2009 in 9 hours

Change.

The thing about being human is that this is the only constant. The question is, do you change for the better or change for the worse?

I've not drafted a 2009 resolution. I don't think I will. The things I need to change are right there on top of my head all the time. It's more about mustering the will to do it.

God give me grace.

I am not anti-social...

...but I do like being non-social every once in a while.

Well, I guess I owe everyone some kind of an explanation having dropped off the face of the planet for the past couple of weeks. The truth is, it's not that I've gotten struck down by some strange disease or crashed my car into the retaining wall of some hillside development in protest. No, the truth is I've been on a bit of a holiday.

And while I'm on holiday, I realised I don't feel half-initiated to spend time thinking of clever, slightly sarcastic things to say on my blog. Or on Twitter. Or by mass SMS spam.

That said, I'm back. And boy, do I feel out of touch. It's so bad that I have some bloggers updating me on the latest Nokia announcements instead of the other way around. (Truth is, I just let you guys feel I was out of touch... hehe. Right...)

So give me sometime and I'll get right back into the game, okay?

In the meantime, here's photographic evidence of skills you never knew I had that emerged during Christmas. Amazed? Yeah, so was I.

Blessed belated Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

PS. If you sent me a Christmas greeting and I did not reply, I'm so sorry. Christmas is the busiest period of the year for me, and I'd like to take this time to wish you back - a blessed belated Christmas. Give me a call and I'll sing some carols to you over the phone to make it up.

The new equation

Holidays + Blog = Zero posts.

Seriously, "more" time doesnt' really equate more time to blog. Instead, I find myself wanting to stay away from the computer.

And who said my generation was born with keyboards stuck to our fingers?

Want to buy my 'used' MP3s?

You don't know it yet, but here's a possible game-changing story you should read.

Years ago, I remember following a friend into a local used CD store. I remember looking carefully to see if the CDs had any fine scratches or little chips. I made sure I would only choose those CDs that had album covers and inserts intact and in good condition.

Now I'm wondering how closely people will look at my used MP3s when I decide to sell them. Or can I even (legally)? I mean, if you can sell a book or a CD second-hand, you can sell an MP3 right?

More than turning a profit, I think this is really what Bopaboo is trying to explore. "Let's push the law and see how far we'll go" seems to be the mentality.

And I'm all for it. I mean, eventually "digital property" will need to be defined, and right of first-sale is one of those issues that's getting fuzzier with every MP3 track released. So while I'm probably not going to count thru my MP3 collection and put them up for sale at Bopaboo, I'll be watching closely for the (non) action in court to see how this case pans out.

The thing about mashups and UGC

A while back, in the marketing world, UGC (user generated content) was the catchword. Every other marketing campaign had "UGC this" and "UGC that". I didn't get the big deal about this, until now.

It's really fun! For context, check out Eevon's blog here.