"Etwas Anders"

Everybody´s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann, originally was published as a chronicle written by Chicago Tribune journalist Mary Schmich in 1997, "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", and went popular - and viral - even before released as a tune, now gaining even stronger momentum added with music. There is a long version and short version, the long with some actual singing as well, a refrain adding to the goosebumps. I am so weak when it comes to beautiful melodies!

It was actually mistaken to be a real commencement speech by Kurt Vonnegut addressing graduation class of MIT. Read the full story at wikipedia (where else, with full coverage?).

Of course, my favourite advice, among all filled with condensed wisdom, is

"Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room."

No surprise, huh?

Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen! (ORIGINAL VERSION)

[that was the long 7 min version - here is the short 5 min]

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Different aesthetics, different appearance. Same message(s).

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Bonus [VotD]: A REAL commencement speech, by Steve Jobs, to the Stanford Graduates of 2005 Class. Unmissable, as well. If you want inspiration, that is (of course you do :).

Stay hungry - Stay foolish! And yes, you got to do what you love to do.

The passage to make that happen, the tool, condensed;

"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Now, go out - and live!

As if it is your last day. It could be!

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Hives of Significance

nobody@vox.com(andersabrahamsson) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:33:21 +0200

But what should be the buzz? Who are the bees? Who make honey? And, where is the Queen?

And, most of all, where is the nectar?

In some -scending order (ascending and descending order only focusing the numbers of the hives limits our view only to answer the questions departing from an arbitrary dimension considering the Greather Whole).

Sustainopreneur's Café
Sustainopreneur's Square
Social Networkers for Sustainability [informal]
Club2Club - Official
DJ Anders Updates

All are Groups of Facebook (4) or Community on Ning (1). They have been established by me, but co-created by us.

Now, this night ahead, adding some new juicy lands of milk and honey, to let them all flow, upwards and away, towards the common sky. Yes, I am talking about a new Group on Facebook.

Bee-Hive, Bee-Have :).

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[RotD] Characters and Sharing, Sharing your Character

nobody@vox.com(andersabrahamsson) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:52:06 +0200

First part of subject line.

There are different items and platforms you can share whatever nowadays.

Nanoblogging for Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku etc.

Status reports on Twitter, Facebook etc.

Media sharing, dedicated on Flickr, YouTube, general on Tumblr etc.

"Linkblogging", or Social bookmarking through Del.icio.us, Magnolia, Blinklist, Facebook etc.

Blogging in general on Typepad, Wordpress etc.

Each of these comes with different social coding, and all can be streamed through an aggregated feed - FriendFeed, Lifestream on 30boxes.com etc. And you have it in your browser client on Flock.com.

Nowadays, also on client side outside your browser, such as Twhirl and Alert Thingy.

Now, more than ever, you need to be aware of the social code and the attention span. Thus, together, to keep and develop your social graph to leverage your intentions and make a change, lasting. What attention do you consume?

140 characters maximum for the status updates and Twitter?
The same for description of media and comments on social bookmarking?
Blogging up to 500 words?

And when aggregated enough regards content, theme, insight and thread/plot, and documented enough by then, push a Wiki for editing a book, and then take it to Blurb for self-published book?

That much for the opening questions related to the first part of the subject line.

Now to the second part of the subject line.

The one's you care to follow, and the one's you appreciate the sharing, is what matters, and what defines your character, your aspirations, your intentions.

And, I believe, if you follow beyond 150 people, it goes astray.

But that's me.

You?

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RotD: Twitter+Spam = Twam?

nobody@vox.com(andersabrahamsson) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:23:25 +0200

I (and others) have experienced an increasing of followers on my Twitter stream/account that does nothing else than get my nano-attention once: Seeing that their updates only contain a product/service they want to transact, and me to act. I build relations, not transactions, on Twitter. Sharing most important stuff. How to deal with the least important stuff coming from anonymous strangers who wants you to buy stuff you don't want or need? Yeah, I know I can block them immediately, and I can also set a lock on my account, but I do not want to do that, in the age of transparency. How can we even stop their action? Twitter becomes commonplace more and more, and turns e. g. into a default IM system for those who do not want to be having a regular IM client, with the Twhirl interface.

So.

In other words: How to deal with Twammers? (twitter plus spam)

[note: This post tagged #43tools, meaning it is relevant to one of three main professional strands of interaction represented of my three main pro-blogging action, see my Vox profile and statement for guidance - and this is also the first post tagged #rotd - 'reflection of the day', in my attempt to build up a default GTD next/action every day: daily blogging :) ]

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TotD: Tiësto - Driving to Heaven (Mat Zo Remix)

nobody@vox.com(andersabrahamsson) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:06:01 +0200

Tiesto - Driving To Heaven(Mat Zo Remix)

Mat Zo did wonders to the original. Still, after all the listenings from the Markus Schulz sets since last year, the quality sustains and grows.

And in the magic moments of joy and feeling 'being on right track' in the deeds this spring, this tunage has soundtracked the moments.

In short.

Pure joy.

Period.

The official release of all the Elements of Life Remixed tracks closing up - end of April.

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VotD: My first "Video of the Day"; Royksopp - Remind Me

nobody@vox.com(andersabrahamsson) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:07:44 +0200

Royksopp - Remind Me

Brilliant communication of complexity, turned into the format of simplicity. Animation.

To change the systems illustrated towards sustainability - how do we go about and where do we begin?

Maybe with you.

While at it, the video is from the Electronica Act from Norway, Royksopp. A Bonus video of the Day shared with the same group, live from Molde in Norway. Alpha Male. Massive multimediality, here we have neither simplicity nor complexity. Just a massive spirit.

Enjoy!

Royksopp LIVE at Aker Stadion, Molde Town

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