Wow, what a week! Sorry for the lack of posts from last week but there was much to do and only the typical seven days in which to do it. First up, you’ll have to head on over to Galavanting.tv to see the Taos, NM episode where we ride Harleys, hang out in a hot air balloon and meet Dennis Hopper.
Then it was back home to Omaha for the very first Big Omaha conference. Truly, this conference, designed to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and creative class in the midwest, was a real triumph. Conference creators and organizers Dusty Davdison and Jeff Slobotski (the brains behind Silicon Prairie News) outdid themselvs. Not only did they provide an amazing venue, experience and fantastic promotion, they brought in some incredible speakers from all over the country while STILL CELEBRATING the local talent. From Gary Vaynerchuck to Jeffrey Kalmikoff to Jason Fried the speakers were amazingly accomplished and inspiring. Do yourself a favor and check out some of the preso notes and streaming video when it pops up on the Big Omaha site.
Last week, it also came to my attention that a gentleman from Georgetown U is doing a little something called Blog Monday. Mark Story has highlighted some pretty cool blogs, including mine and some I admire like Jason Falls and Armano’s Logic+Emotion. So in the spirit of “giving back” here are a few blogs that I like to dig in to from time to time:
Design for Users
Another Flight Attnedant Writing About Flying
Cool new tools. I wish I could say I was all into the new stuff because I am so cool, but fact of the matter is, I heard about this latest one at church. It’s called Prezi.com and it makes presentations far less linear and much more interesting. It’s a free application and while it’s a little difficult to learn (especially for PPT addicts) it’s a lot of fun and inituitive once you get the hang of it! Media is also totally embeddable.
I’ve had enough people ask about the little videos I make for trips and my son’s 4th grade class that I have decided to tell you all. It’s Animoto and it’s fabulous! Til now, I’ve used it only for personal stuff but I think there could be some seriously cool professional applications for the fun, peppy videos this creates (see Michael Marlatt’s use here). Seems most appropriate for relating fairly basic themes.
And looks like all the cool kids are migrating to FriendFeed or at least double posting. Anyone know of a great FF app for BlackBerry?
