Monday, February 9, 2009

Crazy Thoughts - Part Three - Introducing the TBW DiaReada!

Good Afternoon All…or none…..
I have determined that this blog is nothing more than an online diary for me. If anyone does read this, crazy thoughts are my way of putting down my random thoughts on paper for anyone to read. You see, by definition a diary is to be written for a person to be read only by that person. Since I am writing this for anyone and everyone to read, I am coining a new phrase today…this will now become the Tech Bridge West (TBW) DiaReada. Hopefully that will spur some interest into getting someone to read this.

I guess blogs are valuable only if they give the reader something interesting to chew on. I also guess that The DiaReada’s previous entries haven’t been interesting, or there would have been more (or any!) comments. Well, let’s see if we can start a new trend today: People actually READ this DiaReada!

So how the hell am I going to get people to read this? Well, first off I am going to test LinkedIn. I will post a notice on my profile that I have started the DiaReada. If anyone has come here from LinkedIn, please reply back with two pieces of information; a comment that you have indeed read this and a link to your blog so we can both benefit from you taking the time to read all the way to here.

So, do I have anyone’s attention yet? Tech Bridge West was founded to help technical professionals communicate better with business professionals, hopefully to enhance their careers and become better networkers. Well, that idea, which I think is still viable, (is it????? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?????) doesn’t seem to generate any interest. I am also certainly not going to create any interest talking about myself. Also, there are so many blogs out there that the internet is saturated with blogs covering just about every topic imaginable. So, how can the TBW DiaReada be different? How about a contest? If you have actually read this all the way down here, then here comes the fun part……

TBW DiaReada is looking for topics to write on, anything that hasn’t been covered in someone else’s blog. It can be any topic, on any subject, and I don’t even care if it has NOTHING to do with communication. I want to make this interactive, so here’s the deal:

TBW DiaReada will award a gift card to the store of your choice for the best submission to the DiaReada blog. The amount will be determined by the uniqueness, originality and creativity of the submission. I will post all submissions on subsequent DiaReada blogs, so get going! Be creative! Win some cash! I’m a shameless marketer, aren’t I?

Cheers,

Kurt C Schneider

Chief Verbal Vomiter of DiaReada…yeah, it’s gross, but it does leave a lasting impression, doesn’t it?