A shot in the dark from the heart of Silicon Valley

I have a routine when I start up my day, absorbing “news” from around the web.  It basically goes like this: call up Yahoo (for my subscribed-mail (this is the email address I use when buying/registering/sharing); Gmail (I forward all of my personal mail to Gmail); and an RSS newsreader.

My “News” is made up of different sources from different places.  The idea is to learn what’s going on in my world – things relevant and interesting to me.  This is made up of international, national, local, and ‘hyper-local’ information; hyper-local being items concerning my friends and family.

To that end, tools like Twitter and Facebook are helpful but there are those of us that like to manage that information a little differently – we choose to manage (and control and own) our own online presentation.

KPAO is a site run by a few folks, including my friend Dave.  They decided to collaborate on a single site rather than each hosting their own as a way to bring some variety to the content being delivered.  The postings range in topics from product reviews to political thoughts to insights and ponderings about daily life.

Dave tends to be the largest contributor of content, which is good as he’s the only one that I actually know running the site so the posts tend to be a little more relevant.  He’s pretty opinionated and doesn’t hesitate to share his thoughts.  I don’t always agree but when I don’t I still walk away with something to think about.

2 Replies to “A shot in the dark from the heart of Silicon Valley”

  1. Thanks for the plug, Christian. I don’t often get feedback on my blog writing, so I sometimes wonder if I’m just doing it for my own OCD reasons. Glad to see you’re ramping up on the posts yourself.

  2. Thanks for the plug, Christian. I don’t often get feedback on my blog writing, so I sometimes wonder if I’m just doing it for my own OCD reasons. Glad to see you’re ramping up on the posts yourself.

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