Elsewhere

First there was MixedCase, then there was eEverything, then there was iEverything.

Next step: Vowel Droppr?

Witness:
* Flickr
* Odeo Synchr

Hmm… too early to tell, I’m sure, but fun to speculate nevertheless.

I don’t really get mash-ups. I don’t
see how they can have lasting value. You listen to them once, snicker
at the novelty, and then they collect dust on your hard drive. Really,
they are just boring Frankenstein remixes that dilute the impact of the
original tracks. If you know of some examples that might change my
mind, please, tell me.

A lot of people are afraid of advancing
in life because they are afraid of changing themselves. They think, “I
like myself, I am a good person, and I don’t want to change that.”

You
might be a good person, but you might not be an *effective* person–in
your career, your hobbies, or your personal life. You can be effective
and still be good, but yes, it will change who you are a little bit.

Just being a good person is not enough to get you very far. The world is full of good people, but not so many effective people.

There’s
absolutely nothing wrong with staying how you are right now. But the
choice is yours–are you satisfied with it? Are you content for things
to stay the way they are right now, or do you want something more?

Think
really hard about this. A lot of people justify and rationalize and
make excuses in order to say they’re happy, but deep down they are
restless, unsettled, and scared to change things.

If you want to
change your life, then you might have to let yourself change a little
bit. It can be quite scary, especially if you have friends and family
who aren’t comfortable with you changing. But for some people, the
alternative is much scarier.

Some people will understand and
some won’t; it’s a good way to weed out who really cares about you and
who is only interested in you for their own purposes. But other people
don’t even really matter so much–what’s most important is how you feel
about yourself at the end of the day. Trying–even if you fail (so you
try again)–makes you a lot stronger and, in the long run, more
self-fulfilled than if you just coast for your whole life.

If
you’re happy with who you are and your life exactly as it is,
great–stay right there and enjoy it. It’s what we’re all working
towards. If not, you might need to change yourself a little to see
improvements elsewhere. And it really doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Keep the good stuff that you like about yourself; just replace the
ineffective with the effective. And be prepared for scary and wonderful
things to start happening.