I wouldn’t be where I am in life if it wasn’t for friends. Friends have pushed me through high school, prodded me during college, and inspired me during my career after. Since moving to Boulder, I’ve met so many great people that do so many great things. In fact, it seems that lately – everyone I know is off doing something that is truly inspiring. I wanted to take a moment and give shout outs to all the things that are going on with friends and acquaintances that I admire:
Andrew Hyde is putting on a conference in Boulder. After a great summer at Techstars, a bunch of really great Ignite Boulders, and all the other things that Andrew is up to – the conference is called BoCo. I, unfortunately, won’t be able to attend the conference but I’m sure it will be a good time and embody all the things that I love about Boulder. (blog: AndrewHyde.net )
My friend Elaine Ellis is actually embarking on a personal journey – forgoing the conventions of job and home to journey the European countryside. This is something that makes me extremely jealous and sad. Jealous because I would kill for a reason to go out to Europe with her. Sad that I will miss having her around, even if I don’t see her enough. (Blog: The Art of Awkard)
Alli Worthington launched her “Smart Girl’s Guide to Twitter” the other day. Alli is, hands down, one of my favorite people in the world. I mean, she tried to set me up on a date during BlogHer – I can’t complain about that. (Blog: MrsFussypants.com and BlissfullyDomestic.com)
Vikas Reddy and Occipital are really kicking some butt. Just the other day, they released (with Daily Burn) an awesome Food Scanner for the iPhone. As someone that struggles with dieting, this could be the perfect techy addition to my arsenal to get me on the right track. Congrats Vikas! (In addition to Occipital, Vikas has a hilarious Blog called Awkward Rules)
While Boulder may have lost Jeffrey Kalmikoff, I’m excited for him joining Digg. I didn’t get to know Jeffrey that well, but whenever I was able to talk to him – I was always impressed at his intelligence. Digg (and San Francisco) just gained a really big asset. Congrats, Jeffrey! (Blog: CallMeJeffrey.com)
The ubiquitous Micah Baldwin has left Lijit to join a yet-to-be-named start up. I’m eagerly awaiting the next installment of his adventures and wish him the best of luck. (Blog: LearntoDuck.com )
I’m probably missing a lot more. Friends like Jessica Smith Lucretia Pruitt and Ef Rodriguez have all started new jobs this year. Kit Seeborg launched her start up Bumpertunes. Heather Capri and Rachel Ryle are working on TweetyGotBack.com. Chris Brogan and Tamar Weinberg recently released books that you NEED to buy. Jason Keath always keeps me on my toes with the great things that he works on – like Social Fresh. Gwen Bell and Wayne Sutton are spreading love teaching Social Media to the masses. Jyl Johnson Pattee is kicking butt with Mom It Forward and Office Max’s A Day Made Better Campaign (which will help so many of my friends that are teachers). It seems like everywhere I turn, people in my network are doing things that I need to tell everyone about. Unfortunately, I’m not the greatest at doing that so I hope this helps catch me up on the a lot of the biggest things in my friends lives. Congrats to everyone and I’m so happy to know all of you.
