So I was asked to speak at Ignite this year, about my ideas on nerd culture. Ignite is a short format speaking event held in different cities. I said yes, thinking it would be fun, and it was. The only…
StartupBus: Things to bring!
This is a list of hints and tips about surviving the StartupBus. As you can imagine, your productivity will largely depend on having your tools of the trade ready and being able to hit the ground running the minute the…
Startup Space, Attitude and Grit
I love the idea of peer groups, networking associations, co-working spaces, team work-shops and unconferences. I really do. I go to all these events, try and help out, speak, give time, free consulting and even the occasional drunken rant. These…
Startup Bus, Tampa Team on Miami Bus
Brainstorm an idea, and launch a fully-functioning company based on it… in 72 hours. On a bus. If it’s good, it will become a real company, backed by serious venture capitalists. P.S. Don’t expect to sleep. Linked with Austin, SXSW…
Social Content Creation Inside an Organization
Blogging, Tweeting and “the” Facebooks are now deeply part of the modern business culture. We all have some sort of feeling that our communities built around our business are powerful marketing tools, or at the very least, a way of…
Potential Solutions to the Great IT Cultural Divide
Last post I talked about how the strong cultural bond in IT departments (and nerd/geek culture in general), can damage organizational trust, cohesion, general pleasantness and ultimately profit. Now let’s look at drilling down into the rest of the organization…