• "Every new abundance creates a new scarcity" "hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention" #
• Disappointed with the depaul university open house I went to tonight. Got to stand in a big line for 30 minutes. #
• Notepad just crashed with a memory error! It was the one Microsoft application I had never before seen crash! #
• Some cool vintage looking fonts for letterhead and such projects. http://icio.us/atmsj4 #
• Examples of vintage 50's & 60's letterhead http://icio.us/3qz2xm #

• Telling the story behind your brand in a compelling way: http://bit.ly/pVD2X #
• tried to setup a wordpress google website optimizer test last night and it didn't work quite right. back to the tutorials… #

• This is a sweet looking concrete clock! http://icio.us/dyah2a #
• The paradox of choice today is that while we say we want to simplify our lives, we also want more control over the details of our life. #
• Just found this online audio editor, looks slick, but has anyone else tried it yet? http://icio.us/vgj422 #

• thinking about building a site with sliders like this one: http://bit.ly/IUNFd It looks like a lot of work, but an interesting effect. #
• Here is jquery slider technique, but I'm not sure it does what I'm looking for with sliding the whole page http://icio.us/ncjn0g #
• Mark Jobe is speaking today in chapel at Moody. #
• Listening to mark jibe speak at chapel. Genesis 32:24 jacob's wrestling. #
• Listening to mark jobe speak at moody's president chapel. Genesis 32:24 jacob's wrestling with God. #

I just watched this video on social media which I found very intriguing.

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=player_embedded

Over lunch a few days ago I had a discussion with some collegues about how social media and other forms of quick communication have been changing our society, how we form relationships, how we communicate, and how we live our lives. Whether it’s good or bad, the changes that are happening anyway, and this video shows a bit about how large of an impact it is going to have in the coming generation.

• How could the lean method of value stream mapping be used outside of the software development environment? http://icio.us/uldhlg #
• A good run down of the steps to improve your wordpress blog's SEO featuresa and hopefully improve your rankings: http://icio.us/enc52i #
• can't download the iphone sdk…apple support response from their website was less than helpful…hopefully I'll get it working. #
• like everyone else, noticing gmail is not working… #

• I've seen quite a few logo design tutorials lately, but this one gives a great introduction to the whole topic: http://icio.us/r0emha #
• I've been working on several wordpress sites lately, and this post gave me several useful improvement ideas: http://icio.us/bvh3o2 #
• While bandwidth & storage are cheap, the reduced price isn't available until management of these resources is automated & optimized. #

• Very impressive stop motion video using post-it notes. So cool! http://bit.ly/YT43J #

• Blue Screen of Death? Lifehacker lhas listed a tool to figure out what that screen said just before it rebooted. http://icio.us/rdgebo #
• Definitely felt the same way this morning! RT @JenStarlight: I'm still rooting for Mondays as being a national sleep in holiday… #
• An online shopping cart alternative to PayPal…Google? http://icio.us/m02a20 #
• Infographs for SEO, useful for explaining SEO process and ideas. http://icio.us/eucehw #
• Yet another javascript framework. But there are some nice demos: http://icio.us/odep2d #
• http://icio.us/gkdgd0 #
• 4 alternative search engines to try to find things on a web besides Google: http://icio.us/k2gtlt #
• "In order for an idea to spread, someone has to do the spreading" "Who spreads your word?" – Seth Godin: http://icio.us/zfeeay #
• http://icio.us/1stp0x #
• Want to back up your cloud computing information? Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. : http://icio.us/phtq42 #
• http://icio.us/1vfsbu #
• http://icio.us/jbmhn5 #
• Every used Instinct's Wordpress E-Commerce solution? Any good? http://icio.us/yzo4fn #
• Just read about Amazon's Startup Challenge. I'm already a fan of AWS, and I hope they get some cool ideas. http://icio.us/nwy3wp #

Over the last year as I’ve been working with the kids at New Life and observing how they interact with the lesson, the teachers, and other kids, I’ve noticed something interesting. They don’t seem to be interested in movies and videos that much anymore. When I was growing up, I think I could have spent countless hours watching TV, even if there was nothing on. We used to joke in my family that it was the “plug-in drug” because of it’s affect on people.

But now it seems like that’s not as true for the kids that come every week to the church.

Something else that is odd though is that they are still enthralled with spoken stories. My wife and a few other teachers I’ve been able to watch are able to tell a story that captures every child’s attention like no movie or video could. Is the future of communication for these kids to go back to storytelling instead of relying on flashing graphics and videos?

I’m not sure, but it’s interesting to watch and try to understand.