Hey guess what? I haven’t been posting a lot lately. I find that upsetting and disturbing. It probably hasn’t bothered you as much, but bear with me…

I’ve decided to give you an actual aural snapshot of the thoughts in my brain for the past few weeks. If you can help sort out what it means, I’d happily be happy. Or something. Here ya go, a fresh recording:

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*whew* — what a week. Many of you know that I won’t be doing a review video this week for Linux Journal.

WAIT! Step away from the edge of that building. The story doesn’t end there.

Starting this evening, I’ll be hosting “Linux Journal Live” on Thursday nights. When I was in Houston back in March, a live show was something we discussed as a future endeavor. (Carlie left the notes on her whiteboard, and we also apparently had a plan to “squirt video”, the definition of which baffles me to this day…) Anyway, the future is today. At 8:30PM EST to be precise.

There will be live chat, a cool co-host, and most likely coffee. Well, at least for me.

So please, join us! http://www.linuxjournal.com/live

As Nathan points out, I’ve been doing a lot of videos lately, and fewer and fewer posts that require actual text. It’s not because I forgot how to write, or because I think writing is outdated, but rather quite the opposite.

I’ve been working on an outline for a book. I find that if I write a lot here, I lose my desire to write privately. Also, if I put what I’m writing online immediately, I think after the first action scene, I wouldn’t want to delve back into the story, and it’d go unfinished.

BUT, I have this burning need for instant gratification and an online presence. I find that videos like “Truck Cam” fill that creative need without ruining writing for me. So, if things go right, this winter my actual blog writing will decrease (not go away), and my private writing will increase. I’m not going to let myself share any details until I’m finished, if nothing else than for motivation to complete the book. I’m going to be constantly reminding myself that a finished “sucky” book is easier to fix up than a half finished “good” book. Hopefully I’ll listen to myself and just write.

But NOW, I need to prepare for a community-wide technology meeting that I’m in charge of running! Wish me luck!

No video this morning, but I try to make up for it this evening. You get to see the local gas station in town, and buy Coke with me. How exciting. This is real reality TV.

H/T to Janiece.

I work with really cool people over at Linux Journal, and video seems to be getting more and more popular. I think that’s awesome. So watch this video, then do you best Jagger to get a free awesome poster.

Just a quick Truckcam today, I had to come in early.