No Holds Barred

(last Friday, via instant messenger) Andrea: do you know what you want at all? i mean aside from 'easy, quick and lots of money?' Andy: the gabrillion dollar question Andrea: mmhmm Andy: I'd love to be abel to use all this tech for social change. yadda Andrea: you know. there is something there. totally. i'd suggest maybe at least one hour of dreaming in that direction ;) Andy: yeah. big-ass goal: develop 3 million member ezine + podcast + blog and then run for senate :) - Andy and Ron in the White House by 2030 Andrea: :) Andy: Gotta get back to my 'creative instigator' stance Andrea: you know what i mean when i say you MUST have somethin to say. Andrea: here's a wild thought. what if. what would happen if. your personal blog and your professional blog. had sex and had a baby. ;) Andy: I know - I know - I know - I know Andrea: okay Andy: it is inevitable isn't it. it is my destiny Andrea: i think it is. Andy: hee hee (the next day) Andy: You've been ricocheting in my head all day ;) I worry about turning off my audience by moving into more advocacy type stuff and being truly politically honest. Andrea: yep Andy: BUT at the same time my entire brand is instant global selfexpression and being super-creative about it Andrea: yep Andy: and everybody always says they like how I tell it like it is Andrea: yeah. i think the question is: how can it be done where the act of self expressing is honored versus getting all tangled in the 'content' of that expression - or rather - both happen. 'oh, andy stands for that opinion, i disagree' AND Andrea: 'oh, andy stands for everyone's opinion, that i agree with.' Andy: AND Andy can show me how I can get my opinion out there Andrea: yes Andy: hmm... a conundrum. as always - everything seems to collapse into a simpler shape Andrea: i was JUST thinking that same exact thing. everything collapses into a core of integrity Andy: yes. I have to stop hiding to be polite. Or stop separating. Andrea: the other thing is - take it all the way right? so...hypothetically you go for it and piss people off. who would you piss off and how badly and is that a-okay with you? Andy: right - but I think I have to trust that peopel will see the underlying hope/heart under my stuff that my friends/colleauges see Andrea: i truly believe that won't be an issue Andy: plus I can reconsider my marketing strategies into this context too and I'm guessing they totally fit Andrea: i see it too. i see more traffic. more referrals. more viral. more sales. 'finally, we get all of andy' okay well not ALL of andy but you know. you can do a 'andy's secret' 'ive been holding back on you' Andy: okay I'm gonna sleep on this. let it tumble aroudn Andrea: yep Andy: thnx again my dear .good night! Andrea: :) Andrea: night!