Please Send Me To The UK For The Update 2011 Conference
Tonight I watched a video from FOWD featuring Aral Balkan. Normally, conference speakers really bore me, but there are a select few speakers out there that I really enjoy listening to, and Aral has now become one of them. He was able to take something so boring (the design of everyday things) and make it...
Read more…Together We Can Help Japan
Although Japan is a wealthy country, the sheer magnitude of the damage and destruction implores us to help our Japanese friends as best as we can. For Haiti, us along with a bunch of other generous developers donated money with the Indie+Relief initiative. It doesn’t seem that there is such an effort going this time,...
Read more…Making the Most Out of Unconferences
It’s my favorite time of year right now, not only are we in the middle of the holiday season, but we freelancers have another season to celebrate–unconference season! If you’ve never heard of an unconference before, it basically entails Barcamp, Podcamp and WordCamp. Unconferences are informal get togethers where freelancers and web professional come together...
Read more…BarCamp Nashville 2010 Recap
BarCamp Nashville this year was great! The swag was awesome and the sponsors were great. This year we had a giant 10ft tall robot and a large green octopus walking around! I videoed my all-time favorite speaker this year. Be sure to listen to the whole thing, not only is he a great speaker, he’s...
Read more…PodCamp Nashville 2010: The Place For Designers, Developers & Podcasters
This past Saturday, I attended PodCamp Nashville at Cadillac Ranch and it was a blast! There were several great sessions for everything from using WordPress for everything to social media to podcasting, and I was able to capture several photos, interviews and video recorded some of the best sessions (all with my awesome iPhone I...
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