How to swap Twitter Usernames without losing Followers

How to swap Twitter Usernames without losing Followers

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

Earlier last week, I made the move from using my Twitter username “chownage” to “kylechowning.” As to why, my main motivation is because people will know me before they’ll know chownage. Moreover, there are SEO (search engine optimization) benefits and overall, it just makes it easier for people to recall and reference.
After making the change, [...]

Continue Reading

I think I figured out the parallel plot lines in LOST

I think I figured out the parallel plot lines in LOST

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

So I was thinking about LOST today and probably like you, I’ve been wondering why the dual plot lines. One moment, Jack and crew are still on the island. On another, he’s landed safe in LAX. But why? Here’s my conclusion so far.
In the end, they will go back in time, blow up the shaft [...]

Continue Reading

The Choice of Change

The Choice of Change

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

Remember when you went on a roller coaster for the first time? You stood in a line full of people who couldn’t wait to get on. Excitement dominated the air and the expectation of thrill was just around the corner. Your mind raced to wonder what it was going to be like. With every step [...]

Continue Reading

It’s okay. I know it’s not perfect.

It’s okay. I know it’s not perfect.

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

Monday’s are great aren’t they. It’s the beginning of a new week where we get a fresh start to embrace the new and betters that we set out for ourselves. Maybe it’s the goal to blog every day…to workout…eat better…watch less TV…the list could go on, and on. But let’s be real, rarely do we [...]

Continue Reading

The Chowning’s are moving…

The Chowning’s are moving…

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by Kyle.

…to Charlotte, NC.
Over the past 18 months, I have been working closely with a very talented group of people to dream, craft, strategize and launch Halogen TV. It’s been a lot of fun, a huge learning curve and a tremendous challenge. During this time, repeated conversations came up about my involvement and I was asked [...]

Continue Reading

What if you weren’t afraid?

What if you weren’t afraid?

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by Kyle.

I started my first Sunday of 2010 at Cross Point church here in Nashville. The title of the teaching was “My Prayer for You” by pastor Pete Wilson.
The title didn’t immediately hit me, so as he started to talk, admittedly, my mind wasn’t fully present until he said, “You may not want me to pray [...]

Continue Reading

Three Quick Steps to Eliminating To-do List Anxiety

Three Quick Steps to Eliminating To-do List Anxiety

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Kyle.

Nothing can drain your enthusiasm faster than to start your workday overwhelmed by the mountain of to-do’s that you have mentally logged. Because the majority of today’s work is done in our minds, we often have a hard time knowing when things are done and what the next step is to completing the project. Sound [...]

Continue Reading

My response to Seth Godin’s blog “Hammer Time”

My response to Seth Godin’s blog “Hammer Time”

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Kyle.

Recently, Seth Godin wrote the following post:
So, if it’s true that to a person with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the really useful question is, “what sort of hammer do you have?”
At big TV networks, they have a TV hammer. At a surgeon’s office, they have the scalpel hammer. A drug counselor [...]

Continue Reading