Oh yea! Bring it on and what not. I gots my words all printed up on a real website:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/126780

Thats cool.

Ignite Phoenix is rolling into Phoenix again on Oct 29th. Have you made your submission to present? Are you a scaredy cat? Huh? Are ya?

Seriously though the first one was a blast as you can watch here. Even if you are a chicken and dont want to submit that it okay (we know who you are). You should still come on down since its free and after we are gonna go have beers at Half Moon Sports Grill or maybe Two Hippies Taco Shack.

Holy shit I am a superstar. I kid you not. My voice and some mediocre thoughts have been trapped into an audio bubble and flushed into the intertubes.

Its here on Gangplank Podcasts.

Hells yeah! Hollywood here I come! YEEEEHAW!

Good conversation at Ignite Phoenix on Social Media Best Practices. Authenticity and transparency are topics that keep coming up. I like the Marc Cuban or Bob Parsons method of open mouth insert foot and collect cash. Sure you are going to piss people off, guess what? You are going to piss people off not matter what you do or do not do. Don’t walk around in a stupor worried about making everyone happy. Make enough people happy to stay viable but if you don’t keep it honest about who you are it won’t last. Either you will get tired of it or everyone will see that you are forcing yourself to act that way.

Best Practices links:
BoingBoing
Marc Cuban
Bob Parsons
Scobleizer
Calacanis
Guy Kawasaki
Dan Rayburn

Haven’t been keeping as on top of the Xlr8r podcasts lately due to recent addiction to audio books from local library. Been getting learned but haven’t been boppin me head around on the daily commute.

Finally took some time this evening to get some writing and organizing done and been jammin to a mix from a few weeks back mixed by Modeselektor outta Berlin. The mix is definitely eclectic and jumps all over the place while maintaining a technoish feel. If anything it will break up the monotony and perhaps you will become a total convert like myself. While I prefer DnB or DubStep this handles quite well and may get some replays

techno podcast music electro

I have had an on again off again love affair with the Desert Botanical Gardens since I first moved to Phoenix 8 years ago. the place is really a great idea and has the right intentions but I always feel a bit let down when I actually go.

The Luminaries are fun but there are just too many people being jerks. Seriously folks try to act civil and let people by when they say excuse me, oh and no shoving. You will be back in your BMW, where jerk status is encouraged and accepted, soon enough.

However I am now in love status again as Chihuly will be installing his famous glass works starting Nov 22, 2008 through May 31, 2009. If you don’t know who Chihuly is please have a look around. There was a special on PBS last year where he was hanging chandeliers over the canals in Venice and it was amazing.

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As a member you get in Free and I plan on going as many times as possible. Entry is going to be broken up into three times through the day so that it doesn’t get too crowded. I plan on making the morning and evening sessions a few times to get some optimal photos taken.