Back from Exile…

As you may (or may not) have noticed, I’ve been absent from the blogging scene. There have been a couple of reasons for that. The excuses range from summer to running to kids to work. They aren’t good excuses, but they are there nonetheless.

What I do want to share is what I’ve been up to and what I’ve got loaded up for you.

• WordPress 3.0 – If you don’t know what WordPress is, don’t be too concerned. It is simply the behind the scenes stuff that takes all this information that I have a makes it all pretty for you to look at. A new version is out and I’m going to be upgrading soon. Hopefully it doesn’t wreck my site!
• Sprint HTC EVO – So I’ve been a staunch BlackBerry guy for years now. But for years, BlackBerry has been standing still while new mobile operating systems like Android and iPhone OS (now known as iOS) have been making huge leaps and bounds. The iPhone is firmly planted at AT&T so that is out of the question, but Sprint, my carrier of choice, recently got a major Android phone called the EVO. I’ll fill you in on all its amazingness soon.
• Friday Night Links – This has been the thing I’ve been missing most over the past month or two. I’ve got a bunch of great stuff that I’ve been saving but just couldn’t get put up because Friday nights have been busy, busy, busy.
• offcolortv.com – So this isn’t anything coming up but my Biggest Loser blog over there had a huge thing happen. Fan favorites Sunshine and Oatmeal ended up answering questions over there for everyone. It was pretty amazing to have them there to do that. On a secondary note, I’m going to be doing admin stuff for offcolortv.com, so that would include making improvements and upgrades as well as tweaking the look. I’m trying to figure out how to put each author’s picture in their post, so if you have any ideas, I would love to hear them.

That is about it for the moment, but expect a second post tonight about my low-tech obsession as of late.

Agenda for Wednesday…

I had a busier Tuesday night than normal:

• I attended an event called Ignite Indianapolis. The premise is there is a docket of speakers who are equipped with a Powerpoint presentation and the subject can be whatever they want. The catch is, each slide shows for exactly 15 seconds and there are 20 slides, so the full presentation is 5 minutes (it is also referred to as Pecha Kucha). Timing and pace are everything: some presenters hit their next point exactly as the slide flipped, others rushed through their thought as slides kept turning despite their fumbling of words, and others had speeches with long pauses waiting for the next slide to appear. It’s amazing how long and short the same 15 seconds can feel. I will cover all the presentations with some critiques tomorrow.
• If I have enough time (and I should), I plan on also catching back up with a Tuesday Quick Tip for your Wednesday.
• I’m still writing my weekly recap of Biggest Loser for OffcolorTV.com. As the name implies, there could be some crude language and humor, but it is certainly all in good fun. If you watch Biggest Loser, I would love to have you over reading and commenting.
• Finally, my dearest love, Mrs. Digitante, decided to ditch me and our little daughters for sunny south Florida. She is down there for a work conference and I am in charge around the house in her absence. Thus far it is going well, but I am certainly busier than normal.

All those things piling up lead to me postponing tonight’s TQT.

I would like to take this little break to make this post an open comment forum. Feel free to ask me any question in the comments and I’ll try to answer it. Also, you can let me know what I’m not talking about that you actually do want to hear. No promises on actually covering it, but I’ll certainly look into it.

The Digitante Guest Blogging…

Well, the rent went up here at The Digitante HQ, so I’ve had to take an extra job. I’ll now be blogging about The Biggest Loser over at Off Color TV. The post that is up there currently is the Season 9 preview.

Biggest Loser is on every Tuesday at 8pm eastern. If you missed the episode, you can catch a replay on Hulu. Unfortunately, they always delay the replay by almost a week, so that doesn’t leave much time to catch up. However, Biggest Loser is pretty easy to pick up, even if you miss a week.

Just a quick warning: As the name suggests, the humor and the language can get slightly off color at times, but it’s all in good fun, so check it out.