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Perception is…reality?

March 3, 2010

Snap judgments are awesome. Also, sometimes wrong. It’s no secret we rush to judgment on nearly anything we experience, especially online. For some reason we’ve come to believe the written word as truth, or even worse, fact, when we probably shouldn’t trust anything we read. Especially on Twitter, which seems to be part rumor mill, [...]

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Stop waiting to innovate

February 21, 2010

It’s time for many people to shut up. It’s time for them to start thinking on their own. It’s time for them to stop piggybacking. As great as the iPhone (iPad) SDK and developing games for Facebook are, far too many talented developers/programmers are using that as a crutch to make a living. Instead of [...]

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Five things every event must have

February 1, 2010

Image by tdhurst via Flickr There are far too many bad events out there. From events about Twitter to marketing events that seem cloned, it’s tough to stand out and be useful. Here are five things every successful event must do: 1. Make the event about the participants, not the speakers or the organizer. -SOUNDS [...]

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This is not the community you’re looking for

January 19, 2010

We all can’t be leaders. We all can’t succeed at once. We all can’t avoid failure. And we’re starting to lose faith. Perhaps it’s time for us to adjust our expectations. For many (okay me), Ignite was meant to be a launching pad. We get the best and the brightest to present their passions and [...]

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When community loses its luster

January 11, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The construction of any community follows any good movie plot line. We build up anticipation ((Woohoo, Twitter!)), get some exposition ((Meetups)), have some great action sequences ((Cool events like PodCamps, Ignites and TEDx)), plateau a bit ((Planning periods between events)), climax ((Get recognized by the mainstream)) and then gradually falls apart. If [...]

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