While we were up in DC for Steve’s wedding, TEDx Creative Coast happened down here in Savannah. I’ve had several conversations with folks about how high energy it was and how excited everyone was about the event, and that there has to be some way to keep that energy going. I got to thinking about […]
When I get home from work, I’m usually pretty tired (OK, most nights, I’m really tired). So, I don’t do much other than: Sometimes make dinner. Usually Jen makes it or we order out, but I do cook on occasion. Play video games with the kids Watch TV Screw around on my ubuntu laptop, but […]
Max and I presented today at the Telfair’s Pulse art and technology fair for “family day”. Our presentation went over some of the fun stuff we’ve done together with technology and how people can get their kids to find creative outlets through geekery. We had a lot of fun, and Max had a blast presenting […]
I had a weird dream last night (two, actually, but I’m only concerned about writing down the first one). In the dream, I was back at AOL sitting through a horrible product requirements meeting when I lost it and started yelling about how bad the requirements were, how they didn’t do anything original, were a […]
This is my third blog post for The South. You can check it out over there, or just read it here. In Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, all the world’s shortages have been solved. There’s no need for money, because there’s no lack of supply. Even death has been conquered. In […]
See Kevin’s post to the left?\ The way the pledge drive works is that if the goal isn’t meant, none of the money pledged will go to Ficly and no one will be charged. At this point to be so close to the goal is great, but Ficly continues to need that extra little bit […]
A couple links for you to click if you’re into that kind of thing: My SxSW Panel submission – Called From Doer to Manager, I hope to talk about making the transition from individual contributor to manager and the steps in between. I don’t know who’s going to be on the panel yet, but the […]
Ficly is doing fine, and it’s a nice break from work stuff to go play in something uncomplicated without a bunch of dependencies. The community is great and they produce some fantastic stories.\ As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m enamored with Kickstarter and asked them if I could create a project for Ficly […]
I’ve been hearing about Kickstarter on various blogs this week. Well, I checked it out tonight, and I think it’s brilliant. It’s basically a way to run a pledge-based funding round for a specific purpose. A lot of the projects on the site are from artists who want to release an album, or filmmakers who […]
I was in Athens, GA yesterday speaking to the DWEEBS group at the University of Georgia about Rails. It was a lot of fun. Afterwards, I went out to lunch with Jinny Potter (the head DWEEB) and Kara, our former intern who’s now attending UGA, and then Jinny took me on a tour of the […]