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14 Feb 2011

Events • Tech

Intel AppUp MeeGo World Tour Stops at Gangplank

On the evening of Thursday February 3^rd, I had the pleasure of attending the Intel AppUp Application Lab: MeeGo Series event as the world tour made a stop in Chandler, AZ. The event was hosted at Gangplank, a community hub for collaboration and entrepreneurship, and was deliciously catered by Chandler’s own San Tan Brewing Company.

For a full recap of the event, check out my guest post over at the Gangplank Blog.

My experience and thoughts on the MeeGo operating system itself can be found in my article over at MyCE.com. Read more

wconeybeer | One comment | Tags: AppUp, gangplank, Intel, MeeGo, Microsoft, mobile phones, Nokia, SanTan Brewing, tablets, WP7

07 Feb 2011

Freelancing • Writing

On showering & the creative mind

For his Lightning Talk at WordCamp Phoenix 2011*, fellow Phoenix writer Tyler Hurst compiled several tips from other local writers, including myself, about “How to deal with a blank page.” My advice? Go do some routine, passive task with the subject you want to write about in mind.

Housework is a great task for creative brainstorming, because it doesn’t require a lot of mental energy. But my favorite routine task for generating creativity, by far, is showering.

Think about it — You’ve likely bathed or showered at least every other day of your adult life (probably more than that, on average, if you factor in those really filthy days when you’ve showered twice). This could be the mother of all routine, creativity-inducing tasks. Brushing your teeth could have it beat in frequency, but I don’t think the duration of the task is really long enough for a proper brainstorming session.

Read more

wconeybeer | 2 comments | Tags: Blank Page, Creative Process, Creativity, Showering, Writer's Block

01 Feb 2011

Activism

Could a US “Internet Kill Switch” mimic Egypt’s Internet blackout?

Image via Mashable.com

Last Friday, nearly the entire nation of Egypt lost access to the outside world via the Internet when the president ordered the country’s Internet service providers to shut down in the midst of protests and DDoS attacks on government sites. Over 80 million people are now isolated; some from their families in other countries, and others from important business contacts abroad, with the exception of very limited options.

It is indeed a scary situation, and one that makes me stop and think: “Could it happen in the US?” Read more

wconeybeer | One comment | Tags: Activism, Bill, Censorship, DDoS, Egypt, Internet Blackout, Internet Kill Switch, Legislation, Protest, Senate

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    Most writers, at least before they become rich, famous and immortal, seldom write about stuff they know. They're given assignments by their bosses, beats by their editors, topics by their clients or piece together bits of unfamiliar ideas and weave them together. In this episode, our gang talks about some of the struggles we face when writing about the […]
  • Next Meeting — Wednesday, February 22 from 7-9pm at Gangplank February 20, 2012
    It's almost magic time! We're meeting this Wednesday (I'll be here this time) at our normal place. Topic suggestion for this week include checking in on our February goals, how to edit your own work, best practices for article ideas and how to design an ebook. Vote for two or make a suggestion, please! See you this week. Permalink | Leave a co […]
  • Episode 32 — Linear or non-linear? February 15, 2012
    On a warm night at Gangplank Chandler, your almost-always host Tyler Hurst joins poet Sarah Marques, REALTOR Elizabeth Newlin and blogger/podcast editor Debbie Walker talk about the trademark that's supposed to be at the end of REALTOR, Debbie's kids and how we prefer to tell and write stories. The order of storytelling can be either non-linear or […]
  • First February Check-In — Next Meeting Wednesday, Feb 8 from 7-9pm February 6, 2012
    When we first talked about our February goals, the idea was to accomplish something big, not just our run-of-the-mill stuff that we likely do all the time, anyways. Unless you're behind on those things (laundry, dishes, etc.) As I think most of us have realized by now, what we think is important isn't all that important if you don't make it a […]