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Growth and Change

post a comment | posted Jul 8

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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On Civic Entrepreneurship

post a comment | posted May 16

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

Geoff and I were out chatting about some things last night and in conversation I mentioned the term "Civic Entrepreneurship". The word came out of my mouth nonchalantly, and frankly, I'm not sure where exactly I'd heard it before, or if I was using...

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Is it possible to under-plan my trip to San Francisco?

post a comment | posted May 12

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

I leave in 6 full days for my first trip to San Francisco.
Needless to say, this trip is long overdue.


Fer Why?
The purpose of my arrival in SF is multifold:

My friend Paul White is leading a class of MBA students from Temple University around t...

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The LAST place I expected to find *social*...

post a comment | posted May 7

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome


This afternoon I attended my first City Council hearing. Frankly, it was my first time inside City Hall. Today's hearing was related to a topic that is known to be near and dear to my heart: the city support of the so-called "creative economy".
I ...

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Keep your Audience Relevent - Not All Press is Good Press

post a comment | posted May 1

Originally posted at dangerouslyawesome

The last few weeks have been VERY good to IndyHall and some of our other grassroots creative friends. One of the leaders of those groups, Blake Jennelle, asked me about the response from press. He asked if the recent spot on CBS Morning News, or th...

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