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A personal thanks to the Ignite Phoenix team

June 21, 2010

Image by Moriartys via Flickr Ignite Phoenix 7 wrapped up, and I’m in that lull where I’m excited by how well it went, and partially relieved to not have it looming for another few months.  This Ignite was by far bigger and more complicated than any we’ve tried before. It was the first time with [...]

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Losing my faith in Community

January 19, 2010

I started 2009 curious about community, by September I was being quoted about it in articles, but I left 2009 almost entirely convinced that “community” is a waste of time. Not the people but the term itself. It has become a phantom banner that people wave to try and rally a cause – don’t we [...]

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Some Ignite Phoenix whyfors and wherebys

December 21, 2009

Another part of my Year End Clear Out related to Ignite Phoenix, a few of the reasons things work as they do related to the event. My normal approach is not to air a lot of the internal stuff and just let people enjoy the show, but many people have been generally curious or offered [...]

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What I love about Ignite Phoenix

December 10, 2009

In 2009 Ignite Phoenix grew from about 140 people at Ignite #2 to the nearly 600 we had at Ignites #4 and #5.  It’s become something very different from what I ever imagined in more ways than just size. This year it generated a lot of discussion, especially after the most recent one, and I [...]

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Changes of Season

July 30, 2009

In the past year I’ve gone through more career and personal changes than I have in decades, driven largely by my renewed interest in writing, yet have been unable to find time to write about them. I suppose this could be ironic, but it’s just annoying. The most significant of these recently is that I [...]

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Blogaholism… a dangerous disease

June 8, 2008

I think I’ve finally started enough blogs to fill my drunken, insatiable need for the things. This blog was morphing into a writing blog, but now I’ve spun up Writing Is Cake with some folks from my writing group, so all my writing nonsense is now over there. I’m also in the process of kicking [...]

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