January 2010

Fail Fast?

January 30, 2010

Image by Terry McCombs via Flickr The now old adage tells us to fail fast, so we can succeed quickly. We shouldn’t waste our time prolonging ideas that will eventually not work. But the problem is too many people don’t realize that in order to truly fail, you have to believe 100% that you will [...]

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Realized Dreams

January 28, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Conan O’Brien was not paid $30 million to leave NBC. He was not paid $30 million to give the Tonight Show back to Jay Leno. He was not paid $30 million as part of any breach of contract settlement or clause. O’Brien was given $30 million to walk away from his dream. [...]

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Don’t worry about proving them wrong

January 28, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Naysayers are everywhere. They tell us what we can’t do, what we won’t be and how we shouldn’t think. Financial planners might be the most egregious of the lot, always telling people to spend less and cut their budget. These type of people preach a philosophy that centers around avoiding pain or [...]

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iPad idea, not the product, is important

January 27, 2010

It’s out and everyone is in love. Are you? Image via CrunchBase Hello iPad, Goodbye PC. Yeah, no. We started with keyboards, then joysticks. Then mice. Then game controllers. Then force feedback. Then wireless controllers. Then the Wii. Then the iPhone. Now we have the iPad. We’ve been interfacing with computers the same way for [...]

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The Event Lifecycle

January 26, 2010

PodCampAZ. ImprovAZ. IgnitePhx. Three fairly popular events that attract a broader range of audience than a typical techie/geek event. The lifecycle of any event that exists to provide information to any number of people that can gather at any specific place at a specific time is simple: Teaching-those in the know giving information to those [...]

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‘Camps are dead

January 25, 2010

‘Camps are dead. ((Dead as in no longer growing in scope, just in size. They are dead in the figurative sense, not the literal.)) Yes, that means PodCamps, CenPhoCamps and REBarCamps. They have reached critical mass in regards to presentation opportunities and type of audience reached. Now it’s time to do all the things we [...]

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Definition of community

January 24, 2010

Community: shared experiences, between connected people, that affect those in the group regardless of physical presence. Posted via email from Tyler says…

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Speak their language

January 24, 2010

The Gelato Spot has some tasty treats. In my nearly 15 visits there, I’ve never left unhappy. I’ve even recommended it to various people, never once thinking about why I liked it or what kind of draw it had on me. But now, quite accidentally, that draw is broken. And all it took was one [...]

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Honesty is like barefoot running

January 22, 2010

Honesty is not truth, but we think it is. Honesty is not factual, but we often hope it is. Honesty is not hard, but we tell ourselves that. Honesty is the lack of lying. It’s the removal of typical social barriers, half truths and white lies we tell at parties to people we don’t know. [...]

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