I'm sneaking this in before I pickup Ken on my way to Pubcon. Yesterday was the first day of conferences at Pubcon. The keynote speaker was Guy Kawaski, former software evangelist for Apple computer (mac) back in the late 80's. For those of you that aren't familiar with the term, Guy's job was basically getting software companies to write programs for Apple users.

Guy is now a venture capitalist. In his speech he told a story about his job offer to run Yahoo when it was just a start up. He ulitimately refused the job, much to his later chagrin. The point he was making was a good one, not to listen to bozos. He identified two types, the guy who tells you that it can't be done and you can't do it. You know him, drives a beat up car, has few if any friends, always negative, dresses poorly, etc. He explained that those bozos aren't the dangerous ones, they're easy to spot.  He said the dangerous ones are the ones that dress in armani, drive german sports cars and are wealthy...which is where he tied in his Yahoo story. See when the guys from Yahoo approached him about the site, he was a bozo.  He told him he couldn't see how it could work, it was too far for him to drive to work (an hour each way) and generally told them it was a pipe dream!  He figures it was a 2 billion dollar mistake, or one and a half youtubes. 

He was a great speaker and if you get a chance to hear him speak I highly recommend it. I'll be shifting through my notes on the various conferences I've attended and will change some of the highlights in later posts, so stay tuned. If you have any requests, feel free to put them in comments.  I'll try to accommodate everybody. -Charles