Comments on: Friday RoundUp #4: the “internet famous” edition http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/ When you need some destuckification. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: communicatrix http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-415 communicatrix Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:20:27 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=357#comment-415 GOOD: Amazing experience speaking/sharing/whooping-it-up at the Creative Freelancer Conference. Amazing outpouring of help/love on the SW Airlines vid from @Havi et @al. Seeing old friends. Meeting buncha new ones. BAD: WHO THE HELL TOOK MY VOICE!?! GIVE IT BACK!! GOOD:

Amazing experience speaking/sharing/whooping-it-up at the Creative Freelancer Conference. Amazing outpouring of help/love on the SW Airlines vid from @Havi et @al. Seeing old friends. Meeting buncha new ones.

BAD:

WHO THE HELL TOOK MY VOICE!?! GIVE IT BACK!!

]]> By: Charlie Gilkey http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Charlie Gilkey Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:24:08 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=357#comment-413 The hard stuff: I accidentally deleted all of my wife's data on her computer - and a lot of it was her only copy of important files (dissertations, article drafts, book manuscripts). I recovered it all, except for the software didn't regenerate the name of the files. Hence, she's spent the week thumbing through about 2,000 files renaming and recategorizing stuff. All because I didn't want to wait another couple of hours and didn't listen to my spidey-sense. The good stuff: I had lasik this week, so I'm unburdened by contacts and glasses. There's a good chance I'll end up with 20/15. It's part of my plan to rebuild my physical self and get back to a more healthy me. I also made a new friend this week.:p Sounds so kindergarten, and it is - but the sweet stuff of life can be traced back to the innocence of childhood. Oh, and I also got my creative mojo back. The hard stuff:
I accidentally deleted all of my wife’s data on her computer – and a lot of it was her only copy of important files (dissertations, article drafts, book manuscripts). I recovered it all, except for the software didn’t regenerate the name of the files. Hence, she’s spent the week thumbing through about 2,000 files renaming and recategorizing stuff. All because I didn’t want to wait another couple of hours and didn’t listen to my spidey-sense.

The good stuff:
I had lasik this week, so I’m unburdened by contacts and glasses. There’s a good chance I’ll end up with 20/15. It’s part of my plan to rebuild my physical self and get back to a more healthy me.

I also made a new friend this week.:p Sounds so kindergarten, and it is – but the sweet stuff of life can be traced back to the innocence of childhood.

Oh, and I also got my creative mojo back.

]]> By: Avonelle Lovhaug http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Avonelle Lovhaug Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:57:19 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=357#comment-410 The hard stuff: I went to a networking event at my local chamber this week, and I had a odd experience. During the meeting, we go around the room and do our 30-second commercial for our business. I talked about how I write software for fixed prices, which is somewhat unusual. A few people later, a guy started his commercial by saying "speaking of fixed price billing - usually that will mean you will pay 15%-20% more!" Huh? The guy wasn't even a competitor, so I'm not sure why he thought it made sense to attack me. That would have been yucky enough, but it reminded me of how much I miss my dad. (No, wait.) My dad passed away two years ago. We weren't ever really close, partly because he was a great salesman and that has always made me uncomfortable. Now that I am running my own business, I realize how much I didn't appreciate his talents. He was really good at meeting people and getting to know them. I am totally horrible at it - as soon as I meet people I forget their names and what they said because I'm so nervous. Yikes! Anyway, dad would have known how to handle creepy guy dissin' me. The good stuff: I ordered a new tablet pc a couple of weeks ago, and it showed up this week, and it is beautiful and shiny and fast and I love it. Hurray! Avonelle Lovhaugs last blog post..<a href="http://www.avonellelovhaug.com/1397.aspx" rel="nofollow">Why You Need a Support Plan</a> The hard stuff:
I went to a networking event at my local chamber this week, and I had a odd experience. During the meeting, we go around the room and do our 30-second commercial for our business. I talked about how I write software for fixed prices, which is somewhat unusual. A few people later, a guy started his commercial by saying “speaking of fixed price billing – usually that will mean you will pay 15%-20% more!” Huh? The guy wasn’t even a competitor, so I’m not sure why he thought it made sense to attack me.

That would have been yucky enough, but it reminded me of how much I miss my dad. (No, wait.) My dad passed away two years ago. We weren’t ever really close, partly because he was a great salesman and that has always made me uncomfortable. Now that I am running my own business, I realize how much I didn’t appreciate his talents. He was really good at meeting people and getting to know them. I am totally horrible at it – as soon as I meet people I forget their names and what they said because I’m so nervous. Yikes! Anyway, dad would have known how to handle creepy guy dissin’ me.

The good stuff:
I ordered a new tablet pc a couple of weeks ago, and it showed up this week, and it is beautiful and shiny and fast and I love it. Hurray!

Avonelle Lovhaugs last blog post..Why You Need a Support Plan

]]> By: Naomi Dunford http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Naomi Dunford Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:05:51 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=357#comment-409 You poor, poor, sweet, duck-whore-loving person. I am so sorry. I was sorry before and I'm still sorry and it sucks and I know it will keep sucking but I'm sorry anyway. But if we had a <em>real, human</em> baby, do you think we could try for a girl? Cause the boy thing's getting a little much for me. Naomi Dunfords last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ittybiz/~3/378399232/" rel="nofollow">The One Where I Quit, or "How To Work From Home When You Have No Fucking Talent"*</a> You poor, poor, sweet, duck-whore-loving person. I am so sorry. I was sorry before and I’m still sorry and it sucks and I know it will keep sucking but I’m sorry anyway.

But if we had a real, human baby, do you think we could try for a girl? Cause the boy thing’s getting a little much for me.

Naomi Dunfords last blog post..The One Where I Quit, or “How To Work From Home When You Have No Fucking Talent”*

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://www.fluentself.com/blog/update/friday-roundup-4-the-internet-famous-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:55:51 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=357#comment-407 The hard stuff: My 92 year old cousin who has been more like an aunt found out that she had cancer on Monday and likely won't last the weekend - as least it's quick and she hasn't suffered at all with it. And 92 is a pretty good age to reach! She even lived on her own until last year where she moved in to assisted living (her own apt but with communal meals). The good stuff: My bf Raul who is awesome at making me laugh - always at the top of the good stuff. You like me! Yay! Thanks for the link love. And with more on link love topic, someone Stumbled me today and my visits went through the roof, plus in the past 3 weeks since launching the new version of my site, I've almost doubled the RSS subscriptions and tripled the email subscribers - woo hoo! (and a shout-out to Men With Pens for the design). Oh, and I spent the afternoon on the beach reading and napping. Alex Fayle | Someday Syndromes last blog post..<a href="http://somedaysyndrome.com/2008/08/insecure-people/" rel="nofollow">Insecure People are Self-Absorbed and Egotistical</a> The hard stuff:
My 92 year old cousin who has been more like an aunt found out that she had cancer on Monday and likely won’t last the weekend – as least it’s quick and she hasn’t suffered at all with it.

And 92 is a pretty good age to reach! She even lived on her own until last year where she moved in to assisted living (her own apt but with communal meals).

The good stuff:
My bf Raul who is awesome at making me laugh – always at the top of the good stuff.

You like me! Yay! Thanks for the link love.

And with more on link love topic, someone Stumbled me today and my visits went through the roof, plus in the past 3 weeks since launching the new version of my site, I’ve almost doubled the RSS subscriptions and tripled the email subscribers – woo hoo! (and a shout-out to Men With Pens for the design).

Oh, and I spent the afternoon on the beach reading and napping.

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndromes last blog post..Insecure People are Self-Absorbed and Egotistical

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