Four quotes and a conclusion walk into a bar
Posted by Brent Dixon on December 3rd, 2008
Earlier this week, Denise Wymore called me out. She said this:
A few months ago I asked a friend – a talented blogger, thinker, and doer – how he keeps a steady stream of inspired words coming while also getting stuff done and not going nuts. Among other things, he said this:
“If I don’t put something out there, I won’t exist.”
The best advice I’ve ever heard on blogging came from Merlin Mann. He said this:
“Find your obsession. Every day, explain it to one person you respect. Edit everything, skip shortcuts, and try not to be a dick. Get better.”
When we began this site, we said this:
Two heads are better than one, one thousand are better than two, one million even better, and on and on and on.
A collaborative effort, a union of resources, all for a greater good – sound familiar?
Credit Unions have been doing this stuff for a hundred years…Open Source CU represents a continuation of that group effort.
Get to the point, Brent.
Taking this month off from blogging has been good for me. But I also thought more about this site and community over that month than I probably ever have. Those of you who know me know that blogging sometimes gives me heartburn. But at the same time, I love it and I love y’all.
Starting now, I’m going to post to Open Source CU once a month, the third week of every month. I’ll usually write about design and creative direction, because when all’s said and done it’s what I think about the most.
We started this site as a collaboration. And I’ve always been a better asker and facilitator than writer. So the rest of the posts, the majority of the posts I hope, will come from other people with other passions in the credit union movement. From you.
If you’d like to contribute, drop me a line at hi [at] itsjustbrent [dot] com.
Dearest Brent,
You have to know that I gently and publicly nudged you because I love this blog—and you!
I remember the last time there were crickets on this blog – when Trey had a bit of writer’s block but then realized another powerful blog rule.
Don’t write a blog post if you have nothing to say! Don’t force it – oh, and don’t be a dick. (actually Trey never said that but you did above and I had to repeat it cuz I love it…..hehehehe…)
I think it’s great that you took the month off and knowing that I can post some of my more controversial stuff on OpenSource CU has MADE MY DAY!!!
Cheers my friend! Stay tuned…...
Well, I guess my mom won’t be able to see Open Source CU on her school computer for a while!
OK Brent, we’ll sit tight and eagerly await the next post!
Sounds like you are going through your teenage angst years, Brent.
Denise: I love that you nudged. It hit the spot, and like I said this had been on my mind for a while. You rock.
Matt: Haha. Oops. We were long overdue for some reasonably-offensive anatomical reference on the blog though, don’t you think?
James: Thanks man! The next post is up and at em.
George: You have no idea how angsty my angst is right now. The next time I’m in Madison, you may see me wearing black eye-liner and a dog collar.
That Denise Wymore is a sassy-lassie. She sarcasmed you into blogging again.
She has a knack for getting her way with the sass. Like Samuel L. Jackson or Gallagher.