tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87831058951113080252011-04-21T19:02:59.159-04:00My take on the world as I code my way over it.Elbert McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404490064780809408noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783105895111308025.post-18313943583683872032009-01-25T06:38:00.006-05:002009-01-25T06:42:23.805-05:00

...just a great office photo that stevey took during our secret santa exchange before the holidays.

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Courtesy SteveyThose crazy Germans. :-)

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I received a flyer for Freshbooks when I was at SXSW.  Just spent the last 30 minutes playing with it, and I'm convinced it's gonna be big.   It's everything I've been looking for in a web-based accounting package for PeopleLikeUs and possibly even WEBCARGO (using our respective APIs).http://www.freshbooks.com

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Here are some of the best quotes uttered by panelists, colleagues, and random conversations overheard in the halls.   Some are just great things to keep in mind, others are just silly, but I thought worth quoting.To grow fast you need passion and community. And you can’t fake either.It’s not about engineering. It’s about story-telling.Soon enough we will all be in the happiness business. —Jane

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SXSW came and went, and it’s amazing what a brain can absorb (and forget) in just a few days. Good thing I took notes. Thought I’d share my personal highlights from 4 days of heady panels and heavy drinking. If you want to know more, ping me and lets go for a beer. My liver has recovered. I think.Personal HighlightsMeeting Luke Wroblewski at the Filtching Design panel. LukeW is one of my

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These are the panels I attended while at SXSW Interactive 2008. Some were standing-ovation phenomenal, others were at least worth attending for another perspective.SaturdayFiltching DesignGTD for Startups The Art of Speed Outsourcing 2.0SundayWireframing in Web 2.0 Social Strategies for Revolutionaries Designing for Freedom Tools for Enchantment: 20 Ways to Woo UsersMondayA Critical Look at

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And what happened to the running blog I'd intended to keep while in Austin?!   Well, I'm back Montreal with a ton of new ideas, a pad full of notes, plenty of good memories and, shall we say, a mild hangover?  I'll be posting my own recap of SXSWi over the coming days, but in the mean time check out Stevey's blog for his eloquent run down of conference, and Nancy's flickr stream for some of the

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A chilly day in Austin, TX.  The convention center is descended upon by thousands of geeks of the film, music and internet (under) worlds.  I am one of them this year.With a Starbucks cup of joe in one hand, event schedule and wifi enabled iPod touch in the other, I mosey my way around the massive complex in search of my first panel: Filtching Design.  The panelist I'm most excited to meet is

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