Jun/100
Architactile Named TESA Top 25 Finalist!
(cross posted from Architactile.com)
We're so proud to be named as one of top 25 finalist in the Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for 2010. We've been working (mostly in stealth mode) for the last few months developing our first product, Architactile Inception for the iPad, which will hopefully be submitted (as a beta) to the Apple App store by the end of June. Here's an early look at Inception in action:
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Congrats to the other 24 TESA finalists - especially my friends the Simpsons (@geoffreysimpson & @ShawnaSimpson) over at Moxie Software and John Fanning of Language Speak Easy. I wish you the best of luck... or at least the second best. 
Sep/096
My Ignite Tulsa Presentation
He's a video slideshow version of my Ignite Tulsa presentation titled "If someone gives you roses you should be pissed off." This isn't the video (or audio) of the actual event - just a (somewhat sterile) video slideshow of the same presentation. I hear the actual videos of all of the talks will be available soon on the Ignite Tulsa website. It's also worth mentioning that our friends in Oklahoma City are working on an Ignite OKC event for later this fall. I'm hoping to make it down there. Ignite was a great experience both as a speaker and spectator.
Update: And here's the video of me presenting this talk at the Ignite Tulsa event on September 17, 2009 at the Blue Dome Diner in downtown Tulsa. You can see all of the talks presented at that event on the Ignite Tulsa YouTube Channel. Thanks to the Ignite Tulsa folks for the video and a great event!
Sep/0911
Tulsa Area United Way Agencies’ Website Assessment
I like to help. It's a win-win. Somebody else gets something done that they need and I get to reflect on a job well done. This is especially cool when that somebody else is working on making the world a better place. I think the need for volunteerism is in us all, but lots of folk have trouble figuring out how to fit it into their lives - or they feel they have nothing special to give. So one of the things I've been working on lately is a way that I can help make the world a better place in my own unique and meaningful way.
A month or so ago I hooked up with John Cory who runs the NTech Collaborative for the Tulsa Area United Way. NTech provides technology consulting, project management, training and other resources to Tulsa Area United Way agencies. The first project I'm working on is a brown bag learning workshop on Social Media that will be held this Wednesday for interested TAUW members. Given the expertise, experience and knowledge of my super smart co-presenters Bill Handy and Hetty Fore, this should be a great presentation and discussion. I'm really looking forward to it.
Independent of social media, I've also been thinking a lot about how non-profits are using the web. Today more than ever, there are are so many opportunities for non-profits on the web - both with and without social media. The Web 2.0 explosion and Open Source movement have provide a wealth of free and low cost tools that are uniquely well suited to help non-profits achieve their goals online. I've been curious about how well non-profits are taking advantages of these opportunities and whether or not they could use some help. To start answering these questions I decided to conduct a website assessment of all the Tulsa Area United Way agencies' websites. I've compiled the results into a report that I'm providing here for free. I think there's some interesting stuff in there for just about any non-profit. I really enjoyed learning about all of the wonderful work that's going on in and around Tulsa. I'm hoping to have the opportunity to help some of these organizations be even more effective on the web. Let me know what you think. What did I miss?
@mattgalloway on Twitter
- @abbyannette BTW, I love your new avatar pic. It's like a mildly deviant Norman Rockwell.
- @Boldface Not me, but the computer. And since the computer is HAL 9000... the programming part must be easy.
- @Boldface And, of course, clients don't know the difference between a designer and a developer which is why we have so much ugly software.
- @Boldface "Where do I get the data to drive that decision?" I ask coyly. "I don't know. Like the internet...cause it's computers and stuff"
- @Boldface I'm constantly surprised people seem to think computer are capable of telepathy & precognition AND that both are easy to program.
- @Boldface You'd be surprised. Although jazz hands are most often associated with excitement about an "awesome" idea that's impossible.
- I heard Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow so winter continues. CONTINUES?!?!?!? When's it gonna start?!?!?
- I'm working on streamlining an UI this morning. I've managed to trim down the paradigm into a little less than a digm and a half.
- @boldface I love that cliche post. FWIW all true of software developer clients too. Close to home.
- I feel truly and deeply sorry for all of you who missed the Jonathan Coulton/They Might Be Giants show last night. Life altering.
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