Simeon Says

While I work hard at contributing to the communities that focus on Adobe products, I realized recently that I don’t really do much locally. In an effort to become more community minded in a local sense, last night I ventured outside of my security bubble. I went to a meeting where I didn’t know anyone!

I had a great time at the Portland Web Innovators meeting Wednesday night. The meeting was originally to be hosted by Need More Designs, but as the RSVP’s outgrew the chairs in their office, they moved the meeting upstairs to AboutUs. The focus of the meeting was not a technical subject but as more on actually running a small business. The meeting was lead by Lynn Hoyle and Kevin Spence, a local CPA and Attorney respectively. The meeting had a great feel with about 20 folks asking great questions and us getting to hear about the implications or solutions from a tax standpoint as well as from the legal side. I had a great time with a wonderful group of people, and I am looking forward to the CMS shootout next month.

Another fun side effect of the attending was meeting a bunch of my twitter friends. Twitter has become a very critical communication tool in my life, and I am amazed by the number of people I consider friends who I have never met. So hello to @adamd, @pixelmatrix, @geekgirldawn, and @grigs some folks i visit with online but had never actually met. Stay tuned for a post on how I use twitter in my daily run a rounds.