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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Randomness Turns Seven

As of today, Randomness has been around for seven years! Back when I first started, few people knew what a blog was, much less why someone might want to read one. Flash forward to 2009 and print media is slowly transitioning onto the web, for better or worse, and political pundits give bloggers real credence. And with the advent of Twitter, news outlets love picking up stories about "micro-blogging." (Which, in my personal opinion, is a little ridiculous - the term strikes me as rather forced.)

But happy birthday to Randomness - who knows where the internet will be in another seven years?

Labels: blogging

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Randomness Turns Six

Back in 2002, hardly anyone knew what blogging was--when I mentioned starting a blog, one of my friends asked, "But why would anyone want to read about what you're doing?" Flash forward six years, and it's rare for anyone not to have--or tried to have--a blog, probably allowing it to die within a few posts (in 2004, the best stats I could find indicated that 26% of blogs were abandoned upon creation, and 40% abandoned within 126 days).

So it's a belated bloggy birthday. In fact, I nearly missed it myself. As of February 28, Randomness is officially six years old--not a bad amount of time to be writing.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Hello my friend, we meet again.

Yes, it's been the longest absence this blog has ever experienced. I apologize. We're now back in business, and I promise not to lapse so severely again. Here are some highlights from the last few weeks:

I finally got caught up on Battlestar Galactica. I'd share my thoughts, but I don't want to give any spoilers for those who haven't yet seen the last couple of episodes. Suffice it to say that the writers love drastically changing the circumstances of the show at the end of the season. Unfortunately, it looks like Season 4 will be the last.
I saw Phil Keaggy and Brennan Manning perform/speak at an intimate theatre in Wicker Park. Phil really is one of the best guitar players alive--add to that the fact that he's missing a finger on his strumming hand and I wasn't a fan before, but I am now. I'd be happy to have half his abilities. One of the other cool things about that night was that I happened to be there with another dancer--we finally couldn't take just listening to the highly danceable blues tunes anymore and started swing dancing on the side of the room. Keaggy thought it was great, and so did a lot of the other people in the audience--a number of them actually thanked us for dancing. Imagine that!
My brother and three other sets of friends visited Chicago.
I started teaching swing and blues dancing at Studio Viva in Palatine, Ill. In August I'll be teaching at Bob Bills Studio in Chicago's West Loop as well.
Just Plain Folks made a Road Trip stop in Chicago and about 50 singer-songwriters, bands, and even a couple of hip hop artists showcased for each other.
I picked up the calligraphy I'd commissioned for my new logo. It looks amazing! You'll start to see the artwork appearing in the next few months.

Labels: blogging, concerts, musicians, swing dancing, teaching

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Happy Fifth Birthday, Randomness!

Wow. I've been blogging for five years. Back in 2002, hardly anyone knew what blogging was; when I mentioned to one of my friends that I was starting a blog, she responded, "Who's going to want to read your thoughts on the internet?" And now almost everyone has one, or has started one and let it die shortly after. Many people get their news and associated commentary from them. The internet's definitely changed.

Labels: blogging

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