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What Matters Now is Awesome

December 14, 2009 by Shelli

What Matters Now is a brilliant compilation of thoughts and ideas from more than 70 big thinkers and visionaries. I’ve read only the first few and I’m telling you, the e-book is awesome.

Genius, thought leader and author Seth Godin created the e-book.

“Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around,” writes Godin in the blog post where he introduced and made available this fabulous ebook, which was a project that took him months to complete.

What you get are 80 pages of wisdom, presented in compelling, unique and useful ways. Download it here.

Among the thought leaders who participated and share their insights are Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Tim O’Reilly, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tom Peters, Dan Pink, Chris Anderson, Kevin Kelly, Jason Fried, Elizabeth Gilbert, Steve Pressfield, and more.

Don’t waste another moment. This is truly a GIFT. I’m going to start reading it right now and will not put it down until I’ve read all of its pages. It’s not very often we get, for free or otherwise, such a compilation of wisdom and first-hand insights from such a significant, brilliant collection of thought leaders.

What Matters Now comes at a perfect time, near the end of 2009. It will inspire our hearts and stimulate our minds as we enter a new year.

I’d love to hear what some of your favorites are in the e-book.

What Matters Now Contributors Cloud image from SethGodin.com
What Matters Now Contributors Cloud image from SethGodin.com

Filed Under: Marketing, Media, Technology Tagged With: big ideas, chris anderson, ebook, free ebook, kevin kelly, Marketing, Media, seth godin, Technology, thought leaders, visionaries, visionary, what matters now

Rebooting not by design

May 1, 2009 by Shelli

One way to clear your desk for the day is to have your hard drive crash. Don’t I wish. That it would clear my desk, that is.

Of course this sounds good but the reality is that your life becomes more stressful because it means lost time – and data.

Every time this has ever happened, it’s nothing short of torture for me. I’d rather have four back-to-back root canals, four days in a row.

Yeah, you guessed it. My hard drive crashed.

Today, the folks at TechRestore say the data is probably not recoverable.

I did find a company with a “clean room” willing to try and save the data, and probably can, but the cost will be (gulp) $900-$2,500. Ouch. What kind of choice does that leave me? Data for $900-2,500 or no data. Jeesh.

BTW, through all this, I also discovered that one way to decrease the amount of email you get is to get a new email address. It’s wonderful to have only a handful of emails in a day. Reminds me of 1996.

If anyone out there has any great insights for me on how I can retrieve my data on my hard drive without breaking the bank, I would love to hear it. You can reach me at yellowstoneshel@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: computer problems, decompress, rebooting, tech support, Technology

I’m a Media Multitasker

March 31, 2009 by Shelli

I love to travel and I travel with lots of gadgets to capture it all in one form of media or another. And hence, the name of this blog… (Those closest to me probably realize that one of my shortfalls is that I tend to focus so much on capturing the moment that I likely miss out on fully enjoying the experience at hand. I’m working on this. But I digress…)

I love technology in general, and in particular, gadgets. Especially if they can somehow improve my life, make me more efficient, and help me capture my most unique and memorable moments.

I just returned from a hiking trip with a girlfriend to Zion National Park.
With me I took the following gadgets, each serving a very important and distinct purpose:

• Blackberry Storm
• iPod + noise-canceling headphones
• Nikon Coolpix600
• FlipVideo
• Macbook Pro Laptop
• Amazon Kindle
• Portable GPS
• Nike-Plus wristband

Once I boarded my flight in Riverton, WY, I used my blackberry to send a quick text to my husband, Jerry, letting him know I was boarded and on schedule. I then settled in for the 1-hour flight by watching a Jon Stewart Daily Show episode on my iTouch with my noise-cancelling headphones.

Kathy, from Omaha, and I linked up for the trip by flying into Las Vegas. From there we used my portable Tom-Tom to get us headed in the right direction and to our hotel near Zion National Park.

I had ordered and preloaded my Kindle with several hiking and guidebooks for the region so I only had to carry with us my (10 ounce) Kindle, vs. towing a trailer along to haul a bunch of heavy guidebooks.

I could quickly upload geotagged photos to my Facebook page, and also to Flickr from my phone while at the top of Zion National Park’s famous Angel’s Landing. I could also text my husband and sons a short video clip of the scary, exposed hike. I used my FlipVideo to capture short clips along the way to post on YouTube.

Awesome.
Awesome.

During the adventure Nikon Coolpix 6000 camera was logging GPS coordinates and seamlessly attaching them to all my images.

When I returned to the hotel room, I was able to upload my photos and video to my laptop. Thanks to iLife 09, the photo app I use (iPhoto) immediately assigned my photos in “Places” placing them on a map according to their gps coordinates. Next, it sorted my photos according to “Faces.” Since it was just Kathy and myself on this particular adventure, I chose one photo with both of us in and quickly assigned our names to our faces. From there iPhoto could sort all Kathy photos for me as well as all Shelli photos.

I was also able to log our miles for the day via my NikePlus.

Things were all going so slick and efficiently that I was downright giddy.

But then it came time to re-charge all of the gadgets for the next day’s adventures.

Which meant I had to untangle (at least) 7 separate power/charging cords and then figure out which one went with which device. Suffice it to say that this normally-cheerful (but unfortunately impatient) person had become a very frustrated and grumpy person. I bet it took me a (wasted) 30 minutes to get it all figured out, and when I did there weren’t enough available power outlets to plug them all in simultaneously so I had to charge them in sets. (Note to self: next time pack a power strip)

Not Awesome.
Not Awesome.

What I think would be the most valuable accessory for me, and other media folks, and technology junkies would be one charger cord that works for all of the above devices.

Please, I would pay lots of money for a simple, streamlined solution. BTW, thank you very much FlipVideo for simply using AA batteries, and offering a no-cord solution. Other gadgets would be wise to follow!

Filed Under: Family, Media, Technology, Travel & Tourism Tagged With: gadgets, internet, Marketing, Media, multitasking, Technology

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About Shelli

Hi. My name is Shelli Johnson. I live on the frontier in Lander, Wyoming. I’m a wife, a mother, an entrepreneur, certified life/leadership coach, wellness coach, keynote presenter and inspired speaker, leadership development facilitator, personal development strategist, writer and adventure guide. This blog mostly includes stories about adventures and travel, but other passions are reading/books, technology, fitness, nutrition, and national parks, so you’ll find a wide range of articles here. I am founder of Yellowstone Journal and YellowstonePark.com, and NationalParkTrips.com, which was my first business. My current company, Epic Life Inc., is in its 7th year, and going gangbusters. If you’re interested in learning more about my current work, I hope you’ll jump over there and learn more about that. I have a more personal blog, more directly related to life and living and leadership, at YourEpicLife.com/blog. I’d love it if you’d also check out that collection of my writings. Thank you for stopping by! Finally, if you’d like to connect with me directly, please email me if you’d like to connect.

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