Dear Reader, I spent around 4 hours with Dave Delaney yesterday. Specifically from somewhere south of Chattanooga to somewhere past Lake City, FL. Dave is the host of JumpStart Foundry Podcast and since I had a very long drive, I listened to a lot of the back catalog. Dave has interviewed everyone from Marcus Whitney [...]

Dear Reader, In cased you missed them, I’ve been published a couple of times recently. Fuel the Rocket : Civic Responsibilities for Attracting Developers This is a look at what I think it will take for Nashville to launch itself as a Technology hotspot. Why cube farms ‘suck’ and working remotely doesn’t I sat down [...]

Dear Reader, We are taking the CoderFaire show and hitting the road! This time we are headed to Atlanta, GA. This past week, Jacques, Kathy, and I, along with our friends Kevin Roberts and Chris Spruck announced CoderFaire Atlanta. A two day conference and hack-a-thon, April 20-21, 2013. Today we are announcing that the Call [...]

Dear Reader, UPDATE – 03/20/2013 For what it is worth, Anna and I have exchanged emails and I did apologize for some of my actions because I consider them un-professional. She has graciously accepted my apology. While we still stand on opposite sides of the aisle on this matter, at least we are now smiling [...]

Dear Reader, Conferences are a big part of being a developer. Whether you organize them, speak at them, or attend them; they play an important role in the lives of developers. As a conference organizer myself, I know the problems that face organizers and the biggest problem I see is that each year, we get [...]