Sunday, December 02, 2007
Achievement is not limited to your success
Achievement is not limited to your success, but what is done within the moments after your encounters with failure.
Roney Smith
Yours in the Bond!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
There is something uniquely satisfying about being proven right: No Nupe Left Behind 3.0
I just saw and briefly read an article entitled, "Murdoch Makes it Official: MySpace is Going Open" that made me remember back to days where I took the heat and wood of stating that the NupeNet should use an open standard versus being so closed.
Although I could gloat about it all, I just might do so:)
As a result, Kappasforkappa.com now points to a dead-in-the-water-but-forwarding-about-other-topics website and the Nupenet will never have any third-party widgets to add any value to its potential.
So keeping the dead body in the house while the neighbors smell it and eventually complain to local authorities is the only salvation the Nupenet and other such closed websites will ever hope to have.
Such paternalistic thinking is better reserved for the security of face to face sessions and meetings.
Does anyone think that Brothers are not men with the ability to sniff a pretender in our midst or thieves within the temple?
There are people who would pretend to be a Nupe for our benefits of membership but with the arsenal of the open platform and web 2.0 world that exists today, the ability to deepen the relationships among the Bond is being driven underground and to a greater threat level to our Bond than necessary.
The No Nupe Left Behind concept has been given a web 3.0 boost and I am pleasantly stunned, pleased, and taken aback at how Brothers will creatively expand the Bond when given the chance.
It feels like I am in school all over again just to witness the serious and entertaining achievements that are being gained yard by yard and Brother by Brother.
Moment by moment we are in the midst of redefining Kappa.
The offline works and span have their place and the online realm is being inspired to fulfill our destinies.
I also now believe that the enemy of hazing will go into an all-or-none state. Either incidents of hazing will be so graphic and intense that the entire Fraternity has to create new financial assessments to stay alive or Brothers will finally take brotherhood, manhood, and the rites of passage away from the underground undertakers' mentality.
So this is almost ironically a Kappa-flavored Bill Cosby Omega call out on the Nupenet, "Come on Kappas!"
Or where shall I send the funeral wreaths Nupenet owner and moderators:)
LOL:) All haters have are their middle fingers!
Yours in the Bond!
Although I could gloat about it all, I just might do so:)
As a result, Kappasforkappa.com now points to a dead-in-the-water-but-forwarding-about-other-topics website and the Nupenet will never have any third-party widgets to add any value to its potential.
So keeping the dead body in the house while the neighbors smell it and eventually complain to local authorities is the only salvation the Nupenet and other such closed websites will ever hope to have.
Such paternalistic thinking is better reserved for the security of face to face sessions and meetings.
Does anyone think that Brothers are not men with the ability to sniff a pretender in our midst or thieves within the temple?
There are people who would pretend to be a Nupe for our benefits of membership but with the arsenal of the open platform and web 2.0 world that exists today, the ability to deepen the relationships among the Bond is being driven underground and to a greater threat level to our Bond than necessary.
The No Nupe Left Behind concept has been given a web 3.0 boost and I am pleasantly stunned, pleased, and taken aback at how Brothers will creatively expand the Bond when given the chance.
It feels like I am in school all over again just to witness the serious and entertaining achievements that are being gained yard by yard and Brother by Brother.
Moment by moment we are in the midst of redefining Kappa.
The offline works and span have their place and the online realm is being inspired to fulfill our destinies.
I also now believe that the enemy of hazing will go into an all-or-none state. Either incidents of hazing will be so graphic and intense that the entire Fraternity has to create new financial assessments to stay alive or Brothers will finally take brotherhood, manhood, and the rites of passage away from the underground undertakers' mentality.
So this is almost ironically a Kappa-flavored Bill Cosby Omega call out on the Nupenet, "Come on Kappas!"
Or where shall I send the funeral wreaths Nupenet owner and moderators:)
LOL:) All haters have are their middle fingers!
Yours in the Bond!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Electric Slide.com Domain for Sale
The ElectricSlide.com domain is being placed on the market for sale.
The global dance with the name Electric Slide makes the domain a no brainer for its popularity.
The time given to the project was not sufficient enough to capitalize on the multi-sensory domain name since it works for music, motion, and information.
The domain has a built in market and has produced royalties consistently since the domain was obtained in 2000.
The domain should easily work for any music related project or company.
If you have a sensible offer, please send it to:
wysiwysell at gmail.com
Part of the proceeds will benefit a nonprofit agency fighting domestic violence in honor of my late mother.
Peace!
The global dance with the name Electric Slide makes the domain a no brainer for its popularity.
The time given to the project was not sufficient enough to capitalize on the multi-sensory domain name since it works for music, motion, and information.
The domain has a built in market and has produced royalties consistently since the domain was obtained in 2000.
The domain should easily work for any music related project or company.
If you have a sensible offer, please send it to:
wysiwysell at gmail.com
Part of the proceeds will benefit a nonprofit agency fighting domestic violence in honor of my late mother.
Peace!
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Upgraded No Nupe Left Behind Marketplace on Ning.com
Brothers All,
The No Nupe Left Behind marketplace at:
http://nonupeleftbehind.ning.com
has just received a serious matter of an upgrade:)
You will be able to customize your own page in a fashion as if Kappa and MySpace had a baby!
Check it out, let me know what changes and adjustments need to be made, and any assistance requests.
I have made the network a private one, so only verified Nupes will have access!
Promote your business and endeavors of achievement at will!
Yours in the Bond!
The No Nupe Left Behind marketplace at:
http://nonupeleftbehind.ning.com
has just received a serious matter of an upgrade:)
You will be able to customize your own page in a fashion as if Kappa and MySpace had a baby!
Check it out, let me know what changes and adjustments need to be made, and any assistance requests.
I have made the network a private one, so only verified Nupes will have access!
Promote your business and endeavors of achievement at will!
Yours in the Bond!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Hold On My Brother, You Will Make It!
Today is the last day of the Grand Conclave in Minneapolis and things must be going very well since I have not heard anything good, bad, or indifferent to the week of events.
I just had a memory of a previous Saturday morning during a Grand Conclave and as a result, I want to encourage someone who may be feeling less than an achiever, unemployed, or more than likely underemployed.
My memory goes back 12 years when on the Saturday morning of the Grand Conclave held in Philadelphia, I received a telephone call from my wife telling me not to go into work on Monday.
It turned out that I was fired while I had full permission to attend the Grand Conclave. Needless to say, it has been one of the most traumatic experiences I have ever had in my professional career.
At the time, I was working with a telecommunications company in their finance department but as a temporary worker with hopes of being hired to full-time status. I got along very well with my coworkers and it was during the summer after I had earned my MBA in finance from Clark Atlanta University. I had already proven my abilities by reducing a workload considered impossible to manageable. Maybe I blew the curve to my own harm.
It was also at the very beginning of the public consumption and fascination with the internet and Brothers were still getting used to finding one another on the internet since e-mail was the primary means of online communication versus websites. I had already gained experience within the telecommunications industry and working in a financial department was going to be icing on the cake I thought.
The decision to go the Grand Conclave was a fairly last minute decision and although I was not going to be paid any vacation time, I believed that I would have a job to return to. Boy, was I wrong.
But the biggest surprise is that the numerous coworkers actually believed that I had committed some type of company infraction when they already knew that I and another fraternity Brother would be traveling on the same trip.
I was accused of receiving e-mails that were non-company related while another coworker was distributing David Letterman's Top Ten List daily. This same guy showed me how to send and receive messages via e-mail. So I now tell people not to even receive e-mail messages at work if they can avoid it. The headaches are just not worth it.
I found out that my team was informed of my firing at a company meeting that Friday and that a policy regarding e-mail was being enforced more than before. The temporary agency gave the message not to return to work to my wife and I discovered the rest upon returning to Atlanta from Philadelphia.
After hearing the news that Saturday morning, I went into entrepreneurial overdrive. My focus was that if I was going to be fired, then I needed a business opportunity to make up any differences. So I quickly went to the exhibition hall and scoured every table present for any sign of a business opportunity or product or service that I could offer upon returning home.
I did find one that I later created a company to capitalize on my findings. The business involved prepaid calling cards and the product was clearly within its infancy at that time. But the same weekend ultimately led to my founding of TNL Internet Services which has become TNL Communications Corporation now renamed The Next Mint on November 1, 1995. My entrepreneurial activities related to the internet have their roots to that Saturday morning.
I just want to encourage at this time the Brother or Sister that runs across this blog to know that you will indeed make it in spite of the obstacles you are currently facing. Do not allow the manager, supervisor, coworker, or commute make your life less than what your capabilities dictate.
You will indeed soar with eagles versus being stuck in the presence of turkeys:)
Currently my professional career is light years away from the experience in 1995 and although there are some things that I would or will change at some point, conquering the opportunity to fully assume the burden of failure that someone else falsely tried to place on my shoulders 12 years ago strengthens me today and should strengthen you within your own professional career.
Setbacks are indeed set ups to greater achievement and successes! You only will lose when you no longer attempt to try to get back up again.
Do not allow any steady paycheck to deaden your entrepreneurial senses and insights because you only control your destiny versus any board of directors or middle or lower management.
Think it not strange to see people fight tooth and nail within workplaces when you know instinctively that you were meant to be, see, do, and have more. You are simply passing through while they will remain at their mountain top experiences. You have higher hills and mountains to climb.
Some years later, I attended a luncheon in which a man that I never met before uttered some words that I have never forgotten since. He told me prophetically "The battle that you are going through is not over your present. It is over your future".
Knowing where your true battle lies and what point you must defend with all of your being is indeed your critical opportunity that you must accept and conquer today. Nothing else matters.
Only after you focus and redefine what achievement means to you based upon where you are today and with the resources you have available, your opportunity to be the person you were meant to become is released into your hands.
I only hope that my darkest professional moment to date gives you an opportunity to learn from my mistakes in judgment as well as my resurrection experience. No experience anyone else tries to offer higher or lower can compare to the lessons learned when I was only 30 years old back then on a Saturday morning at the 1995 Grand Conclave in Philadelphia. I still am thankful for the brotherly love experienced there at my first Grand Conclave ever attended.
Godspeed!
Yours in the Bond!
I just had a memory of a previous Saturday morning during a Grand Conclave and as a result, I want to encourage someone who may be feeling less than an achiever, unemployed, or more than likely underemployed.
My memory goes back 12 years when on the Saturday morning of the Grand Conclave held in Philadelphia, I received a telephone call from my wife telling me not to go into work on Monday.
It turned out that I was fired while I had full permission to attend the Grand Conclave. Needless to say, it has been one of the most traumatic experiences I have ever had in my professional career.
At the time, I was working with a telecommunications company in their finance department but as a temporary worker with hopes of being hired to full-time status. I got along very well with my coworkers and it was during the summer after I had earned my MBA in finance from Clark Atlanta University. I had already proven my abilities by reducing a workload considered impossible to manageable. Maybe I blew the curve to my own harm.
It was also at the very beginning of the public consumption and fascination with the internet and Brothers were still getting used to finding one another on the internet since e-mail was the primary means of online communication versus websites. I had already gained experience within the telecommunications industry and working in a financial department was going to be icing on the cake I thought.
The decision to go the Grand Conclave was a fairly last minute decision and although I was not going to be paid any vacation time, I believed that I would have a job to return to. Boy, was I wrong.
But the biggest surprise is that the numerous coworkers actually believed that I had committed some type of company infraction when they already knew that I and another fraternity Brother would be traveling on the same trip.
I was accused of receiving e-mails that were non-company related while another coworker was distributing David Letterman's Top Ten List daily. This same guy showed me how to send and receive messages via e-mail. So I now tell people not to even receive e-mail messages at work if they can avoid it. The headaches are just not worth it.
I found out that my team was informed of my firing at a company meeting that Friday and that a policy regarding e-mail was being enforced more than before. The temporary agency gave the message not to return to work to my wife and I discovered the rest upon returning to Atlanta from Philadelphia.
After hearing the news that Saturday morning, I went into entrepreneurial overdrive. My focus was that if I was going to be fired, then I needed a business opportunity to make up any differences. So I quickly went to the exhibition hall and scoured every table present for any sign of a business opportunity or product or service that I could offer upon returning home.
I did find one that I later created a company to capitalize on my findings. The business involved prepaid calling cards and the product was clearly within its infancy at that time. But the same weekend ultimately led to my founding of TNL Internet Services which has become TNL Communications Corporation now renamed The Next Mint on November 1, 1995. My entrepreneurial activities related to the internet have their roots to that Saturday morning.
I just want to encourage at this time the Brother or Sister that runs across this blog to know that you will indeed make it in spite of the obstacles you are currently facing. Do not allow the manager, supervisor, coworker, or commute make your life less than what your capabilities dictate.
You will indeed soar with eagles versus being stuck in the presence of turkeys:)
Currently my professional career is light years away from the experience in 1995 and although there are some things that I would or will change at some point, conquering the opportunity to fully assume the burden of failure that someone else falsely tried to place on my shoulders 12 years ago strengthens me today and should strengthen you within your own professional career.
Setbacks are indeed set ups to greater achievement and successes! You only will lose when you no longer attempt to try to get back up again.
Do not allow any steady paycheck to deaden your entrepreneurial senses and insights because you only control your destiny versus any board of directors or middle or lower management.
Think it not strange to see people fight tooth and nail within workplaces when you know instinctively that you were meant to be, see, do, and have more. You are simply passing through while they will remain at their mountain top experiences. You have higher hills and mountains to climb.
Some years later, I attended a luncheon in which a man that I never met before uttered some words that I have never forgotten since. He told me prophetically "The battle that you are going through is not over your present. It is over your future".
Knowing where your true battle lies and what point you must defend with all of your being is indeed your critical opportunity that you must accept and conquer today. Nothing else matters.
Only after you focus and redefine what achievement means to you based upon where you are today and with the resources you have available, your opportunity to be the person you were meant to become is released into your hands.
I only hope that my darkest professional moment to date gives you an opportunity to learn from my mistakes in judgment as well as my resurrection experience. No experience anyone else tries to offer higher or lower can compare to the lessons learned when I was only 30 years old back then on a Saturday morning at the 1995 Grand Conclave in Philadelphia. I still am thankful for the brotherly love experienced there at my first Grand Conclave ever attended.
Godspeed!
Yours in the Bond!
Monday, July 09, 2007
Pack your Canes But Leave Your Cameras at Home!
The 2007 Grand Conclave to be held in Minneapolis marks a significant milestone in that it will be the first Kappa convention that is held within the full popularity of YouTube and other online content sharing websites.
Previously, the escapades of single and married brothers alike had to jump from analog tape to word of mouth to full blown investigation of recorded activities.
Now anyone with a camcorder, camera phone, or camera can capture the Bond's greatest moments to Kappa After Dark.
I strongly warn all Brothers to keep their eyes on the neophyte who does not know discretion to the local chapter's founding father who recklessly puts reputations on the line.
Other than the public events or at the encouragement of hosts, "NO CAMERAS ALLOWED".
This is a safeguard to keep whatever happens at the Conclave, stays at the Conclave.
You may however bring sand to the beach at your own discretion.
Finally due to national security and to prevent any potential misunderstandings about black men, airports, and public ignorance from hitting a perfect storm against us, please also pack your canes and send them through baggage versus trying to hand carry the decorated cane on board.
Yours in the Bond!
Previously, the escapades of single and married brothers alike had to jump from analog tape to word of mouth to full blown investigation of recorded activities.
Now anyone with a camcorder, camera phone, or camera can capture the Bond's greatest moments to Kappa After Dark.
I strongly warn all Brothers to keep their eyes on the neophyte who does not know discretion to the local chapter's founding father who recklessly puts reputations on the line.
Other than the public events or at the encouragement of hosts, "NO CAMERAS ALLOWED".
This is a safeguard to keep whatever happens at the Conclave, stays at the Conclave.
You may however bring sand to the beach at your own discretion.
Finally due to national security and to prevent any potential misunderstandings about black men, airports, and public ignorance from hitting a perfect storm against us, please also pack your canes and send them through baggage versus trying to hand carry the decorated cane on board.
Yours in the Bond!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Online Marketplace for Nupes!
There is a benefit to be an entrepreneurial Nupe and here it is:
http://nonupeleftbehind.ning.com
Now go list an item for sale (like some old or new paraphenalia) and make a deal with another Nupe!
We added the marketplace several months ago and simply did not promote it as we should.
Yours in the Bond!
http://nonupeleftbehind.ning.com
Now go list an item for sale (like some old or new paraphenalia) and make a deal with another Nupe!
We added the marketplace several months ago and simply did not promote it as we should.
Yours in the Bond!
Monday, May 28, 2007
Memorial Day and Media Pulse
As we honor those who gave all in service to our country, let us not forget those who are setting high marks of achievement in moving our Bond forward today. We all stand upon the shoulders and achievements of each other regardless of time and distance.
So whenever you visit No Nupe Left Behind.com, be sure to visit the Media Pulse (on the home page in the left-hand margin) in order to find the latest breaking news on and within Kappadom.
I have come to realize that some inspiration serves a higher purpose than whatever was thought at the moment of creation. The Media Pulse is far better and stronger than any other Kappa resource that gives you a feel of what is going on within the Bond outside of The Journal.
The NNLB Media Pulse pulls information (news, blogs, and photos at a minimum) from all over the world in a near real-time fashion wherever Nupes are making it happen. It is like your USA Today, Associated Press, and New York Times for the Bond and it is totally automated.
I do not personally know everyone that appears with a photo or headline involving Kappa, but I do know that I can always find something to take pride in and smile about.
Yours in the Bond!
So whenever you visit No Nupe Left Behind.com, be sure to visit the Media Pulse (on the home page in the left-hand margin) in order to find the latest breaking news on and within Kappadom.
I have come to realize that some inspiration serves a higher purpose than whatever was thought at the moment of creation. The Media Pulse is far better and stronger than any other Kappa resource that gives you a feel of what is going on within the Bond outside of The Journal.
The NNLB Media Pulse pulls information (news, blogs, and photos at a minimum) from all over the world in a near real-time fashion wherever Nupes are making it happen. It is like your USA Today, Associated Press, and New York Times for the Bond and it is totally automated.
I do not personally know everyone that appears with a photo or headline involving Kappa, but I do know that I can always find something to take pride in and smile about.
Yours in the Bond!
Friday, May 25, 2007
News in Philly near and around IHQ
I just saw this article on the website for the New York Times and it made me think about the Grand Conclave held in Philadelphia in 1995 and my only trip to our International Headquarters (so far).
Interesting article and I wonder what is our local involvement since we have a big investment there.
Yours in the Bond!
Interesting article and I wonder what is our local involvement since we have a big investment there.
Yours in the Bond!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
2007 Grand Conclave Should Be Very Interesting from a Web2.0 Perspective
With the summer Conclave rapidly approaching, it is going to be very interesting to see how technology will pay dividends in the months before and after the summer event.
Various chapters, provinces, and individual Nupes will be creative in chartering buses, coordinating events and hospitality suites (no cameras, please), and taking post-Conclave networking to another level afterwards.
It is always interesting to see whether large scale events will deliver on promises since most such events have a lot of excitement that gets placed on a shelf immediately afterwards.
There has to be a consistent mechanism to keep the energy and excitement flowing to the local levels versus remaining in the host city.
An idea on the Conclaves just popped in my head after the last sentence and it should be interesting to see if it can be implemented quickly.
There should also be an opportunity to Nupes to better network across the NPHC membership in a web2.0 or web 2.0 fashion. Mailing lists are fine, but they are becoming too restrictive when audio and video are usually not often included in the daily messages.
Perhaps there is something that can be done with YouTube or via a podcast that could do the job. Any ideas, suggestions, or referrals are welcomed.
Yours in the Bond!
Various chapters, provinces, and individual Nupes will be creative in chartering buses, coordinating events and hospitality suites (no cameras, please), and taking post-Conclave networking to another level afterwards.
It is always interesting to see whether large scale events will deliver on promises since most such events have a lot of excitement that gets placed on a shelf immediately afterwards.
There has to be a consistent mechanism to keep the energy and excitement flowing to the local levels versus remaining in the host city.
An idea on the Conclaves just popped in my head after the last sentence and it should be interesting to see if it can be implemented quickly.
There should also be an opportunity to Nupes to better network across the NPHC membership in a web2.0 or web 2.0 fashion. Mailing lists are fine, but they are becoming too restrictive when audio and video are usually not often included in the daily messages.
Perhaps there is something that can be done with YouTube or via a podcast that could do the job. Any ideas, suggestions, or referrals are welcomed.
Yours in the Bond!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
2007 Grand Conclave Is Breaking New Ground Already
Last Saturday while getting an oil change, I picked up a copy of Black Enterprise which featured the top cities for African-Americans and was pleasantly surprised to see an advertisement featuring an economic business summit to be held at the upcoming Grand Conclave this summer.
This is almost as big of a shocker as hearing that Redd Foxx actually died while having a "Big One" and folks thought that he was playing (sad, but true and almost sick to the point of laughter).
Minneapolis is not on my agenda for this year and now I wish that it was just for the summit alone.
I hope that the summit is videotaped (entrepreneurial opportunity within itself) and made available or at least the keynote speakers' presentations should be digitally available afterwards.
I give big Kappa Kudos to all involved in reshaping the Bond's paradigm with this effort. I know that it was not easy by any means.
My latest Journal arrived Monday, May 14th as well and I see that Best Buy is going to be a corporate sponsor of the Grand Conclave as well. Minnesota clearly has their thing together and I sincerely hope that the trend continues to other cities before, during, and after this summer's events.
The philosophy should even be broken into components that individual Nupes can implement within their lives.
This is awesome and I am excited for the Bond as well.
Since credit is going to hard to pinpoint at this point, I will give credit to everyone who is still making achievement a part of their lives and methods of operations.
If the news continues on this positive front, this blog may become obsolete until the Employee Empire Strikes Back:)
Yours in the Bond!
This is almost as big of a shocker as hearing that Redd Foxx actually died while having a "Big One" and folks thought that he was playing (sad, but true and almost sick to the point of laughter).
Minneapolis is not on my agenda for this year and now I wish that it was just for the summit alone.
I hope that the summit is videotaped (entrepreneurial opportunity within itself) and made available or at least the keynote speakers' presentations should be digitally available afterwards.
I give big Kappa Kudos to all involved in reshaping the Bond's paradigm with this effort. I know that it was not easy by any means.
My latest Journal arrived Monday, May 14th as well and I see that Best Buy is going to be a corporate sponsor of the Grand Conclave as well. Minnesota clearly has their thing together and I sincerely hope that the trend continues to other cities before, during, and after this summer's events.
The philosophy should even be broken into components that individual Nupes can implement within their lives.
This is awesome and I am excited for the Bond as well.
Since credit is going to hard to pinpoint at this point, I will give credit to everyone who is still making achievement a part of their lives and methods of operations.
If the news continues on this positive front, this blog may become obsolete until the Employee Empire Strikes Back:)
Yours in the Bond!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
No Toga Parties on Tom Joyner's Fantastic Voyage & Que Mathematics
Yesterday (Friday, May 11, 2007) I heard on Tom Joyner's radio show that he spent over $80,000 for the past 3 years during his Memorial Day and week annual cruise to raise money for HBCUs due to the cost of replacing linen that cruise attendees had used for togas.
This is a hoot:)
It must have been a slammin' party since he encountered the cost for 3 years straight:)
I could see paying for the same cost in year two if logic led one to believe that it was an one-time fluke. But after paying for the same cost in year two, Negroes would have had to bring their own sheets indeed.
As much as I love TJMS and his efforts, you cannot get around the humor of Que mathematics:)
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times requires Omega membership which I don't have or want:)
LOL:)
Yours in the Bond!
This is a hoot:)
It must have been a slammin' party since he encountered the cost for 3 years straight:)
I could see paying for the same cost in year two if logic led one to believe that it was an one-time fluke. But after paying for the same cost in year two, Negroes would have had to bring their own sheets indeed.
As much as I love TJMS and his efforts, you cannot get around the humor of Que mathematics:)
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times requires Omega membership which I don't have or want:)
LOL:)
Yours in the Bond!
Friday, May 11, 2007
What In John Milton Lee's Name Happened to Kappas for Kappa.com?
As much as I could say "I told you so", I won't say anything (or better yet much) about the management of the website Kappas for Kappa.com that launched shortly after No Nupe Left Behind.com launched.
Although I was given an offer that I could not refuse but yet did which clearly led to being cyberhazed and expelled from the NupeNet, I must admit that there were no winners within the internal fray. But there is more than a conqueror and survivor within yours truly:)
I am just surprised that a concept with so much promise failed to live up to its hype and never gain any traction. Shock and awe is an understatement for real on this topic.
I mean that I personally know how the regular routine can take one's focus away from regularly creating content, but the effort was not based upon the efforts of a single individual supposedly.
But if that within itself was the breakdown, I can clearly understand how the chain of events led to its demise. The seeds planted were not of the type that could sustain long-term growth and achievement.
Within this technological age that we live in, it is critical that activities within the Bond are designed to support individual and collective achievement without sacrificing one for the other.
Each of our Founders was a dynamic young man who grew into his own place within society. I never have heard any mumblings of any petty jealousies being among them although it could be understood given how the Bond grew and morphed into something larger than any of them could imagine.
Each Founder stayed in their own lane and played the role given to them.
The K4K website had individual contributors, and enough features that it should have stayed around longer at a minimum. Or if it was going to be shut down, then another Nupe should have been given the opportunity to acquire the domain name and keep it all within the Bond.
Now the domain is available for sale to the general public, the content left to fainting memories, and without any significant contributions that can still be remembered.
Damn, what a shame:(
Friendly competition should have played a greater role in lifting all boats. But unfriendly competition usually feeds upon its host within any case.
I just want to pour a digital libation to its memory and hope that another Brother or group of Nupes are able to either resurrect the intent in a more positive direction or make another attempt in a totally different direction that will serve the Bond very well.
With my current schedule and lifestyle, I am surprised to think how much lighter my daily load is without being a Nupenet subscriber.
But on those special days, I do miss it without a doubt. I will leave the machinery and possibility of a Nupenet reinstatement to others. There are just too many other fish to fry to waste any time on the matter.
If I were summoned to a Congressional hearing on the matter, I would not turn down the opportunity to be heard though:)
If anyone discovers any individual or collective effort that is worthy of being linked to for the benefit of Kappa, please let me know!
Yours in the Bond!
Although I was given an offer that I could not refuse but yet did which clearly led to being cyberhazed and expelled from the NupeNet, I must admit that there were no winners within the internal fray. But there is more than a conqueror and survivor within yours truly:)
I am just surprised that a concept with so much promise failed to live up to its hype and never gain any traction. Shock and awe is an understatement for real on this topic.
I mean that I personally know how the regular routine can take one's focus away from regularly creating content, but the effort was not based upon the efforts of a single individual supposedly.
But if that within itself was the breakdown, I can clearly understand how the chain of events led to its demise. The seeds planted were not of the type that could sustain long-term growth and achievement.
Within this technological age that we live in, it is critical that activities within the Bond are designed to support individual and collective achievement without sacrificing one for the other.
Each of our Founders was a dynamic young man who grew into his own place within society. I never have heard any mumblings of any petty jealousies being among them although it could be understood given how the Bond grew and morphed into something larger than any of them could imagine.
Each Founder stayed in their own lane and played the role given to them.
The K4K website had individual contributors, and enough features that it should have stayed around longer at a minimum. Or if it was going to be shut down, then another Nupe should have been given the opportunity to acquire the domain name and keep it all within the Bond.
Now the domain is available for sale to the general public, the content left to fainting memories, and without any significant contributions that can still be remembered.
Damn, what a shame:(
Friendly competition should have played a greater role in lifting all boats. But unfriendly competition usually feeds upon its host within any case.
I just want to pour a digital libation to its memory and hope that another Brother or group of Nupes are able to either resurrect the intent in a more positive direction or make another attempt in a totally different direction that will serve the Bond very well.
With my current schedule and lifestyle, I am surprised to think how much lighter my daily load is without being a Nupenet subscriber.
But on those special days, I do miss it without a doubt. I will leave the machinery and possibility of a Nupenet reinstatement to others. There are just too many other fish to fry to waste any time on the matter.
If I were summoned to a Congressional hearing on the matter, I would not turn down the opportunity to be heard though:)
If anyone discovers any individual or collective effort that is worthy of being linked to for the benefit of Kappa, please let me know!
Yours in the Bond!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
January Means More To The Bond Than We'll Ever Know
Lately after a friend's recommendation, I have been exploring some very cool tools offered by Google and discovered that the bulk of search engine interest within and upon our Bond is based around our founding month of January.
But January is so critical within the lives of most people as it offers a full, new year to wipe the slate clean and to start afresh regardless of how successful the previous year was. It is too simple and intuitive, but fresh starts and achievement scream that they go hand in hand.
I was surprised to see how small the impact was during the rest of the year or possibly my research implies that undergraduate brothers and their related events have much more efficient marketing and promotions than anything that would be sought for year round. I believe that the undergraduates have found a better wheel.
The opportunities for local chapters as well as chapters with a significant regional attraction for events will clearly improve as long as chapters have savvy Nupes at hand who are innovative within their thinking.
Even this blog and other concepts like it have room for improvement and this is the spirit of January and achievement that does indeed last throughout the entire year. We just have to remember that our late summer and early fall planning better take January's impact and significance into stronger considerations.
Yours in the Bond!
But January is so critical within the lives of most people as it offers a full, new year to wipe the slate clean and to start afresh regardless of how successful the previous year was. It is too simple and intuitive, but fresh starts and achievement scream that they go hand in hand.
I was surprised to see how small the impact was during the rest of the year or possibly my research implies that undergraduate brothers and their related events have much more efficient marketing and promotions than anything that would be sought for year round. I believe that the undergraduates have found a better wheel.
The opportunities for local chapters as well as chapters with a significant regional attraction for events will clearly improve as long as chapters have savvy Nupes at hand who are innovative within their thinking.
Even this blog and other concepts like it have room for improvement and this is the spirit of January and achievement that does indeed last throughout the entire year. We just have to remember that our late summer and early fall planning better take January's impact and significance into stronger considerations.
Yours in the Bond!
Monday, May 07, 2007
Back in the Saddle!!!
You know that it is only the challenges of the normal routine that can keep great ideas down, but the inspiration for achievement is only delayed and not denied. With this post, it is my intent to return to the news and ideas that Nupes have been requesting and looking for. Remember to visit No Nupe Left Behind as well!
One thought that just popped up is that the Bond has been the victim of the school yard game of "keep away" in terms of the songs that still give Nupes chills and get Senior Kappas and neophytes alike misty eyed.
Several years ago at either the Philadelphia or Detroit Conclave, Brother Jonathan Hicks had copies of a CD he recorded of great and historic Kappa songs and the songs were also available on cassette.
I do not know what the repercussions were but I do know that sales were abruptly discontinued since the recording would still sell perpetually. I imagine that IHQ had placed a licensing fee too high to make the effort profitable in the short term for Brother Hicks.
IHQ should either reach a licensing deal with the effort of Brother Hicks as well as other Brothers who make such content available for further and future distribution. IHQ could then resell the CDs directly for a profit.
There are content distributors (such as Snocap) available to further such a permanent fund-raising effort in that each Nupe webmaster could lift the load and make the endeavor a profitable one on multiple levels. IHQ could then publicly request all chapters and Brothers to further distribute the songs. Kappa songs would not be restricted to sales among Brothers alone since family members would find them to be a great gift to the Nupe within their family.
As much as I am for achievement, I totally abhor the general preference and trend within the Bond to be only employees and grant applicants versus taking our own destiny into our hands through entrepreneurial endeavors.
Sharing the beauty of the songs already recorded and their historical relevance would also combat any downside that has been occupying media reports lately as well.
Yours in the Bond!
One thought that just popped up is that the Bond has been the victim of the school yard game of "keep away" in terms of the songs that still give Nupes chills and get Senior Kappas and neophytes alike misty eyed.
Several years ago at either the Philadelphia or Detroit Conclave, Brother Jonathan Hicks had copies of a CD he recorded of great and historic Kappa songs and the songs were also available on cassette.
I do not know what the repercussions were but I do know that sales were abruptly discontinued since the recording would still sell perpetually. I imagine that IHQ had placed a licensing fee too high to make the effort profitable in the short term for Brother Hicks.
IHQ should either reach a licensing deal with the effort of Brother Hicks as well as other Brothers who make such content available for further and future distribution. IHQ could then resell the CDs directly for a profit.
There are content distributors (such as Snocap) available to further such a permanent fund-raising effort in that each Nupe webmaster could lift the load and make the endeavor a profitable one on multiple levels. IHQ could then publicly request all chapters and Brothers to further distribute the songs. Kappa songs would not be restricted to sales among Brothers alone since family members would find them to be a great gift to the Nupe within their family.
As much as I am for achievement, I totally abhor the general preference and trend within the Bond to be only employees and grant applicants versus taking our own destiny into our hands through entrepreneurial endeavors.
Sharing the beauty of the songs already recorded and their historical relevance would also combat any downside that has been occupying media reports lately as well.
Yours in the Bond!
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