Bradtastic Premier

Hope you’ve had a splendid Easter! (That is, unless I don’t like you… in that case, I hope you get hit by a bus and no longer waste my oxygen.)

It’s been a bright but decent day but tonight will be even better; vchhnfilled with some work, reading, iTouching, Xbox 360, journal writing, blog writing and maybe — just maybe — some food consumption. “I’m on a special diet…” it’s just the Way of the Vampire, it’s nothing personal.

I’m consolidating my online presence, rewriting my bio, about pages, and changing the purpose of Bradtastic Premier.

I think most of you will like my new projects.

If you: use Microsoft Word or Notepad for writing or notetaking, can’t seem to get a decent pen for under $5, get stage-fright or just “don’t know what to say” to those beautiful strangers you’d like to take out and take home, think American culture is in the gutters, know our education and penal systems are massive failures, and/or if you don’t know how to defend yourself against a knife attack — you will enjoy and benefit from my new stuff.

I’m also posting a password protected entry soon. It’s on social theory; if you’d like the password, leave a comment with a valid email address.

Until then… <3B

I wrote this post using iBlogger, made by illumineX. It’s the best blogging app for the iPhone or iTouch (iPod touch). More on that soon! Photo edited with CameraBag.

Change starts with a belief, followed by action.

“Change” is a vast, deep and important topic for me and within my circles, so it’s something that I’ll come back to at some point. Probably after my re-release (anyone seen Gilmore Girls? If so, think Rory’s “Coming Out” ball, fan dance and black tie, minus the grandparent drama). It’s something that I’ve stated again and again, it’s been quoted by friends and exists on at least one wall, ink on index card, taped to remain at the forefront of conscious thought. I’m proud and flattered to make such an impact on others…

I’d also really like them to know that they help to shape me and make me who I am. I wouldn’t be Bradtastic without the people around me; my family, my friends and the loves of my life. Women are wonderful… beautiful, intelligent women are worth everything. [Women>Men—simple math]

It’s that time of year; lights a’plenty, the night comes early, family comes together to stress out over simple things. All of TV’s primetime dramas are on-hold until next year… Netflix is golden. The Internet has been a true gift, although I must say, I’ve been really, really getting grand amounts of pleasure from my Amazon Kindle. (I guess much of that credit could be given to the reading material itself, but somehow, the Kindle makes the reading experience that much better.)

I’ve been thinking about change… for myself, my life, my work… everything. I want to share more of myself and my thoughts, my life and my theories on interactions. I want to share the new, great things in my life—what I love—what keeps me going. I’ve been looking at new blogging/journaling/writing/publishing platforms for some time now—including forums, wikis and CMS’ like Drupal and Joomla—finally settling on two platforms, TypePad and Squarespace. (I’ve shared some of this at my Vox and microblogs.) I’m testing both right now… and I’m impressed so far.

Many thanks to @mzampino and @marinesetwas (Twitter/Social Network people, though the links go to their blogs) for their input, as well as that cool-dude Warner Crocker—who’d bestowed upon me that Ink Blot Award for Bradtastic Ink aka bradchin.com—for his thoughts on the TypePad platform. (Perhaps it’s something that’ll work for my inkblog… I’m really not that happy with my current WP setup there. Thoughts?)

So I’m posting this as a precursor to change—impending, inevitable change—insofar as any of this can apply to your life and those around you, I hope it inspires something… further, if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions for me, by all means (literally) please, do share. ‘Tis the season… and I say, forget about “New Years’ Resolutions,” anytime—any day—is grand-enough to declare a resolution. We should be take advantage of the time that we have and improve and change throughout the year.

Lastly, I hope that the best and strongest of us can cure boredom. Youtube doesn’t count—I really wish that that site was never created… what a step-back for mankind. (Just had a great conversation about chaos magic, life and productivity with CKD—YouTube’s negative effect on workplace productivity certainly came up.) If you spend any part of your day “being bored,” you should join me at Vox. I’ll introduce you to some people… if you’re cool enough. *smile*

Until next time… enjoy the ‘eve!