A few historical/hysterical posts from Junes past...
Hello dear readers! Hope you’re having a most excellent June.
Here’s the first post in a series. Every month I’ll dig through the archives and dust off a few posts from years gone by. Consider it a “time capsule.” All posts are historical, but some are occasionally hysterical, and all offer a glimpse into the ideas, lessons, and adventures that have shaped the journey.
Now, here are posts from Junes-gone-by on my blog that I think are fun and worth reading! I hope you’ll peruse a few! If you’re not a subscriber yet, please hit the subscribe button!
In Notes from the Trail history:
Best Headlines from Apple’s WWDC - 2008! (June 9, 2008) With this week’s Apple WWDC and its promise of a better AI-powered Siri (It’s only been 11 years of “Siri what’s the weather today…?” with a response of “I found this on the web check it out.”) But it’s fun to look back at what was being announced in 2008.
Adios Twitter, for now… (June 9, 2008) Yes. I’ve been on Twitter/X a long time! “Back in the day,” Twitter would occasionally go down, and the site would give you the image of what was called the “fail whale.” I was on Twitter then as “journeyguy.” Read my story here of losing that account and my subsequent frustration with the total lack of X support in recovery. I love this old post, because we were calling Twitter “microblogging” back in 2008.
Welcome new readers... (June 8, 2006) Yes, I’ve also been blogging a long time! Here’s an earlier introduction to me. It’s surreal/fun/sad to see who I gave shout outs to (other bloggers) who are no longer blogging. Did social media kill blogging? Has there been a revival on good, long-form blogging in the last few years?
The Work Behind the Word (June 2, 2004) This was a faith post. Are you bad at waiting? Perhaps you’re in the “way.” In golf terms, we need to let God “play through.” We are delaying His progress by our slow and pitiful play.
On invalid signatures, rejection, reflection, and relief (June 13, 2014) Yep, I was almost a politician once. Here’s my story of running for city council.
Why I am not responding to your texts (June 3, 2013) I tried a DLAE (Digital Lifestyle Adjustment Experiment). I exchanged my iPhone 5 for a 10 year old dumb phone.
Mowing to country music (June 22, 2017) Mowing is therapeutic for me. It’s one of the few things that I do in life that I get to see instant results. And I still listen to country music when I mow. And daydream. This was a great post about a Luke Bryan song.
Is it good for you to burn with anger? (June 6, 2022) This is another faith post. What if underlying anger was THE issue of our culture today? What if it was the kindling for all of our cancel culture, outrage machine? Do we have a right be angry? This post examines the results of an angry prophet and may implode our protestations of “righteousness indignation.”