TEDxPhoenix: incredible!
Phoenix’s first TEDx event was incredible. The presenters and volunteers all did an amazing job!
Archive for November, 2009
TEDxPhoenix: Geek Week rolls on
The inaugural TEDxPhoenix event takes place tonight. It will be my first TED event as well and I’m really looking forward to it.
Twitter history lost forever?
I’m trying to find a Twitter conversation from March 2009. Searching old tweets is more difficult than it seems. What happens to our old content anyway? Do old tweets just get lost, or are they still stored somewhere?
Twitter is STILL misunderstood?
I recently read Daniel Lyons article in Newsweek titled Don’t Tweet on Me. I was amazed at how completely clueless Lyons is when it comes to Twitter. Seriously, he thinks that it’s just a place for no-talent asshats like Dane Cook to spew stuff and that the rest of us are so stupid that we [...]
Ignite Phoenix 5: the best yet!
Wow, what a rush Ignite Phoenix 5 was! Bats, beatboxing, Bluetooth douchebags, miniature giant robots and several other topics all came together last night. Throw in the return of slideshow karaoke and the evening was a roller coaster of passion and community.
It was great to see some new additions to Ignite evening: alternative radio KWSS [...]
The EV Tribune shuts down. Is anyone surprised?
The East Valley Tribune is shutting down. Newspapers as we know them are dying. The papers which want to survive will have to evolve into the next generation of news outlets.
Denny’s major social media fail
Tracie and I wound up at Denny’s for a late dinner last night after Halloween activites. Don’t ask why we wound up there instead of our favorite go-to spot, Pita Jungle. Anyway, I noticed that Denny’s had redone their menus and I was impressed with them. The design was great and to top it off, [...]
Phoenix Actually’s first scavenger hunt = success!
On Friday night, I took part in Phoenix Actually’s first major event, a Twitter scavenger hunt. Team Heckarad consisted of myself, Tracie, Zach, WO and Tony. The hunt started and ended at the George & Dragon in CenPho and it consisted of taking pictures of various things, then tweeting them via TwitPic or another picture [...]
Why I love Ignite
So it’s time for another Ignite. I’ve gone from attending Ignite Phoenix 2 to volunteering to help on Ignite Phoenix 5. Why? Because I believe that Ignite is a fantastic way to bring the community of Phoenix together and showcase some of the amazing things people here are doing, thinking and saying. It’s a way [...]
