No Snivelling

I admit that my blogging has trailed off as of late. What with Twitter, TeachStreet blogging and articles, and life in general, it's seemed less important to be posting on No Snivelling. But, a good amount of planning went into tonight's Brad Feld event, so just in case I missed any loyal readers, here goes:

Brad Feld will be coming to Seattle and tonight, he's doing an event called Beers and Boulder with Brad. He'll be talking about entrepreneurial communities, the critical importance of entrepreneurship and innovation today, TechStars, what we’ve done in Boulder to drive entrepreneurship that can apply to other cities such as Seattle, and why they're expanding TechStars to Boston. He'll then stick around until they kick us out answering any and all questions and talking with whoever wants to hang out.

I helped organize the event as part of TeachStreet's goal to help people "Learn Something New" -- in this case, how to get off your butt and start a company!

Three great sponsors – Beacon Law Advisors, Square 1 Bank, and Microsoft BizSpark are underwriting the event.

If you aren’t in Seattle tonight, the event will be streamed live. If you are in Seattle, come join us.

Labels: beacon law advisors, bradfeld, daveschappell, ignite seattle, microsoft bizspark, square1bank, startup, teachstreet, techstars

We've got a number of friends coming to spend some time with us this summer -- it should be a good one, with Seattle's Pike Place Market officially passing the century mark. Events are planned from June 2 through Aug 17 -- the Market is one of those tourist destinations that even locals love going to -- I miss the days when I worked a block away from the market. That afforded the opportunity to wander on days where things weren't going so well, or when you just wanted to sneak away for an eclectic little lunch. That reminds me... Matt's in the Market should be re-opened soon -- you absolutely must have a meal/experience with Matt's when you're in town... such a wonderful little spot!

Labels: ignite seattle, matt's in the market, pike place market

I'm assuming that my title attracted you to this entry. Well, please take my word for it, grab a cup of coffee, and sit back and watch this entire clip. It is a 5-minute presentation given at the last Ignite Seattle event. I've told several people about the presentation, because it stuck with me after that evening. It talks about the importance of 'focus', especially in this interrupted world in which we're all immersed (blogs, twitter, email, RSS, etc.).

His short presentation chronicles the last 150 years and the shortening ADD attention span, and ends with a reminder about the importance (nay, necessity) of focus in our daily work lives. Truly, very little deep thought can be accomplished without it.

Thanks to Brady Forrest at O'Reilly Radar for posting this for me!

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Labels: focus, ignite seattle, oreilly, scot berkun