Archive For December, 2011

Health, family and happiness

By | December 27, 2011

Have you noticed how quickly 2011 has passed? It’s not just me, right? I’ve had an incredible year reconnecting with old friends and making news ones, both online and in person. I wish I could have been out to more conferences this year, but I plan to fix this in 2012. Let’s meet in person [...]

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Read this before you plan 2012

By | December 22, 2011

I’m not sure if it was Julien Smith or someone else who turned me on to Chris Guillebeau and his The Art of Non-Conformity blog, but whoever it was, I need to thank them. I read Chris’ manifesto this morning and loved it. The Tower left me really inspired to make some big changes in [...]

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On Klout

By | December 17, 2011

I’m pretty thrilled to see Sam Simkin’s photo of my silly mug on the front page of the Tennessean newspaper this morning. Klout measures online influence by Adita Wadhwani is an interesting collection of local thought about the online influence measurement service, Klout. I thought I’d elaborate a little on the story with some links and further insight. [...]

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Geek Breakfast is 5 years old

By | December 14, 2011

5 years ago this month Geek Breakfast began. The idea came from a lull in the energy of the tech community in Nashville that had been sparked at the first BarCamp Nashville. I decided that it would be fun to keep folks together between BarCamp and PodCamp by meeting each month over breakfast. The idea took [...]

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