South by Southwest Interactive isn’t just a conference. It’s “Spring Break for geeks.” That may have started as a joke, but it couldn’t be closer to the truth. Every year, thousands and thousands of web designers, programmers, gamers, bloggers and online marketers come together for what is most probably the largest technology conference of its [...]
2008 was such an amazing year, I really didn’t think 2009 could be much better. Boy, was I wrong! 2009 was the most exciting, rewarding year of my life so far, and that makes me so much more excited about 2010. As you might remember from my post last year, I don’t really make New [...]
A few weeks ago I was a guest author of the SitePoint Tribune email newsletter, to fill in after Brendon Sinclair moved on after 5 years as the newsletter's coauthor. I really enjoyed writing the newsletter and told SitePoint if they ever needed another guest author, or had a more regular position come available, I'd [...]
I’ve never been one to idolize celebrities. TV & movie stars, recording artists and other famous people are just people like everyone else. But I think it’s healthy to idolize, or at least admire, some people. It all comes down to the reasons. As I was reading Darren Rowse’s post about a loving fan that [...]
Seth Godin recently posted about a number of employees from a nameless company that all seemed to abdicate responsibility for their company's actions. One employee went so far as to say, "All I do is work here." I don't know what company Seth is talking about in his post, but I've heard that a number [...]