maupuia calling

It’s 8pm on a Saturday night. The kids are watching television. Michael is down in his office, and I’m in my little office space in the house. Separated, but… we’re chatting online together!

Welcome to the new generation of marriage… communication conducted at the end of a wireless connection. (more…)

Some more lessons from Webstock.

Sponsors. Let me be just straight up and say without sponsors we could not have done Webstock to anywhere near the level we did. I’ll even go further and say that rather than a “necessary evil”, sponsorship was essential to the success of Webstock. (more…)

My four year old kicks ass at Billy and Mandy’s Harum Scarum. And he’s not bad at Foster’s Big Fat Awesome House Party, either. (more…)

Webstock has set a benchmark for me that I think few other conferences will meet unless they up their game. Quality speakers, great branding and promotion, extras - I’ll expect more of all these in the future. (more…)

Damn you, Russell Brown, damn you to hell and back. Just when I felt comfortable in my apolitical, could-care-less skin. (more…)

Webstock absolutely rocked. I had a wonderful time at the conference, and it made everything that led up to it worthwhile. Dealing with budgets and committees and egos; worrying about timelines and responsibilities - it all melted away during four magical days. (more…)