365 Days of Dave

So, since blogging began, it seems like a lot of bloggers set ‘challenges’ for themselves - 20 days to get rich, 30 days of videoblogging, etc etc… There’s something for everyone. Well, not to be left off the bandwagon, I feel like I want to challenge myself to stay active in my blogging here on the new EvokeMG.com (where you should be at right now ;))

With that in mind, I realized the biggest hurdle I have to overcome is that I often think of things to write about throughout my day, but by the evening when I’m ready to sit down and do a little writing I just don’t put it to paper … blog. So, my first challenge to myself is to conjure up 365 topics worth talking about. I’m going to cheat though, by framing them in monthly bins so that I don’t overwhelm myself by trying to think of 365 things all at once (although, I guess this is a leap-year, so I suppose we’re talking technically about 366 things). I digress… Here are 30 topics that are probably something I could write at least a paragraph or two about:

1. Net Neutrality
2. Libertarianism, Ron Paul, and the California Primary
3. My experience working at The Digital Foundry
4. Why I think Solar Sun Satellites are a really good idea
5. Digital Camera design
6. eCommerce and living without brick & mortars
7. Some great sales experiences I’ve had over the years
8. Cool websites worth visiting (this might be a multi-part cheat post)
9. Decision Sciences
10. Expert Systems
11. Why I think public schools are failing
12. A review of Kunstler’s Long Emergency
13. Things I learned at Long Beach State
14. Why Mozilla Thunderbird rocks
15. Best shows on the Discovery Channel
16. What’s wrong with the 3rd world?
17. Why Second Life has no appeal to me
18. Developing the HOD Project Management App
19. A review of Reich’s Supercapitalism
20. Funniest Ze Frank moments
21. The rise and fall and potential rise again of Yahoo
22. Marin County memories
23. How my apartment complex has taught me not to handle customers
24. Things I wish I could tell myself 10 years ago
25. What Tom Fox taught me about management
26. Easy business card design in Photoshop
27. Review of my Chumby
28. Strangest teachers of my life
29. Great eats in San Jose
30. How to write a great press release

    So here are a few more additions (created March 7, 2008)

31. The looming energy obstacles
32. I don’t understand anything about fashion
33. Inside the Adfinity.com strategy
34. My experience as an Industrial Design student
35. Tech-Slow: Why I’m a late adopter
36. Love Safeway.com
37. The Next Internet
38. Home office tips & lessons I’ve learned
39. The truth about (commissioned) consumer electronics sales
40. Will products soon say “Made in East China”?

    A few more ideas (Updated March 9, 2008)

41. VOIP pros and cons
42. How to: Web traffic testing
43. Top Travel Destinations and why I want to go
44. Review of Mark Penn’s Microtrends
45. Micropayments and how they could revolutionize the web

Alright, I’m out. Another list tomorrow - or maybe I’ll actually write on one of these topics! Oh, and I make no guarantees that I’ll actually complete this 365 day challenge within 365 days… It just has a nice ring to it, no?