There was a great graph(of sorts) in the most recent WIRED magazine. I thought I would pass it along to you since it’s a VERY helpful chart to help you squadner the 9 hours that the average American spends glued to some kind of screen every day. Its helpful because you wouldn’t want leave the rotting of your brain to chance. As they say, “fail to plan and you can plan to fail”

Michael K of dlisted is the East Coast's Perez Hilton - Forbes doesn't know of him yet?

Let’s check out web brilliance again. Peeps with influence on the web, according to Forbes magazine’s rankings are: these clowns! Enjoy checking out their blogs.

1Perez Hilton 2Michael Arrington 3Kevin Rose 4Frank Warren 5Cory Doctorow 6Pete Cashmore 7Beppe Grillo 8Heather Armstrong 9Guy Kawasaki 10Jason Calacanis 11Robert Scoble 12Will Leitch 13Jeff Jarvis 14Wil Wheaton 15Nate Silver 16Om Malik 17Matt Drudge 18Owen Thomas 19Dave Winer 20Seth Godin 21Brian Lam 22Mark Frauenfelder 23Steve Rubel 24John C. Dvorak 25Leo Laporte

One question remains: WHERE IS MICHAEL K’S BRILLIANCE ON THIS LIST? Forbes, if you’re going to list Perez Hilton as number 1, then at least have Michael K in this  list at number 2!!!! He’s Perez’s secret teacher, mentor, muse in NYC! Nice Web Celeb choices list tho! Enjoy the surf.

Over the past 2 months I’ve had to answer some pretty crazy questions from different people…here are some of those questions and answers.

Question and Answer

What’s my favorite verse?

 I like Psalm 63:1-2 because it sums up my desire for God.  The more I fall in love with Him, the more I will fall in love with what He loves-thus, making me a better follower of Christ.

Where did I come up with NR Ministries?

 I guess I was 22.  I went through a rough stage in life and things weren’t adding up to the way I thought it should be or should have done.  I almost went through with ending my life one day and that’s when I took His hand (Jesus).  I told Him that I wanted to live for Him but didn’t really know how to do it.  So, I came up with living with no regrets and decided weeks later that I would give everything my best, so that I wouldn’t have to regret what I did.

What are my thoughts on teens today?

I think teenagers have it good and bad in today’s time (2009).  Everything is easier in terms or production or for simplicity sake, but as far as living this life the way God intended for us to live…. much harder.  Parents aren’t involved…Churches have disenfranchised themselves from the teenage work and they have more things to do.

If I were planting a Church, what would be my 1^st hire? 

Definitely a part time youth guy…but a full time associate/administrator pastor would be the full time hire.  Someone who can worry or rather get stuff DONE. A person who believes in me and has my back…who doesn’t want to communicate but wants to keep the ship running.  A Jonathan-not Paul.

What aggregates me the most when it comes to the Churches of today?

When a Church is about himself or herself more than the community or the disconnected individual than has no connection to a risen Savior.

Having been pouring into students who’ve become incredible leaders, what’s my secret to success?

No secret, just Jesus.  I’ve just challenged them to love Jesus, love others, and pursue both.   It’s that simple…just love them like Jesus.

Who has been your favorite student (s) in the past?

I don’t know.  I don’t have favorites.  I have those who seem to always be around me…every year there were always different kids who want to hang out more than others…no favorites…INCLUDING Hank, for real.

Who are some?

One year I hung with Brian Lam and Brandon Reeves a lot.  Another year it was Andrew Mailey and Drew Hall.  One year it was Hank Murphy…well more like every year.  Holly Blackmon…Lindsey Hodge…Chris Flowers…Kenny Gamlin and Ivy Mitchell…etc.  It’s always the same invite.  If you want to hang, I’m there for the hanging…no favorites though.  My D-Group always get to hang out more with me than everyone else…as well as the lead team… no favorites though.  I’m really loving my Lead Team right now..haha.

THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 POSTS OVERNIGHT WERE:

1. WHETU #2 – MR TIGER WOODS

2. YOUNG, FAMOUS, TALENTED & ABUSED – THE RIHANNA & CHRIS BROWN HOLLYWOOD STORY

3. ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN IDOL, GUY SEBASTIAN HAS MOVED TO US

4. TIME MAGAZINE LISTS ITS TOP 25 BLOGS -2009

5. VALENTINES DAY CAME SO SWIFTLY WITH A LOVE STORY THIS YEAR

6. MICHAEL PHELPS HAVE YOU TALKED TO FRANK

7. SPIN THIS TRACK!

8. FORBES TOP 25 WEB CELEBS OF 2009

9. COURAGE TO LOVE

10. OBAMA’S CONGRESS RHETORIC – 10 INFLUENCES

here’s three suggestions:

1. TIME MAGAZINE LISTS ITS TOP 25 BLOGS -2009

2. Forbes Top 25 Web Celebs of 2009

3. FORBE’S TOP 100 CELEBRITIES

check out their blogs if you get some time. Here are Forbes Magazine’s top 10 web celebs: The Web Celeb 25

I love cool people.  Since, I was once a cool dude that went around spreading the aroma of the Fonz, The Rock, Vin Diesel, and Rambo.   It’s apparent to me that I know cool when I see it.  So…with out further comment or the push of a key, here is Shane’s Bill- Board Top 25 Coolest People. *All names mention can change with-in minutes due to a lost of coolness or when someone cooler comes in the picture. Like as of 9:06pm on 2/4/09.

25.   Kimberly Prescott *Kimberly has that cool laugh and an excellent video queen.

24.   Bob Gordon

23.    Sean Copley

22.   Richard Brogsdale *Shane’s mentee at GMS

21.  Cheryl Gamblin

20. Derrick Mathis  *Voted 2 years in a row the Augusta Chronicle Football Player of the year and he plays on Shane’s flag football team.

19.   Todd Hampson

18.  Kenny Gamblin

17.  Matt Rodgers

16.  Ivy Mitchell

15.  Brian Lam *A singer and songwriter, and former D-group member of Shane

14.  Ward Bowles

13.  Hillary Smit

12. Hank Murphy

11.  Tate Mitchell

12.  Will Clark

11.  Shelby Shepard *Shelb is a veggie lover and also an animal rights champ!

10.  Luke Crown

9.  Jo Jo Cordova

8.  NickCarnes.com (aka: Nick)

7.  Tristan Carnes

6.  Jeffery May *He is one cool dude. www.myspace.com/JefferyMay

5.  Drew Hall

4.  Skittles (aka:  Josh)

3.  Diana Padgett  *She is one cool chick who folds my clothes.

2.  Preston Key

1.  David Brown * David plays in a band.  He looks like a rock star and loves chicken wings and Mr.Pibb…what can you say?

Death by Nikon. I didn’t get any free cool Canon swag………

I did get to manhandle a Canon 5D Mark II. How sweet it was. Can’t wait til March!

I got to see and meet some really cool people:

Frederick V. Johnson

He’s on top of my list of very cool people. Genuine and a very nice guy.

Scott Bourne

Steve Wozniak

The Gizmodo.com guys. Brian Lam and Jason Chen.

I won’t get your names mixed up next time…(in pic: Jason…left…Brian…right…or wait…)

And for some clips

Sitting and waiting for the doors to open…or for the staff to let us in.

Very loud speaker friend.

Oh how the line grew. This was just for the North Moscone Center. I wonder how the South side was.

Covert camera action with Scott Bourne.

Tomorrow’s plan, check out Leo Laporte’s feature presentation and then find me an iPhone clip.

When Adryenn Ashley for Wow is Me  calls and asks me what I am doing I have a few things I check, passport, camera bag, and sense of adventure. This time I did not have to go any further then Menlo Park to the Tesla showroom. Brian Lam and Tim Ferris  were test driving the new Tesla. Gorgeous car. So much fun I got to play paparazzi. Adryenn and I tried to keep up in a Lexus, hardly fair. The photos are fantastic and I hear the guys are getting tons of hits on their blogs. Another fantastic day at work. Family portraits in the morning and photo shoot of a Tesla, Time Ferris, and Brian Lam, seriously my job rocks.

I was going through my bookmarks today searching for the blogs I love the most and people that write for them, which inspired me to write about the bloggers I love most. I want to make note that these are bloggers I like, not podcast personalities, that would be a very different list.

Brian Lam, Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo.

Brian Lam provides insight into the world of tech with humor and integrity. Not only does he run the show over at Gizmodo, but his articles are among the most entertaining and well written. Some of my favorite Brian Lam articles are

iPhone: first hands on: I call my mom!

Wii Fit, Review by a formerly fit geek.

On assholes tracking Steve Jobs health.
Vincent, Geek Like Me
Great at rounding up links of interest to geeks and technophiles, especially adept at attaching hilariously sarcastic comments to certain links.

Wil Wheaton (yes that Wil Wheaton)
WWdN: In Exile
Actor, writer, blogger
Best known for his role on Star Trek as Westley Crusher, Wil is now one of the most interesting bloggers on the intrawebs.
Notable Posts:
Geek vs. iTune

DRM and the DMCA: so stupid it makes me want to punch babies

Lisa Bettany, Mostly Lisa
Geeky and gorgeous, Lisa is a Canadian blogger, multimedia producer, photographer, writer, actress, and “part-time” model.
Her blog is full of geeky, techy stuff with a great sense of humor and she has some seriously good photography skills.

I attended the Imprint Culture Lab event in Los Angeles and was particularly struck by discussions about Asian representation in media, Asian influences on pop culture and differences with regard to how to handle Asian stereotyps in media. For more information about the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy see: http://www.ncdemocracy.org/

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