A Change of Heart

       I thought that the most positive note to start a blog off with would be an opinion article on the guest speaker from Friday the 2nd of October.  This rather young, accomplished man is an Intel Insider, a co-founder of thirty plus technology exhibits, creator of the blog page SomewhatFrank, and a distinguished employee of the AOL corporation.  I am sure that there are several other additions to this resume, but these were the simple stand-outs that we heard about during class.  This man, of course, is Frank Gruber.
        I have to admit, that during the first 15 minutes of his speech I could not help myself from thinking, "man, what a nerd".  The man spent all of his free time off from work on blogging and writing up tech reports or market comparisons for all of his "followers" to read.  After all of this was over, he would take pictures of his breakfast to send to his relatives and other breakfast fanatics in order to update their knowledge of his morning eating items.  And then we found out about his love for the Twitter technology, which is just beyond my scope of tolerance.  Honestly, I think that he was trying to build himself as a huge dork that was following his passion, but everyone eventually learned of the incurring benefits.
        Think of the just the connections that Frank was able to obtain over internet interaction.  He was close personal friends with several major company heads of zappos, Wine TV, and several other utilizers of the internet as a social technology.  Not only that, but when he went in for his job interview with AOL, the interviewers were using a chart that he himself had created for a report on the future of the market.  Guess what?  The interviewers were showing it to him as their perception of where their technology should be heading.  I don't know if it was awkward when they found out the Frank was the original creator of that graph or not, but one thing is for sure: the interview just became a job orientation meeting.  There honestly would have been no need for a resume; his work ethic and devotion to technology speaks for itself.
        Well, I just have to say that I am sold.  I am going to start finding something on the World Wide Web that motivates me enough to write about it, read about it, or maybe advance it.  There were so many people and stories that he brought up that chronicled a rise from little-known to stardom using only motivation and enthusiasm.  The advantages that Frank has today because of his devoted work are extensive and they certainly invoke my envy.
         This brings me to the most important point of Frank's speech.  There was a time in the class where he used a student's love for crocheting  as a platform to kick off an internet crocheting sensation.  He spoke of making connections, establishing relationships, and building up a report with the public in the pursuit of  becoming some social internet expert on crocheting.  Yet this example was not meant to apply only to crocheting.  After speaking with him after the class was over, it became very clear that he was perfectly serious about his confidence in inevitable rise to success in just a short amount of time.  In fact, he said he would not be surprised if the time period was anywhere between three to six months.  I intend to test this belief, whether within this current six month period, or in one soon to come.  Either way, it is a guaranteed certificate of confidence that I want to accept.