Why a new blog? Why now?
Over the past year the number of blogs I subscribe to in Google Reader has continued to decrease. With Twitter, Facebook, Facebook Pages, Google Buzz, Foursquare, and all the media and news outlets there are certainly plenty of sources of information in our world. Even in the topics of social media, web technology, and ministry there are plenty of fantastic authorities reporting and creating valuable conversations.
So why would I start a blog now?
Honestly, a main reason is that I’ve recognized I didn’t have a consistent place I was giving back to the community online at large that I have learned and grown so much through. It is also because I am in a season where I am being stretched, growing, and failing enough that sharing that journey could find a connection and value for some of you.
What is this blog going to talk about? You can find out more about me in the page above but I am passionate about how technology, the social web, new media, faith and the “flattening” of our world is creating incredible new possibilities. How do we start movements to effect change online? How does the social web help or hurt my faith? How can we partner with people from across the world for a cause? What does it look like to lead when control is dead? How do I organize myself in this digital world? What are the new opportunities to care for people? How is media changing in these new environments? How is what is happening online changing expectations for community offline?
These are just some of the questions I consistently face and I get so excited about connecting with those of you that face them too. That we can learn, share and work together as we motivated to make a difference. That is why I’ve started this new blog. To jump in on the conversations already going and to add my voice and journey to them. To write and publish in a way that focuses on VALUE and not “interestingness” or attention grabbing. To create a “NO HYPE ZONE” where we can learn, disagree, and move forward.
(Big thanks to John Saddington and his work on the Standard Theme that is running this new blog. He has just launched the new theme and in my experience with WordPress Themes it is one of the best I’ve ever used. Click here to view more details)
Tony, I love it! Excited to hear more, learn more and grow more! Thanks for all you do and for pushing the limits, challenging others and caring about people!
Great stuff Tony…looking forward to following this thing. Loving the Standard Theme! Maybe I can talk John into upgrading my site…
dude. you’ll get one.
thanks tony. site looks great. but the content is going to be awesome.
i’m subscribed.
Standard Theme looks beautiful.
I am adding this to the RSS Reader Tony, looking forward to more.
Exciting. Subscribed.
Really excited about this. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts along the journey. We need to grab coffee sometime in OKC (or Edmond). The Standard Theme? Legit.
Look’s good Tony! Excited to have this become one of my must reads.
new blog looks great. looking forward to learning more from you
Glad to see you’re blogging again, Tony! I’m looking forward to reading about new opportunities to care for people. Of course, I’m looking forward to all the other stuff too!
Awesome Tony – looking forward to seeing what you share. And of course, the Standard Theme looks great!
PS – your comments appear to be on Mountain Time.
Good stuff man. Looking fwd to it.
Excited to see what you’ll share here Tony!
clean look…waiting to read…
Thanks for sharing & caring Tony. Looking forward to sharing life online with you! Keep up the fight!
awesome man….can’t wait to read this blog and talk over ideas with you and what you are learning.
rhett
i dig the new blog design,bro…
…and the standard theme continues it’s continued march across the internets. taking over blogs everywhere with its cool moves
Looking forward to reading what you post here Tony.
Bring it.
Yay!!! Can I convince you share full content to RSS though before they block your blog at my work like so many others? I will still read it either way, but I won’t have to wait until I get home.
Couldn’t agree more about your “Giving back to the community point”. Pretty crazy how many consumers there are out there, but not many who take time to invest. I’m sure God’s going to work through your words here, and I pray people are touched. Glad to subscribe.
I enjoy keeping up with blogs with a Feed Reader. Will you please consider allowing the full content of your blog to be accessed via RSS? Thanks!
Just added this to Google Reader, looking forward to making this part of my daily reading list.
Added you to my Google Reader as well. Welcome to the conversation.