am i the only person who hates talking on the phone? May 18, 2009
Posted by brandon in : ramblings , add a commentseriously.
i can’t stand talking on the phone. i never do it. people always wonder why they call me and i don’t answer. because for the last 10 years or so i’ve been using this thing called SMS [txt messaging]! i mean come on, its 2009 now! i don’t understand the need to actually “call” somebody when you can do things so much more efficiently. those of you who know me, know i’ve been complaining about this for years. but it doesnt seem to be changing and i dont understand why. why do people hate change and defiantly hold on to archaic technologies like phone calls. was it this way switching from telegraphs to phone calls?
the only reason i bring this up is i feel that we are stuck back in the past, should have adapted to sms, and sms should already be on its way out. between twitter, IM, other social media platforms and sms, i have absolutely NO reason to ever need to call someone. and things like twitter are already set to replace things like sms. come on people. get with the f-ing program.
its bagel time
ps. STOP CALLING ME. you’ll just get sent to vmail and you’ll get a txt in response
twitter wisdom from gary vaynerchuck April 5, 2009
Posted by brandon in : ramblings, videos , add a commentso normally i try to avoid embedding other peoples vlogs. i feel like im sort of cheating their ad revenue by using them on my site. but this time i think its worth it. here is my newest favorite from arguably THE most successful, creative, wise businessman of them all, Gary Vaynerchuk. The man commands a damn legion on twitter, his internet tv show, his onair tv appearances, his conventions, everything. he just signed a HUGE book deal. this man is going to be bigger than oprah. every single video he posts is GOLDEN advice that anyone anywhere who ever wants or tries to start any sort of business needs to watch.
that being said, im posting this one because i too, am sick of everyone and their thousand times a day questions of how is twitter ever going to make any money, blah blah blah, they are a fad, they arent going anywhere, etc. look, next to google, myspace, and facebook, they are the most influential, important, and talked about website right now. they have been for years, and they grow by leaps and bounds every day. to all the people who say they have no plan for being profitable, guess what! you can’t get tens of millions of dollars in funding if you dont have a profitable revenue source plan. trust me, they have one and its going to be great. and if this weeks rumors are true at all, google is going to be buying them for a HUGE ton of money.
twitter has singlehandedly changed the way business is done on the internet. you have immediate, unprecedented access to any and all potential customers at the moment they have your product on their mind! think about this. its f-ing HUGE.
and now i leave you with Gary V:
why i get an F- in social media February 14, 2009
Posted by brandon in : ramblings , add a commentsitting here at the DMV gives me a chance to finish up some blog material I started awhile ago.
I try to pretend to be a social media nut, but I tend to fail epicly. I just don’t understand how some of you have the time to keep up with everything. I realize all the time, that I’ve completely abandoned Twitter for days at a time. My flickr hasn’t seen an update in 5 months. I can’t stand facebook. You get the idea?
I can’t seem to remember how all of you kids always remember to take pics of everything and update a zillion sites a day, 555 times. I wish I could. I wish I had the discipline to always carry my camera. Always record things. Keep the inrernet in the loop. Maybe this could be a fresh start.
Let’s see how long this lasts.
i lold September 25, 2008
Posted by brandon in : mysekrit, ramblings , 2commentshad a nice relaxing night…. got way into working on my new project: www.mysekrit.com! Hopefully it will launch this weekend!
spent the last few hours coding as well as hanging out in @siliconcalley’s ustream. some decent laughs tonight…
decided tomorrow im picking up an IPEVO web cam…. 640×480 @ 30fps for 30 dollars…. plus its great for skype…. so expect me on ustream tomorrow night! here’s a little linky
i was excited to blog a few minutes ago…. now i’ve lost my steam lol. until tomorrow!
