Justin Thorp
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6 months ago
in Washington DC: One City, Two Cultures on East Coast Blogging
One thing that I find interesting is that, while the NVTC has a formal organization with membership, the dc tech/social media scene is just this ad hoc group of folks that is able to perform a lot of the same functions and fill a lot of the same needs.
In Washington DC, we have associations coming out of our ears. I wonder what they'll look like 10... 20 years from now.
In Washington DC, we have associations coming out of our ears. I wonder what they'll look like 10... 20 years from now.
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7 months ago
in Why I Intensely Debated But Decided to Disqus on Learn To Duck
Dude, I completely agree. I think one of the best things a company can do is get out there, meet their users, and listen. Your users will tell you what they want.
It'll take some work to get out there and form a relationship with them but when you do it will be the most important thing you ever did.
It'll take some work to get out there and form a relationship with them but when you do it will be the most important thing you ever did.
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micah
Justin,
It has been eye opening for me at Lijit. I have spoken to all kinds of users, both in terms of size, stature and subject expertise. All of them, as I am sure many people are with any third party, leery of giving up a critical component of their publication to a third party.
So to help alliviate that, we are fanactial about support and listening.
Like any good relationship its how the relationship is protected when things go wrong versus when things are easy and simple. Hopefully, I am learning more about that every day, and acting on it.
It has been eye opening for me at Lijit. I have spoken to all kinds of users, both in terms of size, stature and subject expertise. All of them, as I am sure many people are with any third party, leery of giving up a critical component of their publication to a third party.
So to help alliviate that, we are fanactial about support and listening.
Like any good relationship its how the relationship is protected when things go wrong versus when things are easy and simple. Hopefully, I am learning more about that every day, and acting on it.
We have a wide diversity of events, and perhaps have one of the richest tech cultures in the country. Which other cities can say they've hosted all of the above?: StartupWeekend, Facebook Developers Garage, Refresh, a BarCamp (and a 2nd coming soon), WidgetDevCamp, a chapter of Social Media Club, MobileMonday meetups, Lunch 2.0, Internet Advocacy Roundtable, and sooooo many more - oh and those were all within the last year basically. I'd venture to guess that San Fran, Austin, and New York are the only cities that have this kind of diversity in their technoculture.
Viva La DC!