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Build Guild II Thoughts and Ideas – Posted: Aug 6, 07:06 PM – Filed under: Build-Guild Personal
From my partner-in-crime:
With the roaring success of the first Build Guild still echoing in memory, the second Build Guild is less than a week away. We’ve planned it to be much like the first meetup, only this time, more space, our own area, and a few more surprises that my esteemed co-organzier has been busy orchestrating.
One of the Build Guild ideas we’ve been kicking around for a while is finding a way to have an informal but organized exchange of ideas. This might fall somewhere in between a formal presentation and a lightning talk, with volunteers proposing topics via buildguild.org.
If you have attended or plan to attend future events, your feedback on this would be invaluable. Is this something you’d like to see at future Build Guilds? What kinds of things would people like to hear or talk about? What format do you think would work the best?
In any case, everyone is more than welcome to comment with ideas and suggestions. You may also send a message via my contact form or shoot an email to decurio@buildguild.org.
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The Build Guild's First Event – Posted: Jul 9, 09:28 AM – Filed under: Personal Build-Guild
Yesterday, July 8th, the Build Guild had its inaugural event at the Salem Beer Works in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. The turn-out was amazing—we collected 36 business cards for the raffle—and everybody seemed to have a great time. Many of the conversations I had revolved around the surprise most people felt discovering there were so many local people in the web industry. I made my best effort to greet each person who came, learn where they were from, and how they heard of the Build Guild. I was honored to chat with so many great local women and men who are passionate about the things I’m passionate about and I believe I witnessed at least three separate occasions where one person connected with another person they had previously not known and promised to chat further about a side-project or a new job.
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Boston Web Studio Update & The Build Guild – Posted: Jul 7, 04:05 PM – Filed under: Business Personal
It’s been a little more than two months since I left my job and started working for myself and if the lack of writing here isn’t a sign of my free time gone out the window, I don’t know what is. It’s been great, though, really… really really. I lined up work with a handful of companies; my last employer, Digital Bungalow, kept me busy for the first month; I earned some retainer work from Mass High Tech and recently launched their Women to Watch mini-site; a couple of friends in the industry were kind enough to hire me for some xhtml/css work they couldn’t fit into their schedules; there are a couple of new opportunities that will flush themselves out over the next couple of weeks… I’m a fortunate person, undoubtedly.
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Please Welcome, Boston Web Studio – Posted: May 5, 11:55 AM – Filed under: Business Personal
Please join me in saying, to me, you’re crazy.
“You’re crazy.”
Right, thank you, I know.
Five days ago, on May 1st, I officially joined the ranks of millions, (or the very high hundreds), of other self-employed men and women in our great nation of Massachusetts. After a little more than two years working for a marvelous local agency called Digital Bungalow, I’ve made the leap to self-employment and started my own teeny-tiny business called Boston Web Studio.
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“Step Away from the Computer and Stand Against the Wall” – Posted: Apr 2, 07:08 AM – Filed under: History Personal
I was never the type of person who used my computer for malicious and illegal things but a man with a badge was telling me to “Step away from the computer and stand against the wall.” What have I done that would warrant this? I remember downloading a couple albums recently, but that’s really it.
No time to think; the man was walking towards me and I hadn’t yet stepped away from my computer. Again, he said, “Step away from the computer and stand against the wall.” Entirely uncertain what I might have done wrong, my mind went foggy and I stood up. At that moment I noticed he wasn’t alone, but his badge-wielding buddies weren’t following him as he came directly towards me. Instead, they went off to different areas of the office and were saying the same canned line to my coworkers, all twenty-five of them.
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