September 10, 2007
Shame On Me
I am pissing it away. Out on those long runs and in my sleep, I often am dreaming about the next great thing to do. However, I am not executing these ideas as well as I should be.
A few years ago it was music plugins. I did a plugin in Now Playing and have helped thousands of people sport their tunes on their blogs. The part I never did was the web site backend. Now sites like iLike.com are blowing the doors off and getting great publicity while I sit here with the “I thought of that” regrets.
In the latest installment, I ran across socialpicks.com today. It is basically a better version of what I tried to start with damagetheory.com back in 2006. They are getting press in Forbes and the WSJ now. DamageTheory remains but is dusty and stale.
Its not so much sour grapes but the knowing that I was there early and didn’t make the move. I executed part of the way but didn’t think it through for all the possibilities. Its convenient for me to only do enough but not take it the whole way. I need to change that and risk more on these ideas. Maybe its lack of confidence but I don’t think so. Its probably more just being busy and not wanting to put more on my plate. God, I must be getting old or something.
