Maybe We're *ALL* Doing it Wrong

I said last week that PodCamp 09 was not everything I expected. Hell, I went so far as to call some of the sessions “eye-gougingly awful.” I stand by that statement (and I’m still not naming names).

To be clear here, am NOT saying that my session will not be eye-gougingly awful. I hope it won’t but fascination is in the eye of the beholder. I’m going to (try to) give a presentation that I would want to sit through.

Which is to say this:

If I want to sharpen my skills, become remarkable in my field, and do meaningful work, I don’t need to sit through a boring deck overstuffed with basic information I could scrape off google in 15 minutes.

If we want to develop Nashville as a center for technological entrepreneurship we can’t waste our energy talking endlessly about implementation details, or selling out our opportunities to try and drum up some leads.

I want to get sharper, be remarkable and do meaningful work. I want Nashville to be a kick ass center for amazing business ideas and executions that lead the way both technologically and creatively.

Maybe–maybe–this will help. If you’re wondering what I think we do in fact need (and at this point I have to assume you’re not), it’s the subject of my post tomorrow. If you’re following along (and again, assuming not) you know it’s this: Ideas.