The Blogo’Shawn

Did I already vow not to focus on tech mixers in the Bay Area?  Well scratch that!  I can’t avoid them, and they seem to pepper my weekly schedule with surprising frequency!  Simply put, there have been a preponderance of mixers and doings to attend in these last weeks, enough to the point that my response to the introductory challenge of “what I do” is starting to trip gaily off my tongue without much effort.

 Well last week was splendid.  It brought another STIRR mixer and an interesting mix of people to approach.  I was especially enchanted with some folks from the UK (Jackie Danicki, the SpannerWorks team) who apprised me of the state of Web2.0 abroad.  Their take seems to be that it is lagging in comparison to the Bay Area, but then that’s a generalization that applies to many places, non?  What that really signifies, though, is that companies like SpannerWorks have a lead advantage in not only providing services, but educating companies on new media technologies like blogging.  Sounds like opportunity to me, especially since those who have held out on learning about new developments in communication are coming around now.  Anyway, I do have a fondness for interacting with Europeans - yes, I confess to being a Europhile.  Earlier last week, I got to also chat with some of the Wordpress developers hailing from abroad at WordCamp - the WordPress team is distributed and this was the first time they were assembled together in the same place to meet in real-life.  Anyway, meeting so many engaging Europeans in tech lately has poignantly reminded me of my ultimate desire to work abroad in technology, preferribly in the UK which is my #1 travel destination.  Doubtless, I impressed that theme on some of those people I met last week too, LOL!

Ah well that’s just a little update on the vanguard of high tech society in the Valley.  I am saddened to say that the invite passed me by for the killer mixer of the week, the upcoming TechCrunch party.  I seem to have a penchant for taking blog breaks right about when everyone’s queuing up weeks in advance for the next one of these.