Some Guy's Blog

For those of you who are learning of my existence for the first time, welcome! I’m writing today about my involvement with Charlotte Startup Weekend 2, but I have to start with some of my own background to help you understand why you should be involved as well. I came to Charlotte in January of [...]

In the next two weeks, I expect the following events: I will speak at Ignite! Charlotte for a second time, this time in front of a sold-out Neighborhood Theater. My wife Megan and I will have a pre-natal visit and our last ultrasound before the birth of our first child, a son, in April. My [...]

Inspired by my friend Jeremy’s recent thoughts on co-working, I wanted to take a moment to briefly outline my own thoughts on the benefits of co-working, and especially what I’d love to see from the trend. At the Web 2.0 summit in 2006, when EC2 had not yet redefined what Cloud meant, Jeff Bezos refers [...]

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It’s been bizarre to see Twitter become so popular so quickly. I love its versatility and how it’s helped me do a lot of different things in my professional and personal life. For no particular reason I decided to take a month off to see what I missed, what I didn’t, and anything else I [...]

The House The house is really rounding into shape. As far as I know, there is no finer moving coordinator in the world than my wife Megan Van Fleet, and she has done a masterful job getting us unpacked and sorted as usual. There are still a few odds and ends about, but overall I [...]

What do these things have in common? Shopping for a house Making an offer on a house Having the offer accepted Getting financed Closing on the house Moving in Unpacking Well, they have multiple things in common, but the one I’m thinking of is that I apparently do not consider them blogworthy.

My back injury kept me away from the disc golf course for quite awhile, but since it looks like the cold part of winter here in Charlotte lasts about three weeks (fine by me!), I got to looking at disc golf courses here in Charlotte and whipped this up. View Larger Map In the interface [...]

I lost track of everybody who sent this. @vinnie did it via DM, so he gets name checked, but feel free to leave a comment if you can provide evidence that you did it first. 1. I was a DJ in college at KTRU for several years. (I probably scanned that logo.) My favorite story [...]

Rocking Out Since picking up the Wii version of Rock Band at the beach this summer, Megan and I have both really enjoyed it. It turns out Megan Van Fleet is an excellent drummer! I don’t play drums that much, but when I do, I struggle on easy. She can definitely get through all the [...]