The Genius Project

A Much needed Explanation

This is WAY past due.

Mostly due to the fact that I have abandoned the project without notice.
I apologize to all those that followed my short and uneventful project.
I have abandoned this project due to lack of inspiration and safety concerns.
My last couple posts have lacked the inspiration that has birthed this project.

As for Safety concerns, I have had a horrible experience driving while under the influence of sleep deprivation.  Several of these experiences have included leaving the road several times on my way to work on multiple occasions and almost taking bystanders with me. On one occasion I almost hit a biker on loop 49.
This not only affects my health, but the health of others.
Being sleep deprived is ok, but if it causes safety issues it needs to be addressed.

I intend on keepig the Genius Project structure and changing some aspects of it to make it safer and more productive.

To all my followers, I deeply apologize to you.
Thank you for all of your support.

-mike

How to Become (almost) all knowing

So,

Something I’ve been using recently is an app by Google called “Google Alert”
http://www.google.com/alerts

This is one of the coolest things I’ve yet to subscribe to basically how it works is you enter search criteria and Alert will notify you either via RSS feed, or email when that criteria is met.

sure it takes time to index the interwebs, but it is so worth it!
I have searches right now for anything that meets (Band, Tyler, Tx), (Photographer, Tyler, Tx) and (Michael Strout, Photographer)

These 3 simple searches inform me when someone says something about me, when some other Photographer in the Tyler, Tx area does anything, and when a band does anything in Tyler.

It does the searching so I don’t have to.

Love it.

Have fun being (almost) all Knowing!

-mike

Three’s the charm

so.

I haven’t slept yet today so I don’t know if this counts for anything. I’m still on caffiene from earlier tonight. I don’t think I’ll get much out of today because I haven’t had that horrible feeling of waking up super early and trying to make myself think. I can think right now, I’m just not extremely creative.

One thing that struck me today was the lighting in the Music Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

I think all of the lighting could easily work for portrait lighting.

I don’t really have any ideas that could change the world today.

I’m bound to be free someday

Check, Check, 1, 2, CHECK!

30 days.

One month.

That’s a long time. I woke up today after 2 hours of sleep, took a shower and began to think about this project. This has the potential to be a very useful habit in my life, or it could be one of the worst ideas I’ve had thusfar.

I found myself (on day one) stalling for time and taking forever in the shower so I don’t have to be here long. I don’t know if it’s because I’m afraid of failure or because I’m just downright lazy.

I don’t know if this time 4-5am will continue to be a more productive time, or if it will gradually slip to normal thinking time as well. I have no agenda curently for this time, just that I use it properly. Anything creative durning this time is permitted as long as I leave an entry about it.

I have been encouraged to monitor what comes out of this blog so I can keep track of any great ideas for future blogging. I will do this for stuff including, new business ventures, new service ideas, or new fresh ideas in general. The idea here is that by the end of these 30 days I will have something to show for my time instead of many weak ideas, I’ll have a few ideas that may be of some use.

Thoughts on this whole blogging on no sleep thing..

I don’t know how well I will function with my sleep schedule stabbed right in the middle.

I don’t know if I will get anything productive out of this time.

I don’t know why I’m doing this other than to try something for 30 days.

Happy Genius day (and april fools day)
This is Mike Strout, signing out!

Ready, Nervous

I’m ready,

I’m tired of waiting to start.

I haven’t had much sleep recently and might need some soon. This project will not only rob me of a precious hour of sleep, I also cuts my sleep cycle in half. I don’t know how this will affect me, but it will do so for an entire month. I think I’m just going to blog about the project the ole fashoned way. I think I’ll get you a post a day via this blog.

I don’t know what my posts will look like during this project. My posts may just look like notes for a class but they should at least be interesting.

Ready, Set, Nervous!

Battle Plan!

Planning:
I need to be proactive.

I have a date pinned down to start. Ironically the start date I’ve chosen is April 1st.

I’m ready, I’m excited, and I’m anxious!

I would like something to transcribe my voice so I can just think out loud instead of having to break down the mental barrier of typing. I don’t think this is very realistic, so I’ll just have to blog just like everyone else.

Becoming a Genius

So,

I’ve never been good at keeping up a Blog.

I’m just thinking aloud during this post.
I woke up yesterday at 4:45 and took a shower. For some reason I was supercharged with creativity and the will to do almost anything. Why was I so inspired?

I’ve always toyed with the idea of doing something for 30 days to see how it affects my life. This might just be my chance to do something completely different, and foreign to me.

My Goal, should I choose to accept the challenge would be to wake up every morning at a VERY early hour, Take a shower to wake up, and spend about an hour jotting down any ideas of mine.
I would like to do this and Blog about this every day and see what I come up with.

Will it make me a better person? Probably not, but I think it would be a cool experiment to take part in to better understand my creative self.