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Psychic Mutant Adventures on the R.F. Lucidity
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I am a multimedia artist. I have been since 1997. I don’t know why it has taken me this long to just freakin admit it.
Welcome to episode 3 of RfL Behind the Scenes where we talk about RfL Productions and the world around us.
We lost two folks before their time this week. Monkee Davy Jones passed away from a heart attack at the age of 66. I talk about the Indie Music Blast episode 426 which is dedicated to his memory.
Today we lost conservative crusader Andrew Breitbart. This one affects me a bit more, but probably not for the reasons you think. He just dropped dead, literally just dropped, at the age of 43. Forty freakin Three! I am 43 right now. This makes me feel my mortality. I am a bit shaken by this. I talk about it in this episode.
The new RfL show, the Riff-cast is going well. Much better than i could have imagined. This is also a starting point for my new performance career. Add to my multimedia artist resume spoken word monologist. The Riff-cast is a monologue performed free-form to music. Check it out right here.
Enjoy the episode!
Cheers!
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Reaching for Lucidity Behind the Scenes Episode 1
Hey all! Welcome to the first episode of Behind the Scenes, our new RfL show. Here I will talk about RfL media, web trends, some gossip, new apps and services, and more.
In this first episode of RfL Behind the Scenes we cover productivity and organization, the return of Indie Music Blast, and the Pepprmint Operating system.
I talk about a new productivity system I have created using Jerry Seinfeld’s “Train-or Chain of Productivity” as my guide. Pics from Flickr are below. I employ a series of color coded X’s and O’s to keep track of all my goals and projects. The object is to keep a train of accomlishment with as few breaks as possible. The colors are thus:
Red X = RfL work (Comic, recording, animation, blogging, etc)
Blue X = Boxing training
Black X = Followed Diet
Blue O = Reading (books, not web)
Black O = Freelance Work
I also use sticky notes to paste goals, to-do’s, and other important items on the calendar.
It is productive, YO!
I then touch a bit on Springpad in this episode. I recently switched from Evernote to Springpad and find it more useful.
On the RfL front, I talk about the newly reinvigorated Indie Music Blast and the status of the graphic novel. These are the two main RfL projects right now.
And last, but not least, I touch on the Peppermint OS. This is a lightweight, fast, and feature rich Linnux flavor which is great as a dual boot option or can be run from a usb stick or a live cd. Peppermint is now available for order on a 4 gb stick. The stick is available as bootable, live, or empty.
I love this OS. Give it a shot and you will as well. I’ll bet on that.
Screenshots : Desktop and Menu
Seesmic on Peppermint
Cheers till next time.
Things are really heating up over at Reaching for Lucidity. The new Manga style Ebooks are coming along. All titles will also be available in print. This is an exciting new direction.
One thing that is out at RfL is the Steampunk look for Eban and SJ. It has been pointed out to me that the movement has been corrupted. T-pain has stolen Abney Park frontman Captain Robert’s look. Justin Beiber has a steampunk themed video.
That of course means that the Steampunk aspect of Eban and SJ is out. That also means I have to retool things a bit.
That is all cool. It will still be epic.
Here is a test page from the book. No story here, just a formatting test.
That is where things are at RfL right now. I am excited to have RfL moving again. It has been pretty stagnant for too long.
Before I sign out, I figured I would share some cool things I found around the web. Adam Daniel Mezei has put out his list of stuff that he wants for 2012. It is a cool list. It makes me want to dig deep and come up with my own list for 2012. Keep your eyes here for that. What do you have on tap for 2012? What is your list?
Chad Howse is offering a free workout. It is his version of what he thinks Thor himself would do to keep in shape. Get the free .pdf right now.
And over at Reaching for Lucidity, I have a list of the software and cloudware I use to create my media. Check it out if you would like to see what I use.
Cheers!
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