Renaissance 2.0
I was watching American Idol and this song started playing at the beginning as they did their obligatory intro piece about the final four contestants. I was captivated immediately by the song and thought it was Five for Fighting at first but realized it wasn’t. I used the Shazzam app to discover that it was…
I can’t get this wonderful song out of my head lately. I love the meaning of the song and the chorus and harmonies. The whole sentiment of “What are we waiting for?” resonates so much for me. Things are really happening now in my life. I am not waiting for anything anymore and making things…
This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s one of the reasons why I decided to stop being a critic (reviewer) of startups as I did when I wrote hundreds of pieces for awesome resources like Mashable, GigaOm, Appolicious, etc. and now I’m getting into the arena myself with a new firm called Applanta where…
I just heard this tonight in a TV commercial. I used Shazzam as usual to find out who sang it and I was surprised because I thought it was Imagine Dragons. These guys are so good! I love this song. It’s so positive and uplifting.
When did the social media age begin officially? It’s a trick question because there isn’t an official start date, much like there isn’t a clear deliniation between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 (whatever that really meant). However, I find it fun to think about when the online age shifted into the social network and mobile app…
I love Jeff Lynne and ELO. Here’s a wonderful documentary about him and his band. It’s such a good piece about his life and career. You can see the influence of the Beatles on his music. I especially loved when Paul McCartney (of all people!) is interviewed and describes his reaction to hearing ELO for…
Every once in a while I will watch a movie with little or no expectations whatsoever and then I’ll get blown away by how good it is. Such was the case with “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time“. I did not expect much at all except for lots of action which it had aplenty…
I finally watched the movie BRAVE with the family on New Year’s Eve and it lived up to all the hype and then some. What a wonderful movie. The graphics and animation were breathtaking and amazing! It all just keeps on getting better and better! Soon we will not be able to tell the difference…
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions like most people because I rarely if ever achieved any of them. Well, that all changed in 2012 for some reason. I’m not really sure why I was able to stick to my goals this past year but I did it. Here’s what went…
Here were some of my favorite things of 2012 in movies, music, TV, etc. Movies I still haven’t seen most of the best movies released this year so they won’t make this list (i.e. Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, etc.). Here are my favorite movies that I did see…