I had a conversation today that caused me to spend some time thinking about failure, success, and starting over. In the course of that contemplation, some things became clear to me that, at least to me, seem pretty profound and I wanted to share them with you.

The dictionary defines success as

An event that accomplishes its intended purpose

It doesn’t say anything about cars, houses or money. It doesn’t speak to your level of education, your earnings potential, or your family genealogy. It simply and succinctly states how we can achieve success… by accomplishing our intended purpose!

That gives rise to the next logical question… Read the rest of this entry

Just wanted to pop in a quick note for those anxiously awaiting the Life In the Internet podcast. My wonderful co-host @VickieRigsby has been under the weather this weekend so we’re a little behind. Be on the lookout for the this week’s episode Monday night!

We also have a new project moving up to the front burner in the next few days… sorry, not ready for more details than that but its pretty exciting!

Oh, and one more thing… We’ve started working on BarCamp Huntsville in earnest. If you’re in or near Huntsville, AL, keep an eye on this site for all the news and updates about this big event for the Rocket City.

See ya tomorrow night!

@jtrigsby

Ben Parr has an awesome post over on Mashable about What the Web of Tomorrow Will Look Like: 4 Big Trends to Watch. One of the things that makes it so totally awesome is that he agrees with me! Here are a couple of the highlights:

The Web Will Be Ubiquitous – Always connected, always on, fully integrated with the appliances that we use to manage our life. Finally!
(see more under Mobile Becomes King in my 6 Guaranteed Game Changing Predictions for 2010)

The PC Will Lose Its Dominance Over the Web – Read the rest of this entry