I learned a new word today. Asperand I like saying it but I have to work at remembering how to say the word. There is a lot of competition for my brain cells. Asperand is the actual name for @ now commonly known as the at symbol.My retention thing has changed from"give me all you got" to "that is it for today, thank you but the storeroom is closed. " I don't like it but some days I gotta shut down open access and monitor what goes in and stays around to mess with my brain.Here I am standing on the nexus point between what was and what is and...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Cheryl Contee on Networking and Watching The Old Guard
Posted on 8:46 AM by Unknown
You learn something everyday and sometimes twice a day. Then again, you can be reminded of things you should have known.In this clip, Cheryl Contee of JackandJillPolitics.com talks about the importance of networking, paying attention and keeping you eyes on the prior generation politicians who claim to be working on your behalf.I am an old city girl. I know about the political okey-doke. Apparently, so do members of Congress; including ones you kinda hoped they would do bett...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Rashad Robinson on Accountability and Obama
Posted on 6:27 PM by Unknown
This is a short video that I recorded during the session Keeping It Real: Political Accountability in the Age of Obama. This was one of many sessions at the Blogging While Brown conference held in Los Angeles.In this clip, Rashad is talking about how other groups network together to at least get their agenda on the discussion table. What can we learn and emulate is the question. Rashad Robinson is the Executive Director of Colorofchange.org where 800,000 voice work together to deal with the issues of the day using the tools of technolo...
Friday, July 15, 2011
Poetry In Plain Sight - Eli Goitein
Posted on 9:26 PM by Unknown
It has been a while since I've posted poetry. My computer and I are trying to hold on until I get a new souped up power gizmo i5 or i7 level computer. Editing on a Dual Core CPU is no longer a joy when you are editing high definition video. All of the new software is geared toward Windows 7 and, well, production has slowed down when it hasn't flat out choked. My CPU meter is living in the red zone. It is a knock down drag out fight but we are now in an understanding phase. I understand that I can only have one software program open at a time and...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Never Ending Need To Be Touched
Posted on 5:28 PM by Unknown
Our time seems to only validate the bad touch. The married politician looking for outside nookie. The celebrity caught with her panties off in front of paparazzi.What if you want to be touched and no one wants to do it? Or remembers the reason why it is important? I'm trying to make time for the things I like and it seems that poetry is always taking a back seat.This is a poem called Touch Me by Stanley Kunitz read at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. It shouldn't matter that he is 92 something years old. It does matter that he is speaking...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Quick Recap on Blogging While Brown Conference
Posted on 5:13 AM by Unknown
I'm stealing a little of my shrinking morning time to say how much I enjoyed the 2011 Blogging While Brown conference in Los Angeles. I do have photos and videos that I will be posting in a few days.I knew going into the conference my intent was to listen and meet folks. I messed up one time when I found myself talking in one of the sessions but it is the effort that counts.I feel encourage that there are so many new folks coming on board wanting to use the tools of blogging for advocacy and to generate alternative sources of income. No matter...
Friday, July 8, 2011
Why I'm Going To Blogging While Brown
Posted on 9:21 AM by Unknown
I'm not a blogging newbie. I was on the Internet before blogging was birthed.I remember when I had to work in HTML and then FTP web pages up to the server only to find that I had goofed on something and had to do it all over again.I learned things. How to stay out of old school chat rooms that were not moderated. How to write gender ambiguously so as not to have my words dismissed from jump street. To lurk and get the lay of the land to see if it was safe to be my authentic self.Then came my own blog. Videoblogging. BlogHer. Care2 and so much more....
Friday, July 1, 2011
Dear New York Times This Is Why I Haven't Been Back
Posted on 10:56 AM by Unknown
Dear NYT,I got your most recent e-mail. Yes, I have cut back on traipsing around your web site. I know that I have 20 free visits. I appreciate that, I do. My friends, relations and colleagues keep sending me NYT links trying to get me to go check out a news story on your site.I slip up now and again. Yet, like the song lyric says, I'm trying to walk away from a love.You see, I don't like being made to feel like I am a poacher. I'm not. When you had open access to the Times I'd step in to read an article, find a source to cite or get lost in the...
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