Tag: 2008

  • Just Another Rotation?

    planet earthThis morning I was talking to the kids about today’s date. Megan knew that we started 2008, and she knew that it was now January. But she didn’t know what made a day. She knew who made today, but not what a day was.

    A rotation. It happens so many times in our lifetime that we miss the wonder of billions of pounds of matter spinning. Like a child spins in my living room, the earth spins. And each time there is one rotation we mark its passing with the simple term: A day.

    A year is one rotation of that spinning billions of pounds of matter around the sun. This takes 365.25 days and is equally amazing.

    Today there is a lot of talk about 2007 and 2008. A lot of lists and a lot of dreams. I wonder if those same people will take a good, honest look at the last 365 rotations of the earth, the last rotation around the sun, and ask themselves, “What could I have done better? What can I learn from? How can I start doing better today? What will God have me do today, on this rotation of the earth?”

    There are no guarantees in life. I’m trying hard not to take this rotation for granted.

  • 2008 Buzz Words to Watch

    2008 Buzz WordsLet’s review the buzz words of 2007, then I’ll provide 5 buzz words to look out for in 2008. (Weighted towards internet stuff)

    Web 2.0, Digg.com, social networking, twitter/tweet, viral marketing, Mac, offline relationship, Facebook, search engine optimization, widgets, add value, and text lingo.

    1. Micro– Social networks, blog networks, online advertising, and a whole lot more are going to be gearing more and more to tiny, micro sized everything geared at your interest. You’ll see online marketing getting extremely exact and precise determined by your marketing niche. Macro-stuff like Digg.com will give way to micro-stuff like Mixx.com.
    2. Video– 2007 saw a huge uptick in video content on the web as broadband internet connections become as normal as dial-up used to be. In 2008 and beyond you will see more video podcasting and a lot more “little videos” that explain how to do just about everything. Watch as micro-producers get better and better and watch out for websites popping up that are going to make creating broadcast quality videos accessible to all. YouTube will still be hot. But watch for a video production site to pop-up.
    3. Mobile apps– Smartphones and the next generation of iPhone will bring power to the mobile phone as their prices get cheaper. Broadband for mobile! Any website worth its server space will offer a mobile app to your micro-network and video content.
    4. Campaign fatigue– It’s December 31st, 2007. With 300+ days until the election people are tired of the election coverage. Expect to hear about campaign fatigue negatively impacting voters attitudes late Spring.

    What do you think buzz words will be in 2008? What about words for 2007, what did I miss?