Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose. – Tehyi Hsieh
Friends
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Dropping Names
August 28, 2006 By View Comments
I wanted to say thanks to the many wonderful people I had a chance to meet at UXWEEK2006 (in no particular order): Steven Berlin Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good For You and Emergence (which I’ve added to my “must read” list); Ray Daly of the NEA; Chiara Fox, Dan Saffer, Brandon Schauer and Ryan Freitas, all of Adaptive Path (who organized the whole shebang); Jace Cole of Allstate Insurance; Bradley Horowitz of Yahoo; Betsy Pitlick of Washington Mutual; Luc-Rock Paquin of Canada Business Industry; Bryan Busch, Geniant; Jeff Veen, Google; Craig Duncan of the UN OCHA in Geneva, Switzerland; Alice Yeo, Autotrader.com; Jane Louise Webster, Council on Foundations; John Vincent, LL Bean; Kevin Lingerfelt, Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Dan Brown, author of Communicating Design; and Bryan Chamberlain, Nationwide.
To anyone I’ve left out, my apologies. To all, I look forward to the next time our paths cross. For photos, check out the UXWEEK2006 tag on Flickr.
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BigBlueBall Meetup at the House of Blues
April 28, 2005 By View Comments
This BigBlueBall we live on is made smaller every day by technology. With the Internet, we can chat, talk and even see each other from thousands of miles apart, all with ease. But all the technology in the world cannot still take the place of a live, face-to-face interaction.
At BigBlueBall.com we have moderators from all over the world, most of whom I’ve never met in person. When the opportunity arises to meet in person, I grab it.
Last Sunday was such an occasion. Shifter (aka Marcus) and his family are visiting Southern California on vacation. Dr. Kimble (aka Emily)lives down here, but we had never actually met. I couldn’t let the opportunity slip away. We met at the House of Blues in Anaheim for their Gospel Brunch. Sharing food is a wonderful, relaxed way to get to know one another, and it was capped off with a soulfully rockin’ gospel concert. I can’t tell you the names of the musicians, but I can tell you that they were good. Listening to them you got a real sense of the roots of rock.
It was great to meet Marcus, his family, Emily and her mom. I hope to get a chance to meet more of the BigBlueBall regulars in the future.
