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I am a blogger (again?)

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This week was a week of firsts.

My first time presenting at Ignite
My first “contributing blogger” articles for an industry blog
My first article for an industry publication (still haven’t mastered how to link to a magazine…. hmmm)

So, as someone that hit the reset button at one point… this is going to be interesting.
Why? I’ll tell [...]

March 5, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

The Redneck Guide to Silicon Valley

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Tonight I took the stage with 18 other folks in front of +700 other folks for Ignite Raleigh at the Lincoln in downtown Raleigh. My presentation was “The Redneck Guide to Silicon Valley”.
I had a lot of fun and kept up with the pace of 15 seconds per slide pretty well even [...]

March 4, 2010 18 comments Read more... →

SxSW 2010 Preview

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And so it begins… SxSW 2010 rises from the Austin skyline like a gleaming beacon of people, technology… and beer. This is my third year at SxSW and my second year speaking.
I am especially grateful to be part of an amazing panel headed up by Jared Goralnick of AwayFind and SET Consulting. [...]

February 27, 2010 4 comments Read more... →

StartupRiot 2010, Chaos, and Coffee

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I flew down to Atlanta to attend Startup Riot 2010. It was a blast. 50 startup companies were pitching hard and heavy on the Fox stage. The weather outside the Fox was bone chilling but everyone inside was warm, fully amped on piping hot coffee, and flying high from the sugar rush of [...]

February 19, 2010 2 comments Read more... →

Fiber To The Homologous

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The Friday Fudge Five have weighed in on the collective wisdom of crowds to bring you a comprehensive and hard hitting look at the buzz around fiber to the home…

February 12, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

Airwaves vs Airlines

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On my last Delta flight I was not so surprised to see that my upgrade to first class went through. Since I travel a lot this is, thankfully, pretty common. What happened next was the stuff of wonder an amazement. When I ordered my Delta Instant Nap in a Plastic Cup; Scotch; the [...]

February 5, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

iPad Review

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The Friday Fudge Five have weighed in on the collective wisdom of crowds to bring you a comprehensive and hard hitting look at perhaps the most amazing and innovative product of the 21st century… the latest creation from Apple — the iPad.

January 28, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

The Waiting

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Note: Welcome to Friday Fudge #3 of hopefully many to come.

As I was saying back in August of last year… YouTube is difficult to understand as a business model for a lot folks. Heck, a lot of this Internet stuff is.
What’s changed since then? Not a lot really. But… Welcome to 2010 [...]

January 21, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

Color Nicholas Gone

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Note: Welcome to Friday Fudge #2 of hopefully many to come.

You’ve heard of going Google.
Well, I’ve gone Google. Yes. Color Nicholas gone.
In fact, I’ve been using Google Apps since late 2006.
Granted, I’m not representative of a multinational corporation with tens of thousands of seats. One of the criticisms of hosted applications is [...]

January 15, 2010 0 comments Read more... →

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