Seeking new leader for Atlanta Google Wave group
Step up and make a win for Atlanta!
February 22, 2010
ATL Wavers
Seeing the original hour long demo of Google Wave in the summer of 2009, it was hard not to be inspired by its promise. Real time communication so granular, you can see a character being typed 1,000 miles away. Instant blog publishing, collaboration, email replacement, gadgets, bots and more. It held the promise of being the "next" platform. And, I think it still holds tremendous promise.In the last 7 months, Atlanta Wavers held some great meetings. And while I could not attend the most recent January meeting, by all reports it was the best one yet.
I'd like to see that kind of meeting continue - it has to. But it will have to continue with a new group leader.
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A Conversation with Lee Loree, Entrepreneur and Creator of Sleep tracker
September 28, 2009
Continuing with the bootstrapping theme, @geoffreydgraham suggested I speak with Lee Loree, creator of Sleep Tracker and an Atlanta entrepreneur.Read more...
A little tweetie bird said...
"In every culture, profession and religion, the pros have always tried to lockout amateurs. Its why innovation happens at the fringe."
September 17, 2009
I'm not a follower of Rick Warren's twitter stream and I don't know if he authored this. But I agree.Read more...
Dear College Newspaper (John): I found your murderer.
Honestly, she didn't mean to do it. It was all just a big misunderstanding.
September 15, 2009
Written by Tom DickHarry, Blog Reporter.Today, September 15, 2009, the college newspaper killer finally confessed. By any account it was a rather uneventful confession. In fact, the confession was a complete accident.
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Bootstrap. Fail fast. Iterate.
It's not brunch. Pick one.
September 14, 2009
Bootstrapping
Back in August, Russell Jurney asked the Atlanta startup community, via Twitter, if anyone could share a success story about bootstrapping. I emailed my own story and asked Russell to qualify it or not and to also provide context to his question. Specifically, his point is:
"I can't name a single person that has bootstrapped a startup, since 2002, and become rich doing so. Every example of such a person I thought I knew, turned out that they had $100K+ in the bank when they started."
After sending off my story, Russell replied:
"This is a really good counterpoint to what I said, and frankly its the only example anyone has named yet. Blog about it!"
So, this blog's for you @RJurney. (My story in just a moment.)
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OK. So Steve Jobs is the devil and the Mac is going to kill your grandparents. Whateva!
Yes, the Johnny come lately Apple Fanboi's need to chill. But you also need some perspective.
August 12, 2009
Cry me a river. A lot has been said about this post by Jason Calacanis, and Michael Arrington's (@arrington ) departure from the iPhone has generated a lot of buzz as well.Fine.
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Mac OS X 10.5 client, Apache 2, Local Web Sites
Setting up a local development environment on OS X 10.5 Client (not server)
August 05, 2009
1. You don't have to agree with me on the method.2. I am telling you what -I- do. It works for me. Therefore I do it.
3. While I may entertain your method, I am not going to change what I post here.
4. I offer no warranty for this information. Use at your own risk.
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Why I disagree with Russell Jurney
Or, how to be a good plantation hand.
August 03, 2009
What I am about to say, I may regret for a long time. But it makes my brain hurt less because it's finally out and I don't have to deny how I feel. And I think that is an acceptable definition of good mental health even if the actual words or thoughts are crazy.I should first explain why I am commenting on @rjurney. Me - @derrickpeavy. A lowly, know nobody, known by nobody, wanna be success story someday, whose blog code is not even finished. (Yes, I have heard of WordPress.)
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BIRTHDAY PIE!!!
And, yes, it was DAMN good.
July 30, 2009
Sorry, my mouth leaped ahead of my camera.
Thank you Janet and Lorraine! (neighbors). You rock!
Can't think of a better way to start tomorrow's birthday than with a pie tonight!
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