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I know I haven’t posted here in forever, but I decided to post something short to explain something concerning my SourceCon10 Presentation.

I wanted to let everyone know who reads this that I didn’t put the materials together in the way I did simply to be the “Guy with the most take-away material” or “A showoff”…  The reason I showed the site I built and gave away pieces, was to demonstrate of how it works/helps myself and my team is for the pure and simple reason that is “Progression”.

I was honestly tired of hearing the same old story with a different spin and decided to provoke a little thought.  I took a bunch of ideas, grouped them together, learned a little javascript, and built a website, great….  but what else can be done with these ideas?  TONS…  I just haven’t thought of any other way to present them yet… and figured with a room full of talented people, other solutions would be certain to surface.

I’m really more than anything looking to see how other people use the items I setup and put on display for example in their own environments.

It’s unfortunate, that the plain I exist in isn’t truly defined by any company I’ve ever come across.  As someone who can program a little, source a little, and come up with a lot of great ideas, there is no title for me and as a result I spend a lot of my free time developing these things.

As such, I can’t expect many others are willing or able to dedicate their time to messing with the internet all weekend long, but if you take just a few moments and think about your processes in a logical top to bottom structure, the ideas will come.  One key point I wanted to highlight during the presentation was how so many services provide their own samples and templates so if you’re looking for something, someone has probably already written it.

So, in short, keep plugging away, look at problems in a logical fashion, and when all else fails, use the internet to find your solution or a similar one.

That being said, I wanted to thank all everyone for all of the warm tweets, emails, calls, texts, etc…  It really meant a lot knowing that the things I talked about may have an impact on your own situations and I certainly hope that to be the case.

I also wanted to extend a huge thank you to Dave Manaster, Amybeth Hale, Kate Bruener, Amy Berry, Scott Baxter, and Brendan Shields for their outstanding aid and delivery of what I consider to be one of the best SourceCon’s to date.  Thanks everyone for all your hard work, and I’m looking very much forward to seeing you all again in New York come February!

Cheers^^

Mike