Recent goings-on

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Jason

So here’s an abbreviated list of things that have been going on lately:

  • Went down south to the Refresh ’06 conference with Cindy and Jeremy. We ran into a few friends and made a lot of new ones. The conference was educational and sparked a few ideas. The post-conference socializing (“networking” if you want to be a nerd about it) was excellent, I had the occasion to meet a lot of really cool people. SXSW is about four months away, but it seems like a long time to not see folks.
  • AIM Pages launched. I started on this project way into its development cycle and was responsible for developing several of the interfaces (Quick Edit Mode, Buddy Invites, and Pictures). AIM Pages is a really cool use of a number of technologies and I have high hopes for the products future development.
  • Got addicted to Twitter whilst in Orlando. Everyone admits the site is a useless time-wasting vortex. And yet, we can’t turn away.
  • Jeremy Keith hits upon an interesting concept he’s dubbed portable social networks. Carbomb and I are working on an interface for this idea that we’re both pretty excited about.
  • Several of us are putting together a recap of the Refresh ’06 conference for this month’s Refresh DC meeting. More info can be found on the site or on the event’s upcoming.org page.
  • Mir (this band I’m in, you see) holed up in the studio this weekend to record. Twenty six hours later, we have drums/bass on seven songs and guitars on four of those. We’re looking to do vocals this coming weekend. It’s terribly exciting to hear.

So this is a little scatter-brained, but it is getting late.

This entry was posted in General, Music, Refresh DC, Web Design. Bookmark the permalink.

One Response to Recent goings-on

  1. Erica says:
    December 29, 2006 at 12:53 am

    Thanks for the link on Portable Social Networks — somehow I missed that. Awesome article.

    Personally — I am becoming overwhelmed with friends across different networks — and having trouble keeping them all straight. So many sites — so little time.

    But, at the end of the day — I think it’s really all about communication, learning, and the exchange of information. That’s why social networks are valuable to me…and why I keep coming back.

    After all, if you weren’t Kelsey’s friend on Twitter — I would never have come across this cool blog — and wouldn’t have learned all the stuff I just learned ;) But enough about the values of “useless time wasting vortexes”.

    P.S. Team BarCamp is going to kick Team Refresh’s ass this year ;) Look forward to meeting you at SXSW