October 19, 2009 – 11:47 am
Hey there, about to stick my head up here and get shot at, but I had some interesting converstaions this weekend and feel like someone should post them.
Conference speakers should not be paid.
Woah. Back down tiger. Let me explain a bit more before you finish sharpening your pitchforks.
I’ve been to quite a few conferences. I [...]
Portland will be hosting the Open Source Bridge Conference June 17-19th 2009.
The card says it is ‘connecting developers across projects, languages and backgrounds.’ Also of note, this being planned in a very open and honest way (by an all volunteer army).
Looks really interesting. Rick has more (as always).
January 24, 2009 – 12:30 am
PodCamp is an unconference around new media. If you have never been to one, make a point to go. The most creative and passionate conversations I have ever have taken place at these types of events.
Boulder is hosting one this weekend. If you are interested in attending, head on over to the site to get [...]
December 16, 2008 – 9:13 am
Along with all my travel, I go to a lot of group dinners; usually around 40 people. At these dinners, generally, there are quite a few social media folks and people in startups (no one person is going to pick up the bill, unlike a banking dinner). I love the thought of getting together with [...]
November 23, 2008 – 3:17 am
Verbose talk about funding in the last week. Gary Vaynerchuk said we are at a unique time: nobody has money, the playing field is level. In a panel on ‘The Startup Climate‘ at the AZ Entrepreneurship Conference I made a comment about being more scared of an out of work hacker than a larger established [...]
