I just checked the Barcamp Chicago website and it looks like they finally found a venue and a date.  Chicagoan’s: keep july 15th and 16th free.  Venue:  648 W. Randolf St., Chicago IL.

I will definately be there and can’t wait to hook up with some like minded techies and entrepreneur’s.  It is great that someone is organizing a Barcamp in Chicago, as we in the midwest tend to miss out on events like this as they tend to happen in Silicon Valley.

[tags]Chicago, Barcamp, Barcamp Chicago, Conference, un-conference[/tags]

Just got my wife a new Macbook, and i’m loving it. I’m slightly jealous.

Not much else to report, been busy getting ready to leave for a 2 week vacation to North Carolina.

Ever feel like your being overextended?  Is your employer tasking you with too much?  I’ve been feeling a lot of this lately.  I run the webservers (linux & windows), I code, I design, produce video, fix desktops, feild e-mails all day long, secure servers and desktops, manage 3 firewalls, manage 20 part time webmasters.  I could go on….  The problem is
I am not a true expert in any of the areas.  I know enough in each area to get by and get the job done, but I never truly feel satisfied in any one area as I don’t feel I am doing any of my tasks to the best of my abilities.  Is it time for a new job?  I dunno.  I work in educational environment (k-12) for a rather large school district and are pretty flexible when it comes to hours and time off? Which is more important? satisfication with the tasks I do or satisfication in the flexibility and decent hours. Can I have both or am I just whining that I want my cake and eat it too.  Decisions…Decisions…

Hey everyone, I know it’s been slow posting this week.  Sometimes life just gets in the way of blogging.

Well anyhow, the drupal content management system has been garnering quite a bit of steam lately.  Why you might ask?  Well drupal is infinately customizable and is powering high traffic websites such as The onion and The Twit Podcast.  Supposedly MTV UK is getting ready to switch drupal on.

Did I mention that Drupal is free and open source?

If I have piqued your interest, you may want to head on over to Lullabot and check out their drupal podcast and listen to what all the hoopla is about.

[tags]drupal, lullabot, twit, mtv, CMS, Content Management, GPL, Open Source[/tags]

So I just set up Vlog Chicago. I am aiming for this site to be a community driven site where people can submit interesting and compelling video about things related to chicago. Chuck Olsen’s Minnesota Stories is kind of the inspiration for this project. Hopefully it takes off. There is still a lot to do, such as getting the wordpress theme done and posting the first video.

[tags]Vlog, Chicago, Chuck Olsen, Minnesota Stories, Video Blog, Chicago Vlog[/tags]

Rocketboom is making $80,000 a week.  $80,000 * 52 = $4,160,000 in gross profits.

Insane!! So who’s wants to be the next Rocketboom.  I do!!!, I do!!!

[tags]rocketboom, vlog, video blog, podcast,[/tags]

Well, life comes up, I was not able to get a podcast out.  Maybe again tonight.

Hey, i’m just trying to keep the suspense for you.

Everyday I find myself moving away from reading technology blogs even though I work in technology.  My interests are gravitating towards Entrepreneurship and Small Business as I’m currently working on a business plan to start my own thing.

My current goal is to work from home and for myself.  I want to create my own and path and my own destiny and I have the full support from my Wife.  I currently can’t quit my day job and jump in head first, but that is my goal.  It can be done and is not a crazy, ok maybe a little crazy and I’m excited for where this new crazy path is going to lead me. Do I want this path to lead me to fame and fortune? No!!! but I do want it to lead me to rewarding work that i’m excited about doing day in and day out and be able to provide for my family while doing it.  Is that so much to ask?

[tags]Business, Small Business, Small Biz, Entrepreneurship, Startup[/tags]