In order to maintain my monopoly over as many "jeffnords" as possible at major social networking sites, I've signed up for Flickr and Pinterest. I don't expect to use them very often, but they both allow embedding, so we'll see.
I've also highlighted in bold my primary social networking links (on the right-hand column) right now. Since my music has been on the backburner, I haven't been on Soundcloud or Bandcamp very often. But hopefully this coming summer will change some of that.
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Although there are other coincidences for today, this one's interesting:
The "memories" ad on Facebook is funny because all of the photos have been posted by other people. If it had given me an analogous ad a few years ago, it would have shown numerous photos that I've taken myself. But there's Facebook saying "Thanks for being part of the community for 9 years," and none of those images show that I've taken part, myself, at all.
And by sending that "Comprehensive Exam Paper," I hope to put a cap on one of the last times when I'll do something I'm not very passionate about. I joined that Leadership program largely in order to increase my paycheque, but not really because I "really wanted to." Although I may have built up some grit and resilience in the process, it's certainly come at a price: my marriage is a mess; I've isolated my friends; I'm not as effective in the classroom as I once was; I haven't written a song in years; I'm both numb and miserable at the same time. In either case, this is new-leaf-turning-over-time. I have time on my weekends again for the first time in years. I have few friends who have any expectations of me. And I don't have any more excuses avoid anything. This summer will be important. I will read; I will relax; I will try to shape my mind a little. I've been looking into going overseas again, perhaps teaching in China or the Middle East for September of 2017. My Master's degree will be a good marketing tool. But I have no idea where I will be in September 2016. And that's OK. I'm trying to monopolize as many "jeffnords" profiles online as I can. So... A couple days ago, I signed up for Reddit. I don't really understand how it works, but I signed up anyhow. Today I began to put a profile together on LinkedIn. Heck, I even resurrected my old MySpace profile, although I don't know what I'm going to do with it. The more I admit that so little of my life is actually in my control, the more comfort I find in social media. If my private life's a mess, let's completely destroy my private persona altogether!
As I start to compile my 30-second Twitter rants into YouTube videos in order to make them easier to embed, I've started a playlist.
I don't intend on making the videos pretty in any way, but it's certainly nice to be able to embed them as a single video instead of a series of different videos.
In an effort to monopolize as many jeffnords handles as possible, I bought jeffnords.com. It redirects here.
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April 2023
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