Wednesday
10Mar2010
Website Usability and Content Survey - Your participation is appreciated!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:25AM Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:25AM Tuesday
09Mar2010
Find your passion, because it is in you
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 7:25AM I don't do very many video blog posts, but late last night, during my walk, I felt inspired by some of the things that are going on in my life right now. Hence this video about finding and executing your passion and how I am on my way to fully living it...
Monday
08Mar2010
Thank you
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:25AM I have been spending so much time lately engrossed in ideas and creation, that I almost forgot a very important part of what makes me who I am today... you. I wanted to take a few minutes on my blog today to really thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to read and sometimes comment on my content. Words cannot express the true feeling a blogger, journalist, news reporter, or any other type of content creator gets knowing that someone has taken the time to read our thoughts, opinions or whatever else might hit the keyboard. The time you take to read my material is overwhelming to me sometimes, and I want you to know that I value everyone - new visitors and frequent ones - each day. Corny and cliche as it sounds, it is very true.
The traffic to my site has quadrupled since just six months ago. My RSS subscribers have tripled in that same time frame. The feedback I get is almost always positive. I don't state these facts to boast at all. I say them to myself often, because I am proud of what I have accomplished. These numbers make me work harder to continue trying to bring you one person's view of his small world. I will most likely never be able to thank you enough for helping make myself proud of what I have done.
Blogging and maintaining this site takes time. A lot of time. Perhaps there are opportunities I have missed due to this damn site, and the time I take logged into it. But on the other hand, it has also created opportunities. I have met many people through my blog who I am now happy to call my friends. My blog has even made me money. Significant money. I am not talking about Google AdSense money. I am talking about opportunities for my services. It has landed me contracts and jobs. Some might look at a blog and wonder why someone would take such time to write what seems like wasted words. I tell them, "No, my friend, a blog is much more than that." My blog has opened doors, and none of that would have been possible without you.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I truly am grateful for your time, because I know just how valuable it is.
Sunday
07Mar2010
Using technology to help stay fit and motivated
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:25AM Well, as winter begins to fade here in Minnesota and the temperatures begin to rise, some of us are slowly creeping out of our hibernation dens. For me, that could not come at a better time! Winter was tough on me with multiple things going on and not taking the time to properly tend to my health, I am now feeling like it is time to get back on track. On top of that, I am signed up for a few 5- and 7K's this year (including one in about two weeks) that I need to really start getting ready for. The problem is motivation.
Sure music and my favorite podcasts help, but it takes more than that to get me going. So over the past week, I think I have found something that will keep me going... combining my love for technology and statistics to keep me active - even when I don't want too!
Using my Palm Pre smartphone and a series of mobile fitness applications, I have found a new passion for getting out and exercising. I am testing out the different applications to find which ones work best for me, but the overall goal of getting out there and pushing harder and harder each workout is working! The other day, I used the "JogStats" mobile application which measured all the vitals to my run and then tweeted the results to my Twitter feed:
I am using an application called "Absolute Fitness" that helps me track my caloric intake. "Fit23" gives me the opportunity to enter softer data on my health, like how much water I drank, how I feel about my overall health on a particular day, etc. "iStayFit" helps me in the gym by showing me different workouts to do to focus on different areas of my body. Finally, I use "Pedometer" to measure all of my steps I take during the day. All of these together
give me a statistical look at my progress, which for me, helps keep me motivated.
Because of the power our phones have now-a-days and with the endless supply of mobile applications, there is so much potential to do new things or get better at things we like to do. While I always knew that technology could better my life, I never knew it could make my experience working out better.
Saturday
06Mar2010
In case you missed them... My top 5 posts for February 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 7:25AM February was a busy month for my blog. While it did not quite generate as much traffic as January, I noticed a huge bump in the number of repeat visitors. So thanks for coming back and reading more of my posts. And for those of you who are new to my blog, feel free to grab the RSS by clicking on the link directly to the top-right of this post!
Here are the top five most popular posts on RobertStanke.com for the month of February:
1. Class is over... let's get back to execution and implementation (Posted on: February 18, 2010)
2. The two main types of online communities - Part 1: Organic Communities (Posted on: February 2, 2010)
3. The (possible) abuse of social networks by consumers (Posted on: February 17, 2010)
4. The two main types of online communities - Part 2: Branded Communities (Posted on: February 4, 2010)
5. I want to know about your blog! (Posted on: February 10, 2010)
Here's to March, warm weather, and the coming of baseball!
