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Next Steps for Alex - Team Anthillz

post a comment | posted Yesterday

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

About 3 weeks ago I announced my departure from Round3 and that I'd be pursuing new work as an independent consultant. The main reason for that announcement was my decision to put focus on continuing to grow IndyHall with Geoff while finding other ...

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"Precipitate" More Often - Google Docs in your Spotlight

post a comment | posted 1 week ago

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

I recently found out about an open source OSX App called Precipitate via Viddler's Brandice, via Viddler's Colin Devroe. The original app was created by Stuart Morgan, who I can't find a freaking thing about except that he participated in last year...

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just because it's "simple" doesn't mean it won't take work.

post a comment | posted 1 week ago

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

Reading through some comments on yCombinator's "hacker news" board tonight (which my previous post was just featured on, welcome new readers/subscribers), I dove into a thread about a post I'd read earlier in the day by 37Signals about some of thei...

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Not-So-Recent Blog Posts

What if I don't want to "Join the Conversation"

post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

Brian Oberkirch is one of only a few people in this world who's every word I hang on. Brian is a thought leader, in it's truest form. I'm proud that Brian even knows my name. Enough fanboycrap. On to the thoughts that Brian stirred up for me.
Brian...

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Growth and Change

post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

As the project I'm most passionate about approaches it's 1st birthday, and the other mission I set out on skims past 4 months since it's inception, I've come to some realizations and the teams from both businesses and I made some tough decisions. U...

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Friends, Romans, Country(people), Lend Us Your Fail

post a comment | posted Jun 19

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

Amy Hoy and I have been talking about an event for long enough, it's time to put ourselves on the hook and make it happen.
The idea behind FailCamp came from a proposal for LoserCamp.
There's a whole lot of people talking about their successes, bec...

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Remember the MultiFirefox

post a comment | posted Jun 17

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

Today is the day that records are meant to be broken.
In the world of open source browsers named Firefox, that is.
While the official Mozilla site is crashing, and crashing hard, I was able to grab it from one of their official mirrors quickly, so ...

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It's about giving back, this time

post a comment | posted Jun 16

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

just noticed an interesting tweet from my buddy Chris.


This post isn't about Linux Journal. It's not about stealing subscription logins. It's not even about Chris Messina (sorry dude).
What this tweet tipped off in my brain was one of several sti...

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Add Equal Parts Business and Culture. Blend until Smooth.

post a comment | posted May 30

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

In a post today on Not An MBA, the boys evaluated the business side of coworking.
And to be completely honest, I'm a little bothered by the category that we've been put into. We seem to be pushed aside in favor of the critically "for profit" models...

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not a cellar door

post a comment | posted May 24

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome


It's a little silly that this is the first post I'm making from San Francisco. I've got a bunch of other drafts started, but I wanted to get this one out now while it was fresh in my mind.
I learned a lot this week.
I've often described my past ex...

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