Finding Inspiration

AKA proud that I know and call some very smart people friends.

I stumbled upon this post on David Crow’s website/blog. It’s an oldie but a goodie and, despite the fact that it was written in 2006 much of it still rings true.

With David’s words in mind, I’m pretty pumped for a Barcamp resurgence in the fall. Joey DeVilla threw the gauntlet down calling Toronto out to bring back Barcamp. I responded with wholehearted enthusiasm, because it’s about time I gave back in a big way to the community that has been so good to me.

These days there are all kinds of meetups/tweetups/(un)conferences, but it’s the roots of the community spirit that have definitely declined in the past few years.

Now…I’m searching for inspiration.

More specifically, to find that spark in the community that I feel has slowly extinguished. There are some incredible people doing incredible things, but I feel like it’s overshadowed by a lot of talking and not enough doing. David was one of the very first people I met in the Toronto Tech Community many many moons ago, I’m glad that his spark is still going.

As I start to define what I feel are the missing pieces I will map them out. I am hoping that I can get insight and find ways to proactively change not only my perspective but those around me.

The inspiration has begun to tingle, if only ever so slightly, otherwise I wouldn’t have turned to this here blog to get some long form thoughts out. So thank you David, Joey (and many many other people) for being a constant source of inspiration. Now to get out and shake things up.

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