Southern Hospitality

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There were no sponsors. Not many tech company CEOs. But, last night’s BBQ was absolutely wonderful — too bad Shel Israel wasn’t here, cause it laid out his new book’s theme of Global Neighborhoods absolutely wonderfully. Out on the front lawn of David Hoggard’s house, we had a BBQ party. It’s the first time I’ve had homemade banana pudding — it rocketed to the top of my favorite desert list.

And, what can I say about meeting Billy Jones? I hear he has a real treat for us at the conference today. Billy is a former trucker and a new school poet (and is a geek, had a street plane he built in Make Magazine). But meeting him you’d understand he’d be an interesting guy to hang around with, check out the video about him for more. “The driver looks like ZZTop, so it’s rock and roll all the way…” Heheh.

Maryam has all the details and all the links.

Thank you to Sue Polinsky for giving us a bed in her home. She’s a wonderful host and definitely a “tech mama.” (She’s an old-school female geek). Ben picked us up at the airport yesterday. Is a geek at Sprint here. Well, gotta go. Talk later, have a good Saturday.

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37 thoughts on “Southern Hospitality”

  1. Mr. Scoble – Are you meaning is there a geek from Sprint at the conference or in your blog audience? “here” means so much more these days…. If you need a top level official Sprint tech I can hook you up with the same guy I tried introducing to Mr. Winer… We’re fortunate to have one of their tech call centers right here in Tulsa.

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  2. Mr. Scoble – Are you meaning is there a geek from Sprint at the conference or in your blog audience? “here” means so much more these days…. If you need a top level official Sprint tech I can hook you up with the same guy I tried introducing to Mr. Winer… We’re fortunate to have one of their tech call centers right here in Tulsa.

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  9. I’m a bit confused by the tie-in of North Carolina and what Shel describes. My take has been that Shel wants to break free of the US-centric ideas that tend to skew the internet in certain directions and include otherwise underserved areas when thinking about the web. Feel free to correct my preconception.

    Here is an example of the skew: Google Maps has the capacity to show maps anywhere in the world..but a geocoder that only generates lats/longs in a few countries and areas outside of the US. We ended up having to build our own Geocoder to be able to use Google Maps in the rest of the world. MSN Windows Live Earth Virtual Mapping (or whatever the branding is) doesnt even support any sort of usable resolution outside of the US …very disappointing.

    We discuss the mapping issue at length at http://forsalebylocals.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/online-real-estate-geolocation/

    Anyway, I’ll wait for Shel’s book to understand his thoughts and definitions. Being in South America at the moment, my personal definition would include locations with underserved ideas and tech needs. There are really smart people everywhere so this would include opportunities for increased participation and contribution in the mainstream web technologies.

    Even if I’m not in line with Shel’s thinking (I havent seen any of the book), I’m quite certain that North Carolina wouldn’t qualify as a place with an underserved tech community. They can even geocode their locations in Google Maps!

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  10. I’m a bit confused by the tie-in of North Carolina and what Shel describes. My take has been that Shel wants to break free of the US-centric ideas that tend to skew the internet in certain directions and include otherwise underserved areas when thinking about the web. Feel free to correct my preconception.

    Here is an example of the skew: Google Maps has the capacity to show maps anywhere in the world..but a geocoder that only generates lats/longs in a few countries and areas outside of the US. We ended up having to build our own Geocoder to be able to use Google Maps in the rest of the world. MSN Windows Live Earth Virtual Mapping (or whatever the branding is) doesnt even support any sort of usable resolution outside of the US …very disappointing.

    We discuss the mapping issue at length at http://forsalebylocals.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/online-real-estate-geolocation/

    Anyway, I’ll wait for Shel’s book to understand his thoughts and definitions. Being in South America at the moment, my personal definition would include locations with underserved ideas and tech needs. There are really smart people everywhere so this would include opportunities for increased participation and contribution in the mainstream web technologies.

    Even if I’m not in line with Shel’s thinking (I havent seen any of the book), I’m quite certain that North Carolina wouldn’t qualify as a place with an underserved tech community. They can even geocode their locations in Google Maps!

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  11. forsalebylocals: because there were people in that little neighborhood meeting that I read and trust (like Ed Cone, who writes for several tech publications). Also, we can bring a little lawn conversation to a global audience.

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  12. forsalebylocals: because there were people in that little neighborhood meeting that I read and trust (like Ed Cone, who writes for several tech publications). Also, we can bring a little lawn conversation to a global audience.

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  13. It’s all fun and games till a kid runs up to the street plane and gets his nose (or worse) chopped off by the propeller.

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  15. In defense of the Streetplane Aviator: The “propellor” on the street plane is made of the wooden paddles of an old ceiling fan, driven only by the wind. They only cut through the breeze, nothing else.

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  16. In defense of the Streetplane Aviator: The “propellor” on the street plane is made of the wooden paddles of an old ceiling fan, driven only by the wind. They only cut through the breeze, nothing else.

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  21. Haha. I’m actually with Motorola, but I know the guys at Sprint. Sprint’s top guys actually aren’t in Tulsa. They’re in Kansas City. 😉 Overland Park to be exact.

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  22. Haha. I’m actually with Motorola, but I know the guys at Sprint. Sprint’s top guys actually aren’t in Tulsa. They’re in Kansas City. 😉 Overland Park to be exact.

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  23. @forsalebylocals: watch it buddy, we have more bloggers per capita than anywhere else in the US and understand technology more than you could ever imagine. 😉

    and robert: don’t forget to post that hip-hop video!

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  24. @forsalebylocals: watch it buddy, we have more bloggers per capita than anywhere else in the US and understand technology more than you could ever imagine. 😉

    and robert: don’t forget to post that hip-hop video!

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  27. You should see Greensboro during the ACC basketball tournament. North Carolina is a great place. you should visit Chapel Hill, Boone, or Fayetteville

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  28. You should see Greensboro during the ACC basketball tournament. North Carolina is a great place. you should visit Chapel Hill, Boone, or Fayetteville

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  29. @12 Sean:

    I couldn’t agree more after having lived in NC and interacted with tech companies there. That’s why I wrote, “I’m quite certain that North Carolina wouldn’t qualify as a place with an underserved tech community.”

    Cheers.

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  30. @12 Sean:

    I couldn’t agree more after having lived in NC and interacted with tech companies there. That’s why I wrote, “I’m quite certain that North Carolina wouldn’t qualify as a place with an underserved tech community.”

    Cheers.

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