Patrick McDowell's Blog

If you are like me, you probably use twitter and facebook way too much. In fact, lately it has gotten to the point where I am beginning to think that visiting these sites is simply a “cognitive itch” of mine. When I realized how much it was cutting into my productivity, that was the last straw. Starting immediately, I will not log onto facebook or twitter for no less than one week.

I’m doing this for two reasons. Firstly (and most obviously) it has been taking up way to much of my time. Secondly, I need to prove to myself that I am as strong willed as I like to believe I am. I’ve got the fitness thing down, I’ve got the diet thing down, now I need to break this damn social networking habit!

I am posting status messages up now, notifying friends and family of my online absence. I thought about blocking the domains entirely, but then I realized that would be making it too easy on myself. This is a test of willpower, and I aim to succeed. I will however, continue blogging. I think that writing meaningful and well organized ideas are probably more interesting to you (and more meaningful to me) than a simple status update. I have linked feedburner to twitter, so you will see whatever blog posts I have recently written show up there as well. Alternatively, you can simply subscribe to my RSS feed.

I will compile my thoughts on this “cleanse”  into a new blog post when this is all over. I want to shoutout to Matt Cutts for the idea. Wish me luck!

Good evening everyone.

I finally got around to fixing my blog, and designing it the way I want it. What do you think? It’s a custom version of the iNove theme by NeoEase, and it should do for now.

After much thought, I’ve decided the last thing the world needs is another SEO / Internet Marketing blog that is rarely updated, so I’ve decided to move in a new direction and instead focus on things that I am passionate about. From this point on, my blog will focus around four core themes:

Life – This includes personal events in my life, random thoughts, experiences, etc. This also includes my love for healthy living, fitness, and nutrition.

Philosophy – Recently I have fell in love with philosophy, and I am going to start sharing and critiquing some of the more famous ideas and theories.

Technology – I’m a geek, I’m a coder, I’m a hacker, and I love everything in-between. Naturally, a great deal of this will come out in my blog.

Entrepreneurship – Although I am not wildly successful (yet), I still consider myself an Entrepreneur. The more I learn, the more I share. Due to my current ventures, this will still contain a great deal about Internet Marketing.

That is pretty much all I wanted to say in this post. Now that I am writing about things that actually hold my interest, my audience (that’s you!) can expect quite a few more posts from here on out.

Cheers!

My blog is a mess after a theme update error, so I am working to fix it up a bit. I’m going to change some things around as well… so if you get 404′d I am sorry

I know I know… I’ve been naughty and haven’t been blogging. I’ve just been very busy! I promise I will be getting to it soon. I’m going to try to take this blog in a more personal direction, with a little less business involved.

Wish me luck, post coming in the next day or so!

Well hello again and welcome to another episode of me not updating my blog for over a month. I’ll be you host, Patrick McDowell, so let’s get started!

Alright seriously, hello from beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I am here celebrating a traditional get-together with my family, while getting some time to relax as well. I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying life to the fullest! Wordpress wanted me to let you know that I updated to version 2.8.4 (although secretly I think they are trying to score some free advertising, but don’t tell them I know this!)

Project Updates

Okay so the SEO Tip of the Day was obviously put on a hold, with the last update being on July 12th. Basically the story behind that is it’s been way to busy to think of a new topic daily, then write 500 words on it. I am considering moving it to a weekly tip instead of a daily one, but I’ll keep you guys updated.

Some time ago I mention plans to launch a step-by-step of an affiliate marketing project, which would show users not very farmiliar with the industry how to make some money online. After much procrastination, I am finally planning all of it out, and it will begin when I get back next week. I’m pretty excited about it, as it is going to be a huge project and I think you guys will learn a lot.

Just wanted to get this blog started again, I’ll update more here soon… it’s getting close to 1AM so I’m going to hit up some Sopranos. Cheers!

In my previous post I stated my apologies for a lack of updates. I am very excited about what I am going to be doing with this blog from now on. Here is a little preview:

• Daily Internet Marketing tips (starting tomorrow).
• Weekly articles designed to help those new to making money online.
• Contests and giveaways.
• A step-by-step of an affiliate marketing project (Basically I am going to start a new website, and blog about everything I do, step-by-step until it starts earning big so you can see exactly how it’s done).
• Q&A’s

There will be plenty more content, so if you haven’t already, you may want to:
Subscribe to my RSS feed.

My best wishes to you all, and my many thanks for reading

Some of my readers may have noticed that this blog has not been updated since mid-April, and for that I apologize. I would love to say I have been busy, but that is not entirely true. I have been pretty preoccupied with personal things lately and my online presence has been greatly affected. Nevertheless I have plenty to do from now on, and this blog is in high priority.

I have actually written a handful of blog posts on SEO, and are now going through the polishing stages. Everyone will see those here pretty soon. I also have PLENTY of projects to work on, which is exciting for me. New projects equate to new experiences, and with the knowledge gained from them I can in turn, share them with you.

I want to take a moment to apologize to my regular readers, and RSS subscribers. I believe that owning a blog entails the responsibility of keeping content fresh, and I have obviously been slacking on that. To those that are still with me however, I will not disappoint you again!

Alright with all that said, let me start on some useful content

Some of you guys have been requesting pictures, so pictures I give you. Carolyn gave me a nice new 7.0 megapixel camera so I have been having fun with it

Overall I am fairly impressed with the place, especially the neighborhood. People are nice as ever, and its 55 degrees today! After the last three days of buying and building furniture, today Carolyn and I are taking a break and enjoying the city. More pics are sure to come…

Edit: Okay I can’t find a decent wordpress gallery, so I uploaded them to flickr.

Finished my last day of work today… and I am leaving the state for good on Tuesday. With the exception of visitation reasons of course.

A few days ago I took a flight over New Hampshire to take in its natural beauty one last time. I even have some pics below the post. I was lucky enough for my friend Dale to take me up in his Sierra. It was an amazing site for sure, but it was bloody cold. We flew up to about 3000 feet, which consequently kept the ambient temperature at about -8. Fun times.

Dale is an interesting character. He is a multimillionaire, and an original gangster. The mob kind, the good old fashioned “bad guy” with morals, which I love. I shouldn’t really say much else about him in the line of details though, since this is a public blog

Part of me is sad leaving. To be honest, NH is where I became an adult. I came up here broke, in debt, without a license, and still a child. Since then I turned my life completely around! I own my own business, have some money to play with, and am in love with an amazing girl. I have had some good times here, met some great people, most of which I will never forget.

The only thing that makes sense to me is to move forward, so onward I go. Thank you New Hampshire for getting me back on my feet, it will not be forgotten.

Well it’s early Monday morning and I can’t sleep yet again… I think my insomnia is getting worse, but oh well. I have a lot on my mind, and I guess I have been letting myself get a little bit stressed out about moving.

Carolyn and I have to drive down to NC from NH this Thursday, a 13 hour trip if we are lucky. Then we have to drive back up on Saturday, then back down on Monday. My brother was kind enough to come up with us though, so that will help. Plus my parents are letting me use their conversion can, so that will help out a great deal.

We are not moving down with ANY furniture, so we are going to have to buy it when we are there. I am not really too worried about money, just the job market. But I know I can make money online many different ways, so I should be fine. I hope Carolyn finds a great job without having to resort to bar tending. Not that bar tending is bad, but it can be conflicting in a relationship. Her words.

I don’t have much to pack, but then again I barely even started…

I am looking forward to the move though. Raleigh seems like an okay place to start making a name for yourself in the business world. Plus the weather is so much better, and I’ll be closer to my family.

Meh… I need to get to bed, its 3:12 AM, this is getting ridiculous!

Anyway to my all my friends in NC, I hope to reconnect with you guys! I have changed a lot, and can’t wait to see what you are all up to