5 links and 22 songs

A few things to check out…and then some tunes, of course. Because I’m overdue.

Elevate Web Design at the University Level (A List Apart)

Generations Online in 2009 (Pew Internet Project)

Sponty – Be Hangoutable (Sponty)

Friday Heh (Dave Coustan)

Don’t be a pain…. (Karlyn Morissette)

As for the music, it’s been a few weeks since I posted on here, but I couldn’t resist. As a result, you get 22 songs this week. It’s a wide range of things from indie fare to a hip-hop mashup of Nat King Cole and The Roots for an upcoming album that Natalie Cole was Executive Producer on (meaning I guess it’s okay with her that they’re doing it…) and a variety of new tracks from The Heartless Bastard, P.O.S. and Fiction Family, a supergroup combining Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins and Switchfoot lead singer Jon Foreman. Ben Kweller released a country-influence album and there’s a track here from that surprisingly good album.

Here’s a link if you can’t see the applet below in your RSS feed (to listen to the tunes) and have a good weekend!

Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Cococnut Record – Nighttiming
Great Northern – Home
The Maine – The Way We Talk
Army Navy – Saints
Nat King Cole (f/ The Roots) – Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
Outasight – Good Evening (Dream Big)
Castanets -  The Night Is When You Can Not See
Dolorean – Beachcomber Blues
School of Seven Bells – Face To Face on High Places
Glenn Jones – Little Dog’s Day
The Ponys – Turn The Lights Out
LCD Soundsystem – Watch The Tapes
The Mojomatics – Miss Me When I’m Gone
Illa J – We Here
Heartless Bastards – Nothing Seems The Same
Ben Kweller – Fight
Fiction Family – Please Don’t Call It Love
REM – Nightswimming
Mineral – Love Letter Type Writer
The Phantom Band – Throwing Bones
P.O.S. – Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty)
Kate Nash – Merry Happy

2.13.08

Your personal best & 10 songs (1.16.09)

Something I was once told by an experienced Master Sergeant when I was in the Air Force that stuck with me was when I’d been through a particular course and while my performance was “the best” in the group, I’d most certainly come the farthest of almost any of them. I was recognized for my performance, was put in charge of our group towards the end of the training. I must’ve looked quite surprised and he came over to me and said (paraphrasing), “You don’t think you’ve done a good job here? Do you realize where you started from to get to this point? Everyone here is judged on their own merits, has their own goals and things to get through to succeed. You’ve succeed, so don’t look surprised. But don’t stop either.”

Ok, I paraphrased that so heavily that you can attribute that quote to me now. But the point is, your personal best is where you set the bar. Only you can know why you’re motivated how you are and the only person who can truly know what’s inside your heart is you.

1. Don’t believe the hype, especially your own.
2. Never believe you’re invincible, because you’re not.
3. Check yourself at the door and understand others.
4. Challenge yourself.
5. Don’t expect to fail, PREPARE for the success you seek.

Here’s some music for the folks who come here for that on Fridays.

1.16.09