- Yesterday was Ainsley and my nine-year anniversary. She's 8-months pregnant; wrangling two preschoolers; dealing with me; and trying to turn our rental into a home. I owe her big-time.
- A few friends are making murmurs of departure from cubicle life to follow their dreams. I think God is stirring our generation.
- I started running again this week to coincide with my fresh new beginning. Ouch.
- I wonder when Panera will kick me out of my new office space.
- I'm a horrible networker because I only call people when I have a reason.
- I think the future of Twitter is not Twitter, but rather what we embed it into.
- And is it just me... or does it barely function most of the time?
- I've created a list of conferences to attend this year and Lollapalooza is on it... if that tells you anything.
- There's nothing more inspiring to me than the ocean in the evening. Nothing.
- There are shockingly fewer Chick-Fil-A's here in Va Beach than Georgia.
- Yesterday, I went to get my hair cut, and the stylist made my hair look just like his. Uh...
Who I AM
- I help people launch great things. I'm the founder of Dream Year, The Whiteboard Sessions, and STORY in Chicago. I also wrote a book called Church in the Making. My wife Ainsley and I live in Virginia Beach and have 3 cowboys, Wyatt, Dylan & Cody.
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I was having all kinds of problems with Twitter yesterday and thought the same thing. Their future will be their ability to keep up. I heard yesterday they are close to placing banner ads on the site. If they approve that it could slow things down more and cause more headache. Still, I love the connections I've made via Twitter.
I also love what's happening in your life and look forward to The Story Chicago!
Ron Edmondson
http://www.twitter.com/ronedmondson
http://www.ronedmondson.com
Posted by: Ron Edmondson | May 28, 2009 at 07:50 AM
Ben,
You are gonna have to get over your Twitter issues.
Great to hear things are well.
Mark
Posted by: Mark Seekins | May 28, 2009 at 11:09 AM
mark, i swear you will one day count me as a prophet. =)
Posted by: Ben Arment | May 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM
I agree that God is stirring our generation. Something is brewing...that's for sure!
Posted by: Deneen | May 28, 2009 at 09:03 PM
I agree Ben. Twitter is fun and I've found great use from it (made great contacts) but it too will change. Like Myspace was all the rave a few years ago... now Myspace is the trailer park of social media (in my opinion). Hope that doesn't happen to Twitter but the one thing about social media is that it certainly has FAD qualities that wear out.
Posted by: Daniel Decker | May 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Shockingly, there are no Chick-fil-As in Vegas.
And I totally agree with you about the beach...except it's any time of day.
Happy anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long!
Posted by: Shaula | May 29, 2009 at 12:37 AM
I'd like to see the full list of conferences please!
I'm trying out Tweetlater.com...it looks ugly, but helps navigate around Twitter's constant downtime.
Escaping cubicle life- what can/should churches do to help? How are your friends planning on exiting? Any advice?
Posted by: Jay Brock @ Sex Rev | May 29, 2009 at 08:53 AM