Graham Sedam Writes

The title to this post shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Heck, the few people out there who've somehow abstained from social media understand this. Why? Because social media is woven into our culture now. It didn't take long. It's addictive. It's NOW . It's a great promotional tool. It's many things. It's whatever you want it to be. While the internet has given everyone the potential to share to the world, it has also created a vast ocean of stuff that can be hard to navigate, believe, or keep up with. A bit of advice: You can't keep up and you were never intended to. Every social media service and website has every intention to try and keep you logged on and plugged into their site indefinitely. This shouldn't come as a surprise. In the mobile world, if someone clicked on a link, it used to open in their browser of choice. Now, that person technically stays within that social media platform every time they do so—unless you tell

Well, hello! Things look, uh, different? The odd thing about it is that I really did kind of stumble into changing the website. I have the tendency to have ideas and then run with them and let them take over. If you'd like some background into my website creating addiction read " I Keep Getting Caught In The Web ." Sad thing about it all is that I did like what I had going before, and there were certain aspects I actually preferred from a design aesthetic. However, I do like what I've created, and I truly believe it's the way forward for me and my web presence. The design is in a style that I've wanted to explore for years. It's sparse, it's basic, it's to the point. Each page is also technically it's own website, which opens up many possibilities in the future. Too many? I like having options. The three main "pages" to the website all have the same theme and design. All of the sites that are attached to the main site (grahamsed

I wasn't sure what to expect from myself when I decided to start up my blog again. Would I be able to come up with enough things to write about? Would I be able to keep up with my desired pace of one post per week? I believe I have found my answer to that. Starting at the end of May, I've since wrote twenty-nine posts including this one. (That makes fifty-one total posts if you count the ones I wrote under the blog title Electric Feast.) Some are shorter, but for the most part, the posts are pretty meaty. After plenty of thought, I have decided the best thing for the blog and myself would be to take a break. This doesn't mean I've stopped or will stop working on it. What it means is the blog isn't the only creative outlet I have, and I need to transfer some of that mojo into other projects. I need that for me. I also want to make sure that I can sustain the blog going forward and that means it can't always be a full-time, never-breaking endeavor. I don

I decided to come up with a list of reasons as to why I blog. I had mentioned in a previous post that there were many reasons. So, why not elaborate on that? Sure, some of the reasons may be a bit of a stretch, but they are all legitimate reasons that have crossed my mind. Even though it didn't make it on my list, I hope that my blog is entertaining. I know I'm not a stand-up comedian, a riveting author, or a terribly interesting person, but I do hope that all who visit and take the time to read what I write feel like it's worth the time spent. Let's get to the list! 1. My Kids And Future Generations I want my kids, their cousins, and everyone after them to know me. Well, to know me better than they might otherwise. This blog is intended to be a window into my life, even if it is dirty or cracked and visibility isn't the best. Regardless, the window lets light in and likewise will shine a light on my life and my thoughts. My mother has be

No matter what I do, I keep getting called back. I keep getting caught in the Web. I used to make my websites in FrontPage. It's a WYSIWYG style program from Microsoft that allows even novice website developers like myself to get their hands dirty. I learned some HTML along the way, though I'm no expert, and I learned that I didn't have the know-how or the motivation to make FrontPage work how it should. It looked good on my computer, but it never seemed to on anyone else's. Over time, I found myself spending many hours working on website designs and functions for various reasons. And, I would always have ideas for the next launch of a website before I was done with my current incarnation. I knew I had a problem and admitting it was the first step to recovery. I also knew at the time I wasn't going to go into web design, and the incessant re-doing was taking time away from the purpose of the site. How many times can you redesign a site while not really ad

In my last post, I commented on how there's been change afoot with my internet presence. A refreshening, reevaluating, reprioritizing, more words, even more words, to simplify and sharpen my focus when it comes to sites and activities I have on the internet. Also in my last post, I boldly stated (so bold!) this site would be my inter-hub, my go to. Did I just make up inter-hub? If only there was a universal knowledge repository to set me straight. It would be like a net that catches information, stores it in an internal system, and is easily accessible. I bet that could become a pretty popular and useful tool. * Well, if this is the hub, what's up with the spokes?* No patience with you... The spokes are anywhere I'm at on the internet that I choose to share publicly, or that I decide is worth sharing at all. They can range from social sites to sites I've created for music projects to sites where I'm selling rare vintage stuff that is both rare and vintage and

I find it fitting that the post to end Electric Feast would have a title that matched its first post, The Genesis of Electric Feast. The end? Oh dear, what will we do with ourselves? The grief is too much!  Well, not exactly the end of the blog but the end of me using that name. Considering it's been a while since I've posted with any regularity, and most people will have never known it existed anyways, and there's only been one person who was concerned (or noticed) at all when I stopped posting initially, I wonder why you're so distraught. Revelations only works because of the Bible reference to Genesis, but I suppose I am revealing something. It's a bit of a revelation. No, I'm not religious in the least, but I'm still recovering and recovery is a lifelong process, a daily struggle. Perhaps you are wondering what is sarcasm and what isn't? It's probably safe to assume that I'm being an ass hat. *Snore* Alright, let's move on. Here&

I've wanted to blog for some time now and really, I don't know why I haven't. Time, though an irrelevant construct of humans, is a precious thing. I don't have to wonder where all the time has went because I know. Time moves slowly when there is nothing to fill it with and that is never a problem for me. I have many interests, all of which at some point in time I probably considered doing as a career. A difficult task as one might imagine. Nonetheless, these interests are still very present in my life, making each day an adventure. With Electric Feast I hope to share with you my thoughts and interests - the stuff that makes me, well, me. I came up with the name Electric Feast on a whim after my landlord finished an electrical upgrade at my house. More outlets (from 2 to 10!) and more juice in the breaker box allowed me to continue with the upgrade I have been working on for my studio and office. The day he was done I proclaimed, "It's an electric fea