In the Summer of 2009, I heard about the idea from Betty Johnson who is spearheading the festival along with Grace Franco and Robyn Simms. The website was designed by Steve Cleary, who then gave me administrative control. Since then I have been an active member of the group, providing web maintenance and support as the film festival has gone through changes and growth.

I will also be submitting a couple of my own one-minute videos such as: Ultra Ping Pong 3000, Vote with your Dollars, and the Vehicle for the Soul Promotional Video. The deadline to turn in a one-minute video is April 1st 2010. If you have something you have to say in one minute, your contribution is welcome. Find out more at www.santabarbaraminute.com

The message of the documentary has shifted and strengthened as we have learned more and refined the script. A strong emphasis is on engaging the audience visually, and mentally. It allows for audience participation, as we teach how to enter into a state called Heart Coherence.

The best is yet to come. For more information about our progress visit the Vehicle for the Soul website: http://www.VehicleForTheSoul.com.

If you subscribe, you will be E-mailed when we have something to share, or are announcing an up coming event. Each month we should have something new.

To sign up, visit the following site:
http://www.vehicleforthesoul.com/subscribe

The first episode is tentatively titled “Energy flow and Qi“. It is a short visual examination of the human body that uses 3d animation, formal interviews, and audience participation to display how energy flows in the body, and how to strengthen the mind-body connection.

I am excited to work on such an interested an ambitious project. I have a lot of work ahead, and many people to coordinate with. Contact me if you are interested in learning more or contributing.

As of this week, I am proud to announce the launch of the Agile Business Community. With educational videos, ongoing webcasts, hundreds of articles, forums, a monthly newsletter, and a social networking platform, it is the ultimate resource for software developers who are hungry for knowledge, interactivity, and fresh content.

This website re-design has been my primary focus for the past two months while working at CMC Media. I shared the workload with my co-worker Chris Pratt who is the founder of Metal Tome: Gateway to Shred. We built The Agile Business Community using Joomla 1.5 Content Management System. By holding daily meetings, occasional working late hours, and re-shaping our goals to adapt to unexpected changes and bugs, we incorporated agile techniques to develop a strong and reliable social networking site.

Barcamp LA 6 was great! Props to the hosts for making the un-convention happen. There was a crowd of highly skilled developers using cutting edge technology. A lot of the presentations were very interesting.

There are Un-Conferences happening all over the world, at different times. and they are full of creative, self motivated, highly skilled people.

Barcamp San Diego 4 will be taking place November 15th & 16th 2008. I plan to do a presentation on Oneironauts or Explorers of the Dream World.

I highly recommend Barcamp to people like you, who read my blog. Visit BarCamp.org to see upcoming events around the world.

Pursuing lucid dreaming is an act of introspection and self exploration. Everyone’s dream world is rich with themes and lessons that are universal for all people, but are presented in a way that applies to the dreamers personal life. By becoming lucid in a dream, the dreamer can consciously take part in the virtual world created by their mind.

Every decision the dreamer makes immediately effects the dream world, and the dreamer can experience the results of there thoughts and emotions as they play out. For example if a dreamer sees something dangerous and focuses on the fear they feel, the dream will become more scary. If the dreamer sees something dangerous and instead, focuses on curiosity while knowing that they are safe in a dream, the dream will shift and the dreamer can learn about what the dangerous situation actually represents in their life. Overcoming fear is just one of the many lessons lucid dreaming teaches.

I believe lucid dreaming is an important concept that our society needs to learn about and experience. That is why I promote lucid dreaming and encourage people to try it out. I have made a documentary DVD that can help you on your journey:
www.LucidDreamExplorers.com

CMC Media is a web publishing company located in Santa Barbara California. CMC stands for Configuration Management Community. They primarily run two major website on the subject of Configuration Management (www.CMCrossroads.com), and Agile Programming (www.agileJournal.com). These websites are full of current articles, blogs, videos, webcasts, job listings, forums, and valuable resources for programmers, developers, and managers.

My responsibilities as the Online Content Manager is to keep the website updated and maintained, as well as continuously add new features to improve the function of the site. New content is constantly being added by companies and individuals who are promoting or discussing different aspects of Configuration Management. As the site grows, new features are implemented to streamline the work flow, and keep the site working optimally.

We are also working on a new community site called GreenBuildingPro.com. I will post more information about the development of this site, when it is ready.

I am an active member of Empowerthyself.com and find it to be useful for organizing my ideas, learning from others, and pursue my goals. It is a growing site that is currently developing a facebook application, and an iPhone application. I will continue to contribute to empowerthyself.com and encourage others to seek there own empowerment. It is important for us to work together, and create positive change in the world. The future of humanity rests in the hands of those who are empowered.

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