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Misery loves company, and lots of alcohol

February 28, 2011

They call it the Strong Beer Festival. You might think that means they serve strong beer. Other years you would be right, but this year it was primarily because you had to be strong to simply attend.
You can normally throw a dart at a calendar and hit a sunny day in Phoenix, but on February [...]

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Losing my faith in Community

January 19, 2010

I started 2009 curious about community, by September I was being quoted about it in articles, but I left 2009 almost entirely convinced that “community” is a waste of time.
Not the people but the term itself. It has become a phantom banner that people wave to try and rally a cause – don’t we all [...]

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Some Ignite Phoenix whyfors and wherebys

December 21, 2009

Another part of my Year End Clear Out related to Ignite Phoenix, a few of the reasons things work as they do related to the event. My normal approach is not to air a lot of the internal stuff and just let people enjoy the show, but many people have been generally curious or offered [...]

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What I love about Ignite Phoenix

December 10, 2009

In 2009 Ignite Phoenix grew from about 140 people at Ignite #2 to the nearly 600 we had at Ignites #4 and #5.  It’s become something very different from what I ever imagined in more ways than just size. This year it generated a lot of discussion, especially after the most recent one, and I [...]

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