Ignite Phoenix 6 slides posted

My slides from Ignite Phoenix 6 have been posted to SlideShare.

Ruminations* on Ignite Phoenix 6

Some post-mortem thoughts on Ignite Phoenix 6.

My caffeinated take on Ignite Phoenix 6

I’m presenting about making coffee in the office at Ignite Phoenix 6 tonight. Here’s a few of my thoughts about the process of preparing.

What is Ignite Phoenix really?

What’s up with Ignite Phoenix? Are people really as excited about it as ticket sales would indicate, or are people really uninterested? I have some musings on what Ignite really is and what’s going on with the Phoenix community.

Droid vs. iPhone: numbers are secondary

Droid sold 1 million units a little faster than the original iPhone. So what?

Soul in the Gaping Void

I chose to join Tyler Hurst and 100 other people in discussing their favorite piece of Gaping Void art. This is deep stuff.

2 more cents on Kevin Smith vs. Southwest

My thoughts on lessons large corporations should learn from the Kevin Smith/Southwest situation which happened this weekend.

Do business owners actually understand customer interaction?

Yes, I’m actually asking this question.  And no, the answer isn’t, “Of course they do, because customers are important!”
Everyone knows customers are important to a business. But a lot of small business owners think of themselves as being in the field they’re passionate about, and they don’t think of themselves as being in the customer [...]

Social media IS a big thing

My Pepsi Throwback includes one thing that wasn’t on the original label…a link to Pepsi’s Twitter. Social media isn’t the next big thing, it IS a big thing. Companies which don’t get that a falling far behind those that do.

Microsoft is irrelevant in the coming decade

Microsoft’s relevance is fading fast and will continue to decline. Apple and Google are the titans of this decade.

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