• Twitter – Some love it, others just don’t get it. I’m firmly in the first group. I find great links, have established new connections, keep myself amused and easily keep up with existing relationships. I’m going to start pulling my daily twitter posts into this blog. It won’t replace my blog, but will give you much more insight to my world and network. If you’re on Twitter, follow me and hopefully we’ll find new ways to help each other.
• Video, video & more video – For over two years, I’ve been engrossed in web video, its best uses for brands, monetization and distribution. I’ve blogged about Daily Idea and Almost Mediocre as my two video properties, but many more opportunities have arisen. We’ve launched another web show for PopCrunch (warning: explicit language). Ping me for more information or if you have ideas for web video.
• Startup work – Rob and I really changed gears with our startup and have landed our first major customer. We’re built a social platform for local media companies. Have you seen your local newspaper, tv or radio station’s web site lately? Good, then you know there’s a market.

I thank you for sticking around and it’s good to be back. Even though at times I live by my calendar and task list, this quote summed up my eighteen days of absence.

“Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.”
- Chuck Sigars

Flickr photo credit: Leo Reynolds

Since blogs are considered a live representation of the game, any blog that has action photos or game reports, including play-by-play, scores or any in-game updates, is specifically prohibited. In essence, no blog entries are permitted between the first pitch and the final out of each game.

The strange part is Brian was given press credentials as a blogger. He’d also been live blogging from the previous post-season series in Missouri. My local paper is owned by Gannett, so this isn’t a small company the NCAA is messing with. According to Brian’s blog, the paper’s attorney is already researching if the NCAA is somehow denying the paper the right to report.

I’m not a journalist and the majority of the public would still say that professional bloggers aren’t either. Regardless, this creates a scary precedent on what the NCAA may do in the future. I know other bloggers who have live blogged games (including yours truly), so why stop them now?

On a positive note, the University of Louisville Cardinals are now going to their first College World Series! Cheer them on if you make the trip, but don’t try blogging it live.

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