Apps are quickly become first class citizens of the web. I think this is great for end user experience (in the short term), but not so much for web development as a whole.
Here’s why: while object oriented programming is the dominant software development paradigm, applications are increasingly being developed within the [...]
Most people know Mozilla as the company that produces Mozilla Firefox, but they do so much more beyond product development and tech innovation. But let’s focus on the tech innovation for a second.
The pace at which the web evolves is accelerating. This creates problems with adoption on the side of consumers as well as [...]
I’ve spent the last few years searching for a conceptual framework that ties people-centric practices for personal growth and innovation to a larger strategy for global economic development. The goal’s a bit lofty but you only live once, right?
Many people have recommended I write a book, but there’s no time for that. There’s far [...]
Continue Reading →A few years back I used to organize a monthly meetup called NetSquared Atlanta which is an offshoot of Techsoup’s Net2local program. It went on for about a year and we had an absolutely wonderful host in the American Cancer Society.
There have been [...]
Continue Reading →I often joke that I’m out to take over the world. More recently, I’ve changed my focus to taking over Atlanta. (First Atlanta, then the…! Well, you know..)
The fact is, I’m not out to ‘own’ Atlanta or the world in any traditional sense. My aim is to take responsibility for it.. but this cannot [...]
Continue Reading →After realizing which of my brands is to be LLC’d, and which project is the actual public project, I’ve moved everything that I was prepping at http://calliopeventures.com here to http://airshipatlanta.com. I’ve also changed the name of my facebook group from Calliope Ventures to Airship Atlanta.
I’m registering Calliope Ventures as an LLC [...]
Continue Reading →We call this the ‘information age’ and talk about the ‘attention economy.’ This harkens back to the old adage that ‘time is money,’ and becomes all the more true in the age of Google Adsense and social media marketing. As our News Feeds grow, our attention becomes more and more scarce therefore making it all [...]
Continue Reading →A year ago, I made the decision to follow my dreams to see where they lead. I had the beginnings of a grand plan, but those plans partially fell to the side when I began work with Joe Winter and Jessyca Holland on what is now C4 Atlanta. The things I’ve learned [...]
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