American Girl's advice - record your songs #omanidot
Short extract from first conversation today with my daughter #omanidot
2m Aug 29, 2012
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Crossing a rope bridge over the sea @nationaltrust
This account of crossing Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1995 - while working for The National Trust - is in response to a tweet from @irelandtours.http://www.travelsolutionsireland.com/ Your hear me remembering "Around the Trust in 80 Days" - how scared I am of heights - and how I survived this magnificent place. All about the power of positive thinking in ac...
13m Aug 28, 2012
13m
Book Club - business feelings #littlebets
Reading Peter Sims "Little Bets"ISBN 978184790490In the hope it'll help with a new business venture #bookclub
6m Aug 28, 2012
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To AJ a gift (Patrick Kavanagh) Poem "Lough Derg" No 8/1080 #pursuitofeverythinggift
No 8 of 1,080 This gift for AJ Leon (and anyone else who choses to listen to it) starts with AJ Leon - his writing read in the kitchen in Glanmire today. You hear a reading from the PDF you can download - free - fromHttp://www.pursuitofeverything.com.This is followed by the gift: a poem by Patrick Kavanagh (Irish) "Lough Derg" - a place in Donegal (north west of Ireland) where my father used ...
11m Aug 28, 2012
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To the nomad a gift - (Bryan Merryman) Poem "The Midnight Court" No 7/1080 #pursuitofeverythinggift
The poem for which Bryan Merryman is remembered - the ending recorded as a gift for AJ Leon - as he travels on the way to Round the World in 1,080 Days.From "The Midnight Court" translated from Irish by Frank O'Connor. The last line goes"Opened my eyes, and was wide awake." - as you have to be if you are living "intentionally".#pursuitofeverything Http://www.pursuitofeverything.com
6m Aug 27, 2012
6m
Business book story - "Little Bets" by Peter Sims
True stories from the world of business - learning & development #Cork #smarteregg#newbusiness
8m Aug 27, 2012
8m
Summertime for Politicians - Senator John Gilroy reveals all
Another in a series of conversations between John Gilroy & Paul O'Mahony in which the life of an Irish politician is explored. You hear what Senator John Gilroy did during summer 2012... Where he went... What he read... A bit about local constituency work & more about what he's been doing in relation to mental health & suicide prevention... Recorded in Cafe Beva Glanmire Cork - over coffee #...
17m Aug 27, 2012
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The jobs I've had (1)
With my daughter #omanidotStarting the story of the jobs I've had... First in a mini-series #jobsomani
9m Aug 27, 2012
9m
Birthday Party interaction & food processing (Nigella Lawson cake)
You hear omanidot being bossy & me being irritating... After this audio there was a disaster: the "food processor" was damaged very badly #omanidot #birthday #party #cake #nigellalawson
3m Aug 26, 2012
3m
How to do extraordinary interviews
#interviewingtechniques Joining in the discussion which was started by Macolgan - after listening to Audioboo by Topgold too Highlighting the importance of rapport...Psychological preparation...The difference between interview & conversation...How I strive to listen to what's going on...The value of simply doing it & knowing there are so many different ways of making a good interview. Lovely...
8m Aug 26, 2012
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Gift to AJ - (Yevgeny Yevtushenko) Poem "Talk" No 6/1080 #pursuitofeverythinggift
You first hear words from the most recent blogpost written by AJ Leon from a bathtub in Utah USA... In thanks for the great inspiration that AJ's offered me - I've picked a short poem (17 lines) that includes the phrase "common integrity".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Yevtushenko #poem #yevtushenko #russian, #pursuitofeverything #pursuitofeverythinggift
5m Aug 26, 2012
5m
Bedtime after birthday party - Enid Blighton "The Faraway Tree"
Bedtime for #omanidot You hear her looking for the place from which to continue reading "The Faraway Tree" by Enid Blighton.
3m Aug 26, 2012
3m
Party sounds : turning 7 - cake & sweets v
#omanidot party to celebrate her 7th birthday - "who likes the cake? The icing? Sweets?" This will amuse our daughter in 20 years...
3m Aug 26, 2012
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Quick thought about travellers - Utah USA @ajleon
While dressing for Sunday... The experience of getting an audio message from AJ Leon (@ajleon) prompted me into action. The thought that every now & again I might get a message from a traveller ... From a place I might never go to...From a guy who's on an extraordinary journey...Certainly reduces the world to a size I can relate to...#pursuitofeverything #utah #usa #nomad #intentionallivingHtt...
2m Aug 26, 2012
2m
Saturday Gift for AJ - No 5/1080 (Emily Dickinson) - gift for @ajleon
No 5 of 1,080 poems Emily Dickinson (The Complete Poems 396/1775) read in honour of & for AJ Leon. Continuing the series... You hear a reading from the website Http://www.pursuitofeverything.com as introduction#pursuitofeverythinggift #emilydickinson #american #poem We are vital beings. This the Wikipedia entry for Emily Dickinson:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson The reading wa...
4m Aug 25, 2012
4m
With AJ (Denise Levertov) No 4/1080 #pursuitofeverythinggift
#DeniseLevertov poem "Living" No 4 of 1,080. Recorded at 07:22 Saturday 25 August 2012 in kitchen over tea while going on a journey with AJ Leon... Around the World purposefully... intentionally... alert... making stuff happen for others... Living as if "each minute the last minute" (Denise Levertov) #pursuitofeverythinggift #ajleon #utah
4m Aug 25, 2012
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To AJ (Mary Oliver) No 3 - gift for @ajleon
No 3 #pursuitofeverythinggift Poem "The Journey" by Mary Oliver (Ohio 1935-) for AJ Leon @ajleon as he sets out to go Round the World in 1,080 Days".http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/about/about-poe/ Nomad, Misfit, Hero... May these poems make something happen... If they mean nothing else, they express my solidarity with #PursuitofEverything #poem #poet #poetry #maryoliver A butterfly...
3m Aug 24, 2012
3m
Gifts for AJ No 2 (Brendan Kennelly) - for @ajleon
#pursuitofeverythinggift The second gift chosen to journey with @ajleon AJ Leon: this time an Irish living poet: "Begin" The last two lines :"something that will not acknowledge conclusion /insists that we forever begin." #brendanKennelly #poetry #poet #nomad #intentionalliving #Utah #pursuitofeverything
3m Aug 24, 2012
3m
Gifts for AJ - No 1 (Fleur Adcock) - gift for @ajleon
A man is travelling round the world in 1,080 days. AJ Leon is a nomad who does things his way. His way aims to encourage others - us - to carve out our course changing the world for the better. @ajleon is my hero - whatever he does will make the world better for my children's children... I feel duty bound to go round the world with him - be with him every step of 1,080 days. But I can't do ...
7m Aug 24, 2012
7m
Get out of bed #backpain
The recording began in bed as I faced into Friday morning ... After injuring my back yesterday - there are a few earlier Audioboos in this series #backpain
6m Aug 24, 2012
6m
Three stories in one : 2 girls + I dad
Thursday at tea time ... #Omanidot & her friend (6 & 7) do storytelling - you eventually get 3 stories... Kings, Princess & Frog ... here.#story #children #girls #game #play #funny #backpain
13m Aug 23, 2012
13m
In defence of neighbours
#backpain. No 3 in mini-series Big shout-outs for a great friend, a wonderful neighbour + an on-line gentleman... Together they give me a sense of community while I adjust to lying in bed at 14:52 on Thursday... Must highlight @mcfontaine Mark Cotton - freelance audio engineer - he helps produce "The Official Bletchley Park Podcast"Http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk@BParkPodcastOn Audioboo: "Bl...
5m Aug 23, 2012
5m
Painkilling the back (Part 2 of drama)
#backpain Not all about drug use - but this is another report on how life came to a brick wall & had to be altered today... Will this be an amusing day in the life - or day one of on-going trouble? Time will tell
5m Aug 23, 2012
5m
Back Crisis Drama (1)
Suddenly my back went. Something almost imperceptible happened... In the cafe of #BlackrockCastleObservatory Cork I bent over to pick up my bag & life transformed. Pain, immobility, swearing... You hear me driving the car home, getting lost & keeping a brave face on it. Empathy with all other back injury sufferers...This may be No 1 in a series... #backpain
4m Aug 23, 2012
4m
Getting stuck into Chris Brogan #broganchat (3)
20 minutes No 3 (the final one) in a short series today - Roger Overall @rogeroverall & @omaniblog chat about some of Chris Brogan's email... This mostly about blogging & how to welcome new people to your world... Towards the end you hear conversation about how someone ( Jane Boyd) became a guru... possibly unconsciously... David Hobby http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hobby AL Leon @aj...
20m Aug 23, 2012
20m
Decide Your Focus - #broganchat
No 2 in today's mini-series of conversations with @rogeroverall Spontaneous - coffee @coffeemumbojumbo get big attention... Two very different styles of focus are identified : narrow & eclectic Roger Overall makes an important revelation & decision #broganchat
6m Aug 23, 2012
6m
Talking Emails - conversation from Cork #broganchat
With Roger Overall @rogeroverall - another in our occasional series of conversations inspired by Chris Brogan @chrisbrogan of the business Human Business Works... We conversed over coffee & tea in one of Cork's best attractions Blackrock Castle Observatory @blackrockcastle The people you also hear in this 15 minutes are Pat Flynn @patflynn AJ Leon @ajleon & Jane Boyd @boydjane
15m Aug 23, 2012
15m
Uncensored in the shower
#showerboo on Thursday - aims to achieve a purpose in a roundabout way -5 minutes short...
6m Aug 23, 2012
6m
New Food Artist (David Hurley) at Gregan's Castle Hotel Restaurant
After working with the Finnish Head Chef for about 6 months, David Hurley from Tramore County Waterford has taken charge of the kitchen at @greganscastle... This is my morning-after report on meeting David : Birgitta Curtin @burrensalmon introduced me to him after we'd eaten the tasting menu... This is all about character & personality
8m Aug 22, 2012
8m
#Octaver Mum's music - recorded ages ago
#octaver There is no music here - only the music of conversation about music#mum #dad
7m Aug 21, 2012
7m
Going to Gregan's Castle Restaurant
Anticipation, expectation, excitement - as I drive from Lahinch via Ennistimon to Losdoonvarna to meet @burrensalmon to go eat at @greganscastle @cliffhousehotel Lismore Co Waterford gets a recommendation What will the new head chef in Ballyvaughan serve us? #ontheroadomani #food #chef #burren #smokedsalmon #business1737 Tuesday 21 August 2012
4m Aug 21, 2012
4m
What Irish golf is like...
Lahinch Golf Club - a Links course by the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, in the west of Ireland...One of the greatest links courses in the world...A chance encounter with a man who'd played 8 or 9 Irish courses on their trip from USA... You'll hear him rate Irish courses, complain about bunkers & regret the wind... You'll also get his view of courses in west coast of America, including Monterey...
7m Aug 21, 2012
7m
Dying in opera - musical journey (8) #ontheroadomani
#ontheroadomani Part 8 - end of mini-series - all Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - the very end of the opera
10m Aug 21, 2012
10m
Tamla Motown moved me - musical journey (7) #ontheroadomani
Part 7 of mini-seriesLots of extracts from loved music - Four Tops, Diana Ross & the Supremes & others #ontheroadomani
12m Aug 21, 2012
12m
Used to hate opera... Musical journey (6) #ontheroadomani
Part 6 of mini-series features Maria Callas singing Gluck... You hear that I went from hating opera to loving it... #ontheroadomani
10m Aug 21, 2012
10m
Callas - leaving Adare - musical journey (5) #ontheroadomani
Part 5 of a mini-series #ontheroadomani
15m Aug 21, 2012
15m
Nina Simone - musical journey (4) #ontheroadomani
No 4 of series in which music & enthusiasm is shared #ontheroadomani
11m Aug 21, 2012
11m
Billie Holiday - musical journey (3) #ontheroadomani
No 3 in a series on music loved #ontheroadomani
9m Aug 21, 2012
9m
Musical journey (2) #ontheroadomani
No 2 in a series in which Music is the heart of the matter#ontheroadomani
6m Aug 21, 2012
6m
Setting out for the Atlantic - journey (1) #ontheroadomani
Start of a 2-day road journey - from Cork to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in County Clare. Business development + family time combined - in the way one does these days... You hear snippets of Irish radio stations - including ads (no affiliate link)... "Intentional living" #ontheroadomani
5m Aug 21, 2012
5m
Helping Audioboo (13) - "If the blog..."
#helpingaudioboo. (9 minutes) The last task set by Audiencenet - the independent company working to help Audioboo move forward well : Another "If Audioboo were to do this, in return, I would..." This time the focus is on the Audioboo Blog & what I'd be prepared to do if the blog became a driving force in brand development...
9m Aug 20, 2012
9m
Helping Audioboo (12) - "If..."
#helpingaudiobooThe last task:Another in a series designed to help brand development at Audioboo (my phrase)... You hear what I's do in return for a teeshirt - only for a special teeshirt Bargain No 1
5m Aug 20, 2012
5m
If... (from toilet in @cafebeva)
#toiletbooReading from the great poem by Rudyard Kipling "If..." Or was it called "Desiderata"? Inspiring stuff eh?
2m Aug 20, 2012
2m
There is a tide... (before meeting @kencurtin)
Not to be taken seriously - or else to be taken very seriously... An off-the-top-of-the-head (off by heart) performance of the bit of Shakespeare that popped into mind while driving from home to a meeting on Monday morning in Glanmire Cork. Forgive me Will - I mean well #shakespeare #meeting #fun #mindful
2m Aug 20, 2012
2m
Starting this week - a good shower
Recorded in the shower as I got ready to live the rest of my life... Had no idea what would come out of the mouth or who would interrupt me in full flight... This turned into a gigantic "shout out" for intentional living - the @ajleon way. Jane Boyd @boydjane features too... Http://www.thepursuitofeverything is the place to go next - click into AJ Leon - you'll be invited to change your life...
7m Aug 20, 2012
7m
Free Writing Monday 20 August 2012 The kitchen (06:39-49) #timeomani
#timeomaniContinuing a series...
4m Aug 20, 2012
4m
Listening to Ireland #carradiosounds
Sunday 19 August 2012Shortly before 14:00, this is the sound of radio station pre-programmed into car radio... You also hear a suggestion for a new genre of Audioboo (or maybe one new to me) #carradiosounds
7m Aug 19, 2012
7m
Travelling thru Ireland with @topgold & history
A quick raw audio to wish Bernie Goldbach @topgold & his family a safe journey thru territory full of historical difficulty, danger & excitement The Irish clan chiefs marched from Donegal & Tyrone to The Battle of Kinsale - this Boo remembers how hard that was - refers to music inspired by that ancient track
9m Aug 19, 2012
9m
Free Writing on Sunday 19 August 2012 #timeomani
#timeomani Sunday 19 August 2012 (written 09:02- 09:10)Recorded a few minutes later... Another is a series : sharing my personal journal - a bit of free writing, exactly unedited as it came out of the mind on to the page#mentalhealth
4m Aug 19, 2012
4m
Complaining about an ugly building
#castlemartyrFrom the #golf course you get a good view of the back of the hotel - the modern bit. You hear me disgusted with the design & appearance
2m Aug 18, 2012
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