Aww Dip

There have been a few times now where people have commented that my photo on Twitter has confused them. I can see how something that full of awesome could be difficult to wrap your head around (and really, is there anything more awesome than Ron Jeremy dressed up like Mario?).

I am looking to my fellow Twitterati (tweeple?) to help me out. I have been in extra goofy mode recently, and snapped off a few possible pics to use. Leave a comment below and let me know which one you think would be fitting.

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So, I am trying to get a nice assortment of pieces to put in my portfolio to send to potential employers, and I am kinda flipping out a little. I really want to start ding something with video and motion, but there has only been one real motion project from school and I am not happy with it. This wouldn’t be an issue, but all of the self-motivated video projects I had intended on completing this last quarter fell by the wayside. That leaves me with zero personal projects to offset the one disappointing project I have.

I could continue to look for web development coops. While the web side of things is something I enjoy, is not what I was intending on focusing on. I was hoping on branching out and exposing myself to new opportunities. While going on a coop is nice for networking, I feel that it should also be a chance for me to encounter things outside of my “normal” realm. I was really happy when we were working in After Effects, and I want to know if it is something I really want to do for a career. I don’t want to wonder “what if” when I graduate.

I don’t know, maybe this self-doubt is a good thing. I keep trying to better myself, so that is a plus.

For some reason, I tend to put way too much stress on myself. A good majority of these stressors are really insignificant, and I have no idea why I let myself get so worked up. For example, I had no down-time at work today and didn’t get to dit down at my computer until now (11:45pm). I opened up my RSS Reader, and this is what I saw:

I know it if silly, but having that many feed items to go through got me frazzled for a second. I had to take a deep breath and realize that not only did I know what priority these feeds had for me, but I can just mark things as read and go back to them later.

If your head hasn’t been under a proverbial rock, you have heard Cincinnati residents talking about the OTRTweetup that is happening this Thursday, November 20th. However, for those of you that like to keep your head under some nice terra firma, here are the details: (taken from Kate’s Random Musings)

Are you on Twitter?

Would you like to meet your local Twitter friends?

Come to Greater Cincinnati’s first tweet-up at Over-the-Rhine’s Below Zero Lounge at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 20.

It’s a great way for you to put a face to a name, and talk to your Tweeple/Twitterites/Twitterverse in more than 140 characters.

No need to come looking like your avatar…

So show up, meet the cool Twitterati from Cincinnati, and have a few drinks. Please make sure to leave a comment on Kate’s blog so she can have a rough head count.

As you may know, I am a huge fan of electro-house music, mainly with Justice and Daft Punk. I try every now and then to make my own music, and most of it is done through my MacBook Pro. These midi controllers by Korg would be really helpful, especially if I want to ever perform this music live.

The news media needs to be held accountable for the things they air. I am tired of turning on a 24/7 “news” station and seeing a teaser for “How to Dress like Sarah Palin” or anything resembling a Hollywood tabloid. If a channel wants to present themselves as a news station, they should be required to announce when they are editorializing a story. During this election season, the news shows seem to be dealing less in fact than the entertainment shows, and sadly, a good percent of the American population does not care enough to remove the facts from the fiction.

Short and sweet, but it is three weeks running.

One of the biggest concerns in this “Web 2.51″ world is SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and for good reason. Your online identity needs to be easily accessible and prevalent across a wide range of categories for your business to thrive. A simple search of “SEO Salary” brings up an article that outlines the ranges of pay for someone who’s sole job is SEO optimization. The salary could range from $35,000 for simply building links between sites and up to $350,000 for a “Director of Search Marketing”. Obviously, the market feels the position is needed and worth a substantial income.

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If you don’t remember, I had made mention to Justin.tv a while ago, and in bringing up that site I started remembering one of my favorite “lifecasters” (the cute term Justin.tv uses to describe people that sit infront of their webcam). Sadly, when I went back to check up on this person’s activities, I found that they seemed to have been banned from the site. This was suprising to me, seeing as the topics of conversation rarely strayed from that of Geekdom.

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It seems like every time I sit down at my computer, I have to keep telling myself that I need to finish updating the content on my portfolio. Not only am I lacking in motivation with the portfolio side of things, but I keep failing to fill out the blog side of things. I will have these great trains of thought, and when I sit down to write, it all seems rather trite. » Continue Reading…

I woke this morning, and I could not shake the dream I had last night. This is something really out-of-character for me, since I usually do not remember what I dream.  Even now, a few hours after waking up, I am losing most of the content… But man, it was a weird one. » Continue Reading…