In an earlier post, I mentioned that my son has reached that milestone of one year of life. Today he and I were hanging out in my recliner. He was just sitting in my lap while we listened to some music and I read. Eventually he became bored with just sitting in my lap (babies […]
Author Archives: Eddy Barnes
What is your Top Idea?
Paul Graham, a programmer and writer, has written an article about your “top idea.” He discusses the the concept of what he calls “ambient thinking” or those thoughts you have when you’re in the shower. Graham makes an interesting point that the idea that has dominance over your mind dictates the other types of thoughts […]
OmniFocus for iPad submitted to the App Store
Yesterday, The Omni Group announced that Omnifocus for iPad had been submitted to the App Store for review. This is exciting news for any GTD nerds (like myself) out there. For those of you who are not obsessed with personal productivity, Getting Things Done (GTD) is a book by David Allen that describes a helpful […]
Featured Album: Rain City Hymnal
In a recent post I mentioned the fact that there are efforts being made by various groups to take portions of traditional Christian hymnody and contextualize the musical arrangements in a way that is appealing to particular cultural settings (i.e. without the pipe organ). One such group is Re:Sound, the music branch of the Resurgence. […]
Recovering the Hymns
Recently, I took a team of teenagers on a mission trip to Baltimore, MD. During this week, I got to spend time with the teens from my church and get to know them. Two of them really enjoyed talking about music so I shared some of my own musical interests. I shared one song in […]