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• Ran 9 miles this morning - it was an easy run and I felt pretty good. Not bad for a fat guy. I am going to increase a mile a week until oct. #
• When I was running this old guy (74)had a seizure and crashed his bike right in front of me - it was really scary no pulse no breathing. #
• I thought he was a gonner I don’t know CPR so I just rolled him over and after about a minute (felt like 10) he started breathing again. #
• His wife reacted like it was the first time she had considered the posibility of being without him “come back to me John” over and over #

• has anyone else noticed an uptick in trackback spam? Mine has gone through the roof lately. #
• @Mobasoft I am such a geek my family stopped listening when I talk years ago. #
• @kygerbailey what has changed? are you using wordpress? maybe the latest version isn’t as good at picking it up. #
• Going to the apple store #
• Severe cold just turned into a severe flu - had to stop on my way home and I am destroying a public restoom right now #
• Was that last post too transparent? #
• @bradbaldwin they had them at the time with a two hour wait. but I found out before I got there that I had to order through and ATT store #
• @bradbaldwin 10 - 21 business day wait for Iphones through the ATT store but that was the only way to do it with the corporate account #

• will this all star game ever end? #
• @russpage yeah I cna imagine the 15 meetings it took to come up with exactly what to say - no wonder people hate big companies #
• @ProvoBoy it was always an armpit - the town didn’t change your awareness did #
• @brandonbabb is finally following me! #
• Just called the apple store there is only a 1 hour wait if you want a white 16 gig phone. This launch blows I should have ordered online. #
• @kevinrose what happened to that iphone give away? #

• Tried to get my iphone today but it was still a 2+ hour wait. It isn’t that cool. #

• Still tweeting on my blackberry. Apple store in san diego had a 9 hour wait when I left. #

• @bscarter Josh Coates = Mozy. Mozy was sold a few months back for $80 million. They didn’t take much investment so I think he is ok #
• We are getting up really early tomorrow and driving down to sea world then spending the night in San Diego - vacations are exhausting #

• 7 th inning stretch at the dodger game. #

• So crazy tired we have been totally overdoing it lately #
• Based on how I look this morning there is a high probability that I died last night #

• Just took some pictures of the spanish fork windmills for my blog #
• @annjones thanks for the follow. I will be in Malibu this weekend can you tell me where Paradise Cove is? #
• @bhans very cool I took some video because some of them were finally spinning. People keep asking me how loud they are #
• @JesseStay what are you hiring for? Brandon showed me your new logo - very cool #
• @ thanksgiving point with alex - trying to wrap up a bunch of work before the holiday #
• @alexkoritz is making me use company time to help him monitize his personal blog - I would feel bad about that but I know he wont make any $ #
• @nick “Dueling Banjos” is a good name http://tinyurl.com/2y8xn6 #

Inspired by this Seth Godin post I have done some brainstorming of my own on how the book industry could save itself.  First of all they should change the name so that people stop thinking inside of the constraints of books as we know them.

1.    Allow passengers on airplanes to reserve a book any book when they purchase their ticket and when they arrive it is waiting for them on their seat for free.  Chances are they won’t be able to finish it so give them an insanely simply way to buy the book. Take it with you and they automatically charge your credit card, leave it in the seat and your not charged.  The airline can get a cut on the up sell and passengers are happy.  You could also implement a system that allows the book to be purchased and sent to their home, a friend, or the Kindle.
2.    Still on the airplane? Why not supply pre loaded ipods? Full of audio books consume all you want while in the air.  Send the flyer an email when they land telling them what they listened to and where to buy it.

3.    Free channel on satellite radio that plays audible audio books.  Again chances are you won’t be able to finish a book during your commute but that does give you enough time to get really into it and then you can go download the rest.

BTW: you don’t have to wait for Audible to do this if you want to start a podcast you could sign up as an affiliate with Amazon and Audible and then read a chapter from a book you recommend as your podcast.  People can then go back to your website to buy the books you are recommending. There is a lot of money in filtering content (think google, trip advisor)

4.    Print on Demand – If I am a local small bookstore and I have been able to survive the big box bookstore craze I can now strike back. Begin printing books on demand in that backroom.  Anyone who doesn’t want to wait for Amazon to deliver some weird long tail title can just walk into your store and you will have a warm of the press copy for them in 30 minutes or less.  You could start a whole new experience “there is nothing like sitting down in a big comfy chair with a warm book.”