I’ll begin by giving a quick apology for not posting anything yesterday. I decided it was time to get rid of a big portion of grass in my yard and put in a stone paver patio. I thought that it would take about 2 day or so to complete. I was wrong…
Yesterday it was over 100 degrees (38 Celsius) and apparently I didn’t’ drink enough water. Needless to say, I almost died (or so it felt) and had a nice migraine headache all night.
Stepping back a few days, I had a true experience as to how the internet has changed in our lives. In planning for this project I knew I would need a few people to help me dig out the 8 inch deep area of my yard. I walked up to a friend of mine and said,
Do you dig?
He looked at me and replied,
Do I Digg, D-I-G-G?
I couldn’t help but to laugh. Another colleague who was standing next to me had a blank look on her face and was probably wondering what the heck we were talking about. (For those of you who are wondering yourselves, have a look at the little “Digg This Story” button at the bottom of this post.)
What a long way we’ve come. I was recently listening to a tape series by Ramond Aaron about making money in Real Estate. This set was recorded live about 14 years ago. During the conversation he mentions the internet and asks, “How many people have heard of the internet…only a few, so how many of you have heard of a homepage?” We’ve gone from that to confusing manual labor with giving my posting a Digg!
Through all of this I started to realize that society is being deeply divided into those who know technology and those who don’t. Most of the blogs I read talk about making money online or marketing your site. I think the real problem with most people who don’t succeed is that they are still thinking in the industrial age mentality. I also realized that in order to find success the levels I want, that I also need to change my mentality and move towards a quicker, and more value-added service level for people reading my blog. Is this a stupid thing to get motivated over? Probably, but I really believe that if you can find inspiration in everyday life, you can continually boost yourself higher.
Lol…and in 10 years everyone may have already forgotten about D-I-G-G digging. How many people that use the internet today could tell you what Mosaic is? But you’re spot-on…adapting and delivering value added service or content in terms your customer-base thinks in is the key…. And if you can figure out how they’re going to be thinking a year-from now, you’re even better off.
Posted by Zen Zoomie | July 16, 2007, 6:08 pmWell Zen, what are you going to be thinking a year from now?! If I can figure out that one I’ll have a great income a year from now…
Posted by Lewis Empire | July 16, 2007, 11:07 pmAh…if only I knew!
That’s the million dollar question I’m afraid.
Posted by Zen Zoomie | July 17, 2007, 4:38 pmDo I Dig or DIGG? The question asked would either being answer correctly or I might laugh about it.
Firstly, I’m very slow on digging earth. It might because I didn’t exercise much.
Secondly, I’m very fast in DIGG because it is the best way to un-earth information online.
BTW, I laugh a lot reading this post.
Posted by Paypal2u Bloggers | July 17, 2007, 7:29 pmHey Paypal2U, Thanks for the comment! I had a great laugh myself when my colleague said “Do I Digg, D-I-G-G” mainly because had he said it a month ago I would have been as clueless as the next guy. It’s like when you buy a new car; all of a sudden everywhere you look people are driving the same vehicle. With blogging, as soon as I started learning more about it, everywhere I looked there were articles, blogger’s pictures and names I recognized!
Posted by Lewis | July 17, 2007, 11:34 pmYup, Online communities is beyond any boundries, You can even get to more friend (close friend online) than any social meeting. By the way, it’s a good thing that Internet could give.
The bad thing…. hehehe.. everyone will know you and if you make mistake, everyone in the whole world will know..
I hope that I didn’t make any dumb mistake in the near future at all.
Posted by Paypal2u Bloggers | July 18, 2007, 7:54 pm