Comments on: How I connect

By: Inside my head. | Martyholman.com

Inside my head. | Martyholman.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:05:12 +0000

[...] no doubt that what gets me going is ideas. As I mentioned here, it’s my number one strength. For some reason, because of my job or whatever, it would appear that the fall tends to be the time [...]

By: Audra Krell

Audra Krell — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:20:16 +0000

I love being connected. I’ve actually had to the opportunity to meet people face to face recently, that I only first met through Randy Elrod and Watercooler Wednesday. It is really incredible. Now if I can just my extended family connected….

By: Mark Jaffrey

Mark Jaffrey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:14:59 +0000

Marty, just found your blog through the watercooler. You are speaking my language – it’s VERY reassuring. Like Camel Rider, I am also overseas and Web 2.0 is an absolute lifeline. The first time we came to Egypt in ’99 I would spend most evening glued to my email trying to get some kind of communication with my friends and family back home. Nine years later it’s just effortless and it flows on to my screen all hours of the day like water. You can jump in and engage fully or just sit on the sidelines and observe, but whichever method you choose, you still feel CONNECTED.

Here’s my five: Connectedness, Adaptability, Input, Includer, Relator.

By: Camel Rider

Camel Rider — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:22:57 +0000

Living overseas has really created a desire to stay connected….when possible for free. Two years ago I had one website. Now I host 5 blogs (writing on two), do Facebook and am totally addicted to Flickr.

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:43:28 +0000

Did I ever share my 5 with you? I’m not sure that I did; if so add one more “connectedness” to your list. In case you care, this was my top 5, in order:

Ideation
Input
Connectedness
Intellection
Learner

By: Marty Holman

Marty Holman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:11:28 +0000

Yeah Jenn! By the way, I’m totally interested in the story you have going on in your blog about the “Milk Guy” Would love to hear the full story sometime.

By: Eric Mill

Eric Mill — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:11:14 +0000

Oh, nothing serious Marty, about 30 visits a day. I’m not done with it yet, not by any means.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:40:19 +0000

Yes I do like to be connected! I totally resonated with the liking-people-from-different-areas-of-your-life-to-
meet, thing.

By: Marty Holman

Marty Holman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:42:23 +0000

Thanks Eric! I remember when I first started this that you told me this is the way the world is going – Everything will be free and connected, you said. Good prophecy!
By the way, how many hits does your site get a day now? Ohnomymoney.com?

By: Eric Mill

Eric Mill — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:47:50 +0000

I think you’re doing a great job of taking advantage of the Web, as a pastor and blogger. Every church should be doing podcasts of their sermons nowadays, and tracking them with Feedburner or something like it. It offers no downsides.

The Web is so malleable. I have ohnomymoney, which works the API provided by Wesabe, and any problems I have with it I can just talk out with them on the forums. They’re responsive and interested in extending the API in ways that help the people using it, which includes me. Getting involved in the changes going on around us, and taking hold of a piece of it, is way easier than most people think.