Social Media Revolution

Surprising to me how powerful this information is and yet how very few people over the age of 55 actually understand just how different this world is going to look in 5-10 years. The Paradigm HAS Shifted.

Rethinking Motivation

Another brilliant TED talk and articulation of why the old paradigm and traditional models of work/achieve/reward simply do not play out as expected and will continue to not play out as expected in the years/decades to come. In short, providing human beings with Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose within what they do serves as a far more motivational and productive instrument than cold hard cash and/or fear of losing one’s job.

Did You Know?

This is simply remarkable stuff if you stop and think about it.

Law of Attraction - Case in Point…

I love my friends, especially those who take bold action and consistently surprise me by the awesome projects they’re working on, companies they’re working for and people they’re working with.  To this extent, the decision I made a few years ago to start pro-actively networking with and developing meaningful relationships with these types of people has been hands down one of the best decisions I ever made.

Not surprisingly, I’ve found that like minded people tend to flock together and are many times drawn together without ever going out of their way to make the connection.

Case in point, a new friend of mine Taylor Davidson (who I randomly started up a conversation with at a SXSW meetup in San Francisco and wound up talking with for 90 minutes about life, entrepreneurship, love, the global financial systems, and seemingly a million other topics).  Taylor has spent the last few months traveling the country on the cheap and meeting with entrepreneurs and communities throwing elbows and making interesting things happen…  all the while documenting what he learns and contemplates along the way.

One of his recent posts in fact is specifically on Santa Cruz and the time he spent touring around and talking about all the cool stuff going down in our neck of the woods. If you’re a regular reader this will be nothing new but does serve as yet another outside perspective confirming that what we’re building here is in fact unique, powerful and, IMHO, Awesome.

Building Communities in Santa Cruz, California by Taylor Davidson

Another Step in the Right Direction for Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Sentinel has a piece today on the Pilot Project for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PPIE) program between the City and UCSC that is helping to engage entrepreneurial minded students from UCSC with the City and its entrepreneurs, innovators and other movers and shakers.

Piece is linked below and worth the short read.

Students Give Back
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_11661207

Time will tell if this program is a success or not, but from having spoken with the students in the program first hand I can say their eyes and minds are starting to open to the possibility of actually staying and making a living in Santa Cruz for the first time… which is definitely the paradigm shift we’re looking to make happen here.

Congratulations to Peter Koht for getting this up off the ground!

I’m Throwing a Party… You Should Come

After the AmGen Bicycle Tour rolls through town

Come tour 4 of downtown Santa Cruz’s finest venues

$20 gets you great food at Hula’s and Cypress, 1 Free drink, and a chance to win a beach cruiser… Plus it helps us offset the cost of the food, band and beach cruiser!

1st Stop from 5:30 - 6:15pm @ Hula’s (Light Appetizers Provided)

2nd Stop from 6:30 - 7:15pm @ Motive

3rd Stop from 7:30 - 8:15pm @ Vida

4th Stop from 8:30 - closing time @ Cypress (Great Food, Band and Beach Cruiser Raffle)

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My Morning on KUSP’s GeekSpeak

Had a great time this morning with GeekSpeak host Lyle Troxell and his fellow geeks Drew Meyer, Miles Elam, and Ben Jaffe at KUSP’s GeekSpeak.  Thank you Drew for setting this up, thank you Lyle for making it happen and thank you Santa Cruz Geeks for all your support pre/during/post the broadcast!

Check out the 12second.tv Vid I took Prior to the Show Starting

Listen to the Broadcast (meat of it starts @ half way through)

How I Use and View Twitter

Talking with my homeboy @chadarimura the other day about Twitter, who just started using the service.  He commented about how it’s information overload if/when you start following more than a few dozen people… especially if/when you don’t have time to read every single Tweet.  My response is below.

“You are right about saturation if not filtered correctly or filtered at all. I take twitter in doses only from a select few. Rarely read every post across a given day.  Even go entire days without reading any posts, but I do see my DM’s and Replies when I sit back in front of it.

Think of it as no different than a Google News feed from only those you chose to receive content from.  Some trust Google to feed them news, some the New York Times, some CNN, some FOX… I prefer the filter of those I know, like and trust and check Google News daily for the headlines.

Do you read every headline that comes across Google News over the course of a day/week/month?  I don’t.  Do I read every tweet or click on every article over the course of a day/week/month?  Nope.  I simply don’t have the time.  Most people don’t, but it’s there when you do have the time.

Nearly everyone I know evolves in how they use Twitter.  After using it enough, you’ll begin to see what I mean and start leveraging it how you see best given your habits online and what you’re hoping to get out of it.”

Thoughts? Am I alone in this view?

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