Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
And it's Frustration Friday. The target of my rather verbose venting – getting away from your perfect job.
It's bloody freaking HARD to get away from work at times. I, who do a quintessential geeky job (project management for video game middleware) have what borders on an ideal position – doing what I like in an area I like with people I like.
The problem is taking a break from it.
Up front disclaimer – this idea I first saw in the book "How to Position yourself As The Obvious Expert" reviewed HERE, originally conceived of by Mark Victor Hansen.
I encountered this idea, as mentioned, in the book mentioned above. It's one I definitely like and want to get out there – and thus a blog post.
Idea Tithing is a simple concept – share some of your ideas for business, success, etc. with others.
The roundup of convention ideas is here.
I'd like to talk about another way to put professionally-oriented events in your conventions.
Try a Minicon. Not the small robots from the Transformers series (there's a geek ref), but running smaller conventions INSIDE another convention.
A Minicon, in short, involves