Category Archives: izeafest

Tamar Weinberg: A Woman Of (Strong) Faith

So, throughout IzeaFest, one of the folks I have hung around with (no pun intended) has been Tamar Weinberg, of Mashable, Techipedia, and LifeHacker fame.  I’m just throwing out huge props to her today, as today she’s at a tech conference and being the Sabbath, she cannot use any of her usual gadgets, like her [...]

Merlin Mann: An Epilogue

So, despite magically disappearing for a while (beyond my mortal senses), I did manage to track Merlin for a few minutes to catch up with him.  Observations?
 

He is really nice: Merlin’s a genuinely nice guy.  That’s the vibe that I got.  He seemed to care about the people around him, and was quite giving — [...]

Merlin Mann: The Tony Robbins For Techies (Who Hate Tony Robbins)

So as someone who fancies himself as a web2.0 geek, I was really looking forward to hear Merlin “43 Folders” Mann speak today at IzeaFest.  Kudos to him for tailoring his talk to the audience, which was varied in terms of experience levels, and towards the whole point of the conference — i.e. “how to [...]