Welcome to the life of Brandon Layland

"Come to the edge,” he said. They said, “We are afraid.” “Come to the..."

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0500

““Come to the edge,” he said.
They said, “We are afraid.”
“Come to the edge,” he said.
He pushed them and they flew.”

- Guillaume Appollinaire

A fruit vendor waited for customers during the Muslim holy month...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0500

A fruit vendor waited for customers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

My Last Full Week of Summer Vacation

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:13:00 -0500

Yo,

It’s awhile since I’ve posted. My summer vacation has been great! I know that I’ll look back at my time in Wayzata with great memories. This summer is also marks a slew of new beginnings for my family that have rekindled our inner spirits.

This Fall, I’ll be moving away from my home state to attend college and my brothers will be advancing to high school. It’s honestly difficult to believe that the moment I’ve been so eagerly awaiting is just days away. And, in the same respect, it’s difficult to believe that my brothers will soon walk the halls I once had the honor to walk at Wayzata High School. I’m eager for these changes and advancement.

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As for this blog, after reading The Four Hour Workweek, I figured that I could batch my blogging to ensure that content is published daily. Because I follow a pattern with this blog, see panel on upper left, and because I’m limited to only a few sentences with my other blog, I’ve finally decided to use Posterous, where you’ll find nothing but randomness as I begin to play around with this newfound sandbox. However, due to its amazing ablility to foward content to all of my other social networks, I might actually use it to simplify my social media. In that case, I’ll find another sandbox to blast my randomness.

In addition to publishing daily on this blog, my other blog, and my Posterous, I’ve also setup up a seperate and public Twitter account where I’ll setup automated links for my social networks (such as my Words of Wisdom blog). It’s rather unfortunate that I must maintain an elevated level of privacy with my social networks, but it is quite necessary.

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If you got this far, thank you! I look forward to maintaining my blogs. In the near future, you’ll be able to read my Words of Wisdom via e-mail thanks to MailChimp and shortly thereafter, you’ll be up-to-the-moment with text messages from the Words of Wisdom blog.

Peace is love,

Brandon Layland
laylandblog at gmail.com

Hunch: Decision-Making Website

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:17:42 -0500

Hunch: Decision-Making Website:

Hunch is a consumer web application looking to help users make up their minds.

"The demands and the amount of work that it takes to put something like [Facebook] into place, it’s..."

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

“The demands and the amount of work that it takes to put something like [Facebook] into place, it’s just so much that if you weren’t completely into what you were doing and you didn’t think it was an important thing, then it would be irrational to spend that much time on it.”

- Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is the youngest recorded billionaire, at the age of 23 he has accomplished more monetarily than 99.9% of what most people will accomplish in a life time.

Facebook gets down to business.

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Facebook gets down to business.

David Rush Shooting Star (feat. LAFAO, Pitbull, and Kevin...

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

David Rush
Shooting Star (feat. LAFAO, Pitbull, and Kevin Rudolf)
Shooting Star (feat. LAFAO, Pitbull, and Kevin Rudolf)

Forbes #785: Mark Zuckerberg

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Forbes #785: Mark Zuckerberg:

Tech’s newest golden boy founded addictive social networking site Facebook in February 2004 from his Harvard dorm room.Left school for Silicon Valley later that year; scored initial $500,000 investment from PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel.

"Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning."

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:40:21 -0500

“Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.”

- Bill Gates on Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft Bing! Bing helps customers use search to make better...

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:13:00 -0500

Microsoft Bing! Bing helps customers use search to make better decisions, focusing initially on four key user tasks and related areas: making a purchase, planning a trip, researching a health condition, or finding a local business.

I'm back!

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:06:00 -0500

Yo,

It’s been quite sometime since I’ve been public on the Internet. I’m sure you all are wondering why I chose to take a short break from social media. Somethings are difficult to explain via the Internet, especially personal affairs. (No, not like Former President Clinton!)

I am pretty amped to be back online! I know that I’ve have the proper time to really think about where I want to be in the next few years and even beyond the next five years.

Since my last post, I have been pretty busy with a~~n undisclosed~~ business venture and Online Frontiers, LLC and even helping out a few friends with their local venture, Marine Solutions, LLC. Oh yeah, I graduated from Wayzata High School!

Since my first week of summer vacation, I have caught up on sleep and made slight progress with Online Frontiers, LLC. I’m greatly looking forward to this summer vacation and what we’ll achieve.

I’d like to make a shoutout to those who have been supportive of my break in communication.

Peace is love,

Brandon Layland
laylandblog at gmail.com

"Perhaps there’s a lesson in this for the parents of other curious children who, from the..."

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:11:23 -0500

“Perhaps there’s a lesson in this for the parents of other curious children who, from the start, require the freedom to meet life on their own terms: It is that there is no statute of limitations on the dreams you have for your children. And there is no way to predict how much delight you might feel when those dreams are realized in a far different way than you could have imagined.”

- Bill Gates, Senior - An exclusive excerpt from “Showing Up for Life”.

Why Not to Ask for Help Editing Photos Online

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Why Not to Ask for Help Editing Photos Online

"There are not many people who have changed the words as decisively, as Bill Gates has. And there are..."

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0500

““There are not many people who have changed the words as decisively, as Bill Gates has. And there are fewer still who have accomplished the kind of change he’s accomplished as rapidly, thoughfully and purposefully.””

- Jared L. Cohon
President, Carnegie Mellon University

Weirdest eBay seller/buyer comment to date.

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Weirdest eBay seller/buyer comment to date.

It's been one week!

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:56:53 -0500

Greetings,

It’s been one week since I launched my new layout and Tumblr concept. See this post that lauched my concept last Sunday.

I have gained two followers on Tumblr via Twitter since my transformation. This blog has managed a slight increase in absolute unique visitors, according to Google Analytics. However, I ambitiously hoped for a significant increase.

On the contrary, I am proud to say that my Daily Words of Wisdom has experienced ample growth.

Every Sunday, I create a list of seven goals I wish to accomplish for the upcoming week. Mind you, these are small goals that play a slight role in my query of quarterly goals.

- Continue to run every morning
- Mind that food is fuel and only beneficial food should be consumed
- Read for at least thirty minutes daily
- Maintain this blog
- Twitter my WoW blog daily
- Take advantage of the warm Spring weather
- Make a final decision regarding year of 2009-2010

I hope that you, the reader, enjoy my new project. Let me know what you think! I’m eager to read your comments, suggestions and thoughts.

Peace is love,

Brandon Layland
laylandblog at gmail.com

I’m on the penny, I’ve got nothing to lose.

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:32:00 -0500

I’m on the penny, I’ve got nothing to lose.

The White Tie Affiar Allow Me To Introduce Myself…Mr....

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:06:00 -0500

The White Tie Affiar
Allow Me To Introduce Myself…Mr. Right
Walk This Way

Zac: "SB has been good to me"

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:49:00 -0500

Brandon: that's hilarious!
Brandon: what'd mr. zac do with two chicks in his proximity?
Zac: so i ended up dropping mac off at a party and the girl that is now on mac off at her car so it is now just literally me and the 2 benild chicks
Zac: and its like 12ish so we go to my house but theyhave to sneek in
Zac: now i may have been or may not have been intoxicated but after i told the girls shhhh my mom is in the other room i fell down the stairs and i fell hard
Zac: the bruise on my rear is huge!
Brandon: ha. did your mom wake up?
Zac: yeah but the girls ere hidden but anyway we ended up all sleeping at my place and me and the girl i have a thing with just waited for her freind to go to bed and started fooling around
Zac: so sb has been good to me
Brandon: Ha. My man.

The Daily Beast

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:31:00 -0500

The Daily Beast :

Curated news aggregation plus original reporting and opinion.