Entries from August 2008 ↓

Are you afraid to fail? Everybody is. You are no different. I am afraid of failure too. The question here is how you cope with this fear.

I’ve got the answers from Lt. Col. Frank Slade.

by Topo .

What If I Fail?

“I think I’d be a little afraid.”  - Donna
”Of what ?”  - Frank
”Afraid of making a mistake.”  - Donna
”No mistakes in the tango, not like life. It’s simple. That’s what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on. Why don’t you try ?”  - Frank.

THE Answer To All “I-am-stuck” Situations

The following quote is my guiding light when I get stuck.(Emphasis is mine):

“Any particular beer ?” – Waiter.
"Schlitz. No Schlitz ? Blatz. No Blatz ? Improvise." - Lt.Col. Frank Slade

Another one that I really like is by JD Meier as he writes in his Start with something simple:

Start with what you know.
What you know, don’t know, need to know next.

What’s Next?

“Would you like to learn to tango, Donna ?” – Frank
”Right now? “ – Donna
”I’m offering you my services… free of charge. What do you say ?“ – Frank

Meet Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino in “Scent of a Woman”)

Would you like to learn to live?
Take your life for a test drive. Do not be afraid to fail.

Improvise.

Self Test

• Do you dream to do things you afraid to fail?
• Do you really really want it?
• How do you cope with the fear of failure?
• How do you cope with the failure?

Do you like free flickr’s images under CC license? Do you use it for making your blog or any other online content richer? Do you want to go even further, like adding music to your content? How about doing it for FREE?

If you do want to enrich your content with music Jamendo is for you.

What’s Jamendo?

When you sign up go directly to Frequently Asked Questions where the first thing you will notice is this:

Jamendo offers free access and free download of music tracks, published with Creative Commons licences. On Jamendo, the Artists choose to give access to their music for free to the users.

Does It Work - Blogging?

I was doing a screencast for my Blog Post Template Plugin For Windows Live Writer that helps Boosting Your Blogging Productivity With Post Templates. I like music on one hand but I try to be a good online citizen and not using content – including music – without permission. I needed Music under CC license. After few searches I stumbled on Jamendo. This is the screencast I produced in the end using the music from Jamendo – tell me, does the music add to the experience or better off prefer to hear my broken English?

Video: Blog Post Template Plugin for Windows Live Writer

music by Zeropage - Ambient Pills — Jamendo - MP3 VBR 192k - 2006.09.19 [www.jamendo.com]

Does It Work – Personal Use?

Let me tell you upfront – IT DOES. I downloaded few albums and I listen to it regularly with great pleasure. Go ahead and sign up – the offer is really good, it is FREE. Free to listen, free to use.

Self Test

• Do you like free stuff?
• Do you like music?
• Do you like free music?
• Do you blog?
• Do you want to get ahead of the crowd with better reader’s experience?
• Do you want me to show you how I create screencasts like the one above with free tools?