Bonsai Hacker

Since I never keep them I don’t really worry about New Years Resolutions. But I do like to set goals for the new year to gauge where I am at after each year. I have found that there are definitely some do’s and don’ts for setting goals though. For example, broad sweeping resolutions like “lose weight” just [...]

A little over 2 years ago a friend invited me to get together with him and a small group of other developers for one of the first jellys in birmingham. At the time I had no idea what it was but the idea of working around other like minded developers sparked my interest. Even though [...]

Last Saturday on October 16, Microsoft hosted the 2nd Southeast User Group Leadership Summit (SEUGLS) at Microsoft’s Alpharetta, GA office. O’Reilly Media and Pearson Education were also supporters of the event providing a nice book selection for attendees. The event again brought together community leaders from throughout the southeast for a day of networking and [...]

I’m a huge fan of community. It is something that all of us have experienced and has helped shape who we are today. Which is one of the reasons I have tried to involve myself with the local tech community so much. The value that groups such as Tech Birmingham, Birmingham Venture Club, and all [...]

Considering that talking about “Community” is what made me want to really try and restart the blog for umpteen-hundredth time, I figure a post on Ignite would be in order. Hopefully this will help create a more lively discourse about the Birmingham Tech Community, and hopefully other associated communities as well. This really all began [...]