Comments on: On An Island

By: DShan

DShan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:34:57 +0000

Rafe! I'll email you a link to more awesome pics of that kid.

By: katiedepalma

katiedepalma — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:10:43 +0000

yeah yeah yeah but WHO'S the baby?!!

By: DShan

DShan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:24:43 +0000

Thanks man. I think a measure of insanity definitely plays a major role
here:)

By: nicopolitan

nicopolitan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:10:45 +0000

How did you get to where you are right now? Maybe the literal answer carries more meaning than we think.

Your answer: diligence, courage, and belief in yourself. And if you don't believe in yourself, at least the rest of us do.

By: DShan

DShan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:57:44 +0000

I think when I sat down to write that post, I realized that I hadn't said
enough about my life since last Fall to make what's going on now or recently
all that relevant. I don't know where to start, so I find myself master of
a domain that's too large. Playing catch up as a writer in this forum is
difficult.

It's a testament to producing content often. Leave too many holes and all
of a sudden you're too far into a story to sort out the things that make it
worth telling.

Don't get me wrong; I'll write myself off the Island:)

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:10:47 +0000

Question for you: What is making you feel isolated, what has you feeling that you have to hold back? Playing Devil's Advocate a bit because, more than anything, I'm just interested.

Transparency goes hand in hand with success when it comes to the blogging world. In an environment where we are absolutely inundated with content coming at us from every direction, it's the “real” that grabs our attention (and keeps us there). It's not rocket science – it's actually really simple to understand. People want to connect with another human, not a topic, not an angle or opinion, but with the human behind it. The challenge to us as writers is providing that, without giving it all away (if I said every single thing that was on my mind, people would think I was nuts).

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but you hit the nail on the head. Which again is why I come back to the question – “What's making you feel held back”?

By: DShan

DShan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:19:48 +0000

Ahhhh…I do need someone for that. Unfortunately my circle here is rather
small, and consists of quite a few transplants who don't have television at
this point:)

By: DShan

DShan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:18:58 +0000

Thanks Doni…the support from the community is one thing you miss out on.
Getting back into the mode of sharing is tough too, actually. Where do you
start? What is most important and useful and interesting? Ugh.

By: hillary

hillary — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:56:30 +0000

You just need to find someone with HD tv so you can watch the East Coast channels, then you don't need to avoid Twitter for the 3 hours until the episode is shown on the West Coast channels.

By: doniree

doniree — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:44 +0000

It's tough to not write about the things we're becoming the most passionate about, when they're at stages like “not quite” and “still an idea,” huh? Here's to fresh starts in the startup business – I, for one, am immensely proud of you and all you've done this year.