bierkergaard

I have been doing a lot of reading about social networking media (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Concurrently, I have also been doing a lot of brewing of Belgian Beer. Both are passions of mine. There are actually parallels between the two. Let me explain. Fermentation occurs when yeast is put in a liquid at a warm temperature with a lot of sugar. This equals explosive and exponential growth. It is pretty elementary and not exactly high level Chemistry. Given the right ingredients and conditions, fermentation will happen. It is inevitable. Now, the beverage might not taste good for a lot of reasons but that does not mean that the fermentation did not happen (the conversion of sugar to ethanol). Good brewers know how to both produce and consume the beverages created wisely. Social Networking Media has many analogous variables. There is an yeast-like audience waiting to consume information through technology (i.e. the sugar and equipment and the process) and the goal is to distill something ou...

John 14:3 "And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also." Yesterday I was cleaning the house, preparing for Lina's return from a three week business trip...the longest time away she has been thus far in our marriage. My bride came home. I did my best in the previous three weeks to not sully the carpet and hard wood floors with dirt and to keep the kitchen relatively clean, knowing full well that my definition of clean does not even make it into Lina's dictionary. Saturday was Judgment Day when I literally cleaned house. I am far from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) when it comes to cleaning...I am more NOCD. I try, but I find myself not preoccupied with dust and dirt...my previous bachelor pad was a veritable winter wonderland of dust, like one of those liquidy shake toys encased in plastic, where the snow falls on a picturesque scene after you agitate its contents. Every day was Chr...