You see, when I first started online back in 2005, it was one lie after another. I wanted to make a name for myself, just like everyone else. It started with an ecommerce site (that failed miserably by the way), and then network marketing (which I didn’t know how talk to people and had low self-esteem). Sure, I was a little bit younger, but the reality was, I was full of sh*t and not in the joking kind of way.

The lies weren’t anything outlandish, mostly financials, to artificially inflate my confidence, influence and chances of me actually making money. Those days are loooong gone after several years of soul searching, self improvement and honesty, and in the new web we’re in today, there’s absolutely no way you’ll get ahead in the long run when what you do is one lie after another.

With Twitter, Facebook, a blog, etc., people can see right through all the layers of crap and bullsh*t. If you do video, people can see right through it even better! The people that continue and will always do better than the rest in the new social realm we live in, are those who are honest and authentic.

Even if you were to just be making a measly 20 bucks/month from advertising on your blog, you’re far better to be honest and upfront then lie to their face. Now, maybe it’s not always about the money (it’s where 98% of the lies were in my case) but in actual credentials, supposed “clients” you worked with, or else.

Here’s the truth: You WILL find the right opportunities, the right chances to show what you’re made of, with good money to boot, but only when you stop lying to yourself and others.

If you don’t already know about Posterous, it’s a really great, free platform that allows you to post videos, text, audio, etc., in a dead simple fashion by just emailing it. Over there I post stuff that doesn’t necessarily fit the blog here, and will come out with some random stuff from time to time.

OR like today, there will be a video up that involves me taking scissors to the screen of my Blackberry. If you wanna see that and more things to come, go here. If you enjoy what you read/see, feel free to subscribe.

With that said though, your Mom is worse. Way worse. She’s not something on your mobile phone that you can just get rid of. She’ll even bother you in the afterlife if you give her good reason, which is everything you ever did until you moved out on your own.

Reason #1: She calls you too much and you proceed to remind her you’re not 5 anymore.

Like quite a few people checking into every place they come in contact with, your Mom will annoy you with phone calls, emails, whatever she can, to check and see how you are. You have a job, food, shelter, a vehicle, a life, but oh no, you might need something, something that she can magically help you with.

If you wanted advice, you’d watch Oprah. If you wanted money, you’d talk to the bank or your better off friend who’s really a jerk but you hang out with him anyways because he’s got something you don’t.

Reason #2: She just won the “Awesome Picker” medal in Farmville. You daydream about shooting the creators.

For anyone who’s ever made the mistake of adding your Mom or family member for that matter, as a friend on Facebook, you likely regret that decision at some point in your online endeavors. Sure, Foursquare badges might be interesting and a “Godfather” badge might boost your reputation, but not your ability to get a date or for anyone to really give a crap.

You may have done something cool online Mom, yet I’m still going to ignore all your wall posts instead of befriending you and blaming it on the “internets”. I do have morals you know…

Reason #3: She calls you at the worst times. You’re at work and super busy. No one ever died of murder by a posture pedic rolling chair.

People check in at some pretty bad places. For example, their home. What this does is scream “You have my address so now please come by and do something illegal”. Your teacup Chihuahua isn’t going to protect you from Antoine and Bubba who steal your $20,000 Mac, and get out before the cops respond 10 minutes later.

Your Mom says she has your best interests at heart, but bothering you at bad times seems like what she’s best at. If your phone wasn’t so important, you’d throw it into a pit of frustration and annoyance.

Reason #4: “Hey Hun. I’m just calling to let you know that underwear is on sale at Walmart.”

You hear that a lot, all the way from someone who’s just getting started in Social Media, to the guru of gurus. Problem is, no one really talks about how to increase this interaction, they just say have a good percentage of what you do, be interacting and engaging with others.

Thanks to WordPress for Blackberry (which is also available for many other mobile platforms), it’s possible to create content virtually anywhere. We live in a super connected world and where Social Media is ruling the web, mobile is ruling how we connect to that web.

Just a couple live shows ago, I mentioned a plugin called WordPress Mobile Edition. With millions upon millions of people consuming content via their mobile phones, it’s a no brainer to take advantage of it by making your content easily readable on mobile phones.

Now, we’ve all heard one too many times that blogging is dead. The blogging world that I see is far from dead. Maybe their strategies and how their sites look, feel, and what makes them what they are happen to be old/”dead”, but it ain’t dead.

If blogging is dead, I’m the sexiest most richest person alive. Heck, maybe they’re just using that “blogging is dead” word to get some views.

Or even maybe they say that and write about it because their blog/s are failing. That’s not good enough reason.

Throughout all society and nature, changes have come about that have required entire species to adapt or die.

Blogging is far from dead. There are great changes and mobile access is just one of them. If you want to whine, bitch, complain, and get your pannies in a bunch over the platform “dying”, so be it.