteen I sensed I was asking the right person.

Dana was married and had kids, but wore a trendy, dark shirt. He’d taken the time to wire speakers in his house for optimal sound. I’d seen him swapping CDs and discussing music with my dad.

Besides this, he was approachable and told jokes l appreciated.

Over dinner he asked someone to pass him a cu-knife, purposely mispronouncing the word and pretending it was correct. I couldn’t contain my delight at these jokes, and my smile curled when we were in the same room, because I knew an awesome joke was imminent.

We connected.

When our family moved to Nashville, the house we rented didn’t allow dogs. We left our dog to Dana, his wife and kids, and when we came back to visit the small town in Northern Indiana, we often stayed here.

I asked if he knew of any bands I should get into. At the time I was still stuck in a genre.

There’s some real art in mainstream Christian music, Jars of Clay and countless others, but when you restrict yourself to buying music from LifeWay, you’re walking into an art museum and staying on the first floor.

As best as I remember, he handed me two CDs:

Spoon’s “Kill the Moonlight”
Wilco’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”

I was skeptical. They looked different than albums I was used to so. They lacked color and faces.

Also, I wasn’t sold on asking an old person for artistic advice. I had it all figured out of course, and the fact that I knew more youthful jargon than him put me on the inside somehow.

I wasn’t sure if he was giving me permission to burn them, but I imported them into iTunes.

This seemed wrong. I hadn’t bought this music, but I wanted to listen to it without the CDs being in my computer.

And yes, I had a laptop. When it was rare for kids my age to have laptops, my family had about a 2:1 mac to human ratio. That was awesome.

I listened to the albums a number of times. My brother recommended “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” on a separate occasion. He was the main musical influencer in my life.

But they became albums I knew I had, but never got excited about. There was also this attached feeling of guilt when I listened, because of the first guilt I felt when I imported them.

If my memory serves me correctly, I deleted “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” from iTunes on moral grounds.

The thread of this story is not about music privacy though. This is a story about how music can only meet you when you’re ready to accept it.

Today a happy thing happened.

For all the ways I’ve mastered technology, I haven’t mastered what various buttons to press to turn on cable. Apparent I changed the channel on the TV, so the cable didn’t work. Whatever.

So, I thought I’d put in a DVD since cable was rebelling. My roommate was watching the extra content from a documentary about Wilco earlier today.

I thought I’d try it out. I put in “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco” by Sam Jones.

This was about the making of “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.”

I saw the tension between the members that led to Jay Bennett’s exit. I heard what Jeff Tweedy sounded like with just a guitar. I saw a son recite his dad’s favorite song and mimic the drum beat. I saw the amount of energy and life it takes to bond with others musically and what it takes to create something new and bold, even when others don’t understand.

Tonight I bought the CD and it sounds different. It sounds alive.

I like to think the difference is now I’m ready.

When Bloggers Converged on Nashville: BlogNashville 2005

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:18:24 -0500

Some of the best advise on reading I’ve received came from Kevin Twit: Read old things along with the new, so you see what is culture and what is constant.

Before Twitter was founded, in May of 2005, I was a freshman at Belmont University. The tech buzzword was blogs-blogs-blogs, and bloggers were beginning to meet and have “unconferences” like BloggerCon to help figure out this new medium.

The first such event to hit Nashville was organized as “BlogNashville” and was hosted in my college’s student life center. I attended and it blew my mind.

I officially became fascinated with the intersection between technology and social interaction.

Below is my coverage of BlogNashville in its original form.

PHOTO CREDIT: jdlasica

Voices of the Internet—meet in the flesh

By Nathan T. Baker, 5/10/05

A blogger is someone who regularly posts information and/or thoughts on a website. Bloggers often reference other blogs and exchange comments allowing for online communities to form.

Now bloggers are experiencing more opportunities to interact physically—not just through dialogue on the Internet.

The following is an instance of this trend during the three-day blogging conference, BlogNashville. This article is organized with timestamps, which are a characteristic of blogs.

Friday, May 6, 2005—Bloggers Travel to Nashville:

3:57 pm—“In Nashville now…It was an odd drive; the blog documentary producers put a producer in the back seat…and a cameraman in the passenger seat and interviewed me while I drove,” Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com posted.

Glenn Reynolds, a well-established political blogger, has many names: The “American Idol” of Bloggers, The Professor, The Sysco Router—fellow bloggers seem to take enjoyment in thinking up new names.

5:33 pm—“I haven’t a clue what it will be like tonight. IDanphillips.blogspot.com don’t think I have ever met but one blogger before. I have no idea whether I will feel out of place or feel I have discovered a lost tribe of brother and sister bloggers,” Dan Phillips of Danphillips.blogspot.com posted.

The conference is totally free. People are coming for many reasons:

To meet other bloggers
To learn about the new trends such as video and audio blogging
To learn how to make money with blogs
To learn how to improve public discourse on the Internet
To discuss global issues
To discuss citizen journalism
Or to discuss religious, military, or other types of blogging

7:57 pm—“I’m just off the plane sitting in the Courtyard Marriott enjoying free wi-fi [internet access] and on my way to the opening party for BlogNashville. It’s a gorgeous evening…I’m excited by the breadth of issues to be covered here,” Henry Copeland of Blogads.com posted.

There have been a handful of similar conferences across the nation. This is the first in Nashville.

9:47 pm—“And the truth is I know nothing [except that] Glenn Reynolds and his [website] are given credit for starting the blogging revolution. Everyone speaks of him in soft tones, punctuated by whispers of envy,” Dan Phillips of Danphillips.blogspot.com posted.

Glenn has been appointed to open and close the conference on Saturday

Saturday, May 7, 2005—The Gathering at BlogNashville:

6:00 am—Belmont University’s student life center opens.

The New Century Journalism program at Belmont University is hosting the event and the Media Bloggers Association is the chief sponsor.

7:43 am—A middle-aged man buys coffee in the corner of the student life center. Tables and chairs are set up under the high roof of the main lobby.

The lady behind the register asks, “So what are you guys doing today?”

“Just a little meeting,” the man replies.

“How long will it go for?”

“All day,” the man says—and then he exits with his coffee.

7:45 am—Registration begins. Participants get a folder with a schedule and write their name on a lanyard.

7:51 am—Glenn Reynolds walks into the main lobby. A man sticks a cell phone in front of Glenn’s face and a picture is taken. This is a normal practice among bloggers.

The room is soon filled with the sound of computers booting up. People mingle with coffee. The room is saturated with technology and excitement.

8:02 am— Andrew Marcus and his independent documentary crew arrive. Equipment is rolled in and a tripod is unfolded in the back.

8:21 am—“Can everyone hear me in the back?” Bob Cox, a key planner of the event, says into the microphone at the front.

Bob introduces Glenn Reynolds and Glenn steps to the microphone. Glenn is convinced that interaction is better than listening to speeches, so he opens it up for a discussion on what everyone wants to get out of the conference.

Throughout the conference, the bloggers not only interact with each other, but also with the Blogosphere—or all the connected bloggers on the Internet.

8:39 am—“The Saturday fun and games start in less than a half hour. Imagine, if you can, this space filled with over 300 participants from around the world—luckily I’m here early and have a good seat.”

“And the free wi-fi [internet access] that Belmont University set up for the occasion is smoking, so there’ll be updates throughout the day,” Doug Petch of dougpetch.com posted.

The room is full and people crowd to the sides of the walls. People are taking turns discussing their hopes for the day.

8:47 am—A woman speaks up during the opening discussion. She just got an email from a blogger who wants to know where to chat online during BlogNashville.

The Blogosphere is always an email or post away.

8:59 am—It has become a tradition to open these types of conferences in song. After some dialogue, a song is decided upon and the bloggers sing:

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!…

9:44 am—“BlogNashville is in progress. And here is someone’s post—as it happens. It might not seem like such a cutting edge event. We’ve been able to turn to CNN and other stations for news from around the world, instantly. But, now this technology is in the hands of the individual, at a very low cost. Now that’s a force to be reckoned with,” Kevin Barbieux of Nashvilleis.blogspot.com posted.

10:08 am—Jason Clarke posts chatting information on the conference website.

“If you’re in the rooms, please post summaries so people who are watching at home can participate,” Jason posted.

10:21 am—A local reporter approaches an attendee and asks for an interview between the first and second discussion sessions.

“I am pretty clueless to know what all this is about really. Just to be honest…” the reporter said as he walked to his camera.

Bloggers often don’t agree, but most agree that at its core, blogging has something to do with free speech and dialogue.

Also, most of these bloggers are simply having fun being bloggers.

10:48 am—“There are so many nerds in this room…”

“I’m in a session about money…the discussion is raging. Henry touched on the uniqueness of blogging…the kind that will attract advertisers,” La Shawn Barber of Lashawnbarber.com posted.

10:50 am—A young attendee checks different blogs for updates. Like many other participants, he sits with his computer during sessions.

On Glenn’s website, he spots himself among some pictures taken earlier in the morning.

Throughout the day, there was a recurring joke that there should be an alter call for all those who haven’t started a blog—those who haven’t joined the Blogosphere.

4:52 pm—“I started a blog this morning” one man says during the closing session.

The room erupts in applause.

9:06 pm—“BlogNashville…was the first blogger conference I have attended. Hopefully, it won’t be the last. It was great to meet in person so many of the bloggers whose work I have come to know and respect…” Donald Sensing of Donaldsensing.com posted.

Sunday, May 8, 2005—The Dialogue Continues

3:45 pm—“Again, it looks like another blogging conference is selling out… remarks from the likes of no less than J.D. Lassica indicate that the conference seemed a bit too centered on one topic: how to make money from your blog… Adam Shostack’s seminar looks like it was popular, but not enough to warrant hanging out like a good conference usually does (in my experience as a lecturer)… It seems to me that Northern Voice was the last great blogging conference,” Markus Sandy of Apperceive.blogs.com posted.

Bloggers often don’t agree, but they agree to continue the dialogue.

Links:

The conference homepage:

HYPERLINK “http://blognashville.org/” http://blognashville.org/

Video interviews by Glenn Reynolds:

HYPERLINK “http://instapundit.com/vids/blognash.mov” http://instapundit.com/vids/blognash.mov

What people are posting about the conference:
HYPERLINK “http://www.technorati.com/tag/BlogNashville” http://www.technorati.com/tag/BlogNashville

Images of the event:

HYPERLINK “http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/blognashville/” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/blognashville/

We are more connected. We are empowered. Things move quickly. Those are some of the things we’ve known for a long time.

Makes me value strong writers of the past so much more, and makes me dislike bloggers that overuse the words “new” and “revolution.”

Funny how we often learn the same things with each wave of new technology.

Also funny how the things we learn, we really already learned years ago.

I win Silvery Beans. What have you done with your life?

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:16:00 -0500

After Silvery Beans, I’m done. Throwing in the towel. What else could I possibly achieve?

Night

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:18:00 -0500

The shadows grew till there was no light
Imitating bar and street lights remainedLike weak cover bands
The sun moved to a different lover
Intrigued by the city on the next hill
Never settling down
Always covering ground
Leaving behind a trail of dark
Faces longing for light

“Night” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

A Silent Song

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:02:00 -0500

“A Silent Song” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.