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Relaxing
Published on 03/07/08
by John Phillips
I’m pretty geeked for this weekend. Why? Because I’m doing nothing… for the most part. The past three weekends have been awesome, though they were very busy and exhausting.
The first of three weekends, I was in East Lansing with the Tridea team for one of our last in person meet-ups for a while, since Andrew has moved to the Big Apple. It was an important meeting because I revealed my master plan for Tridea. I don’t think they were expecting it, but they were pleased, and everything that I’ve been trying to teach the team for the past few months now makes sense to them, and they dig the plan. That makes me happy. Now we move on and keep cranking.
The next weekend was Startup Weekend Ann Arbor, which was one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had. So many talented people there, so much creativity, and so much to get done in a short amount of time:
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.
The result was much more than I ever expected. I don’t want to explain it all over again for the billionth time, so read about it yourself. So I highly enjoyed that and I’d definitely do it again.
Then, last weekend I was in the Big Apple myself visiting some buddies. I think with writing a Part 1 and Part 2 of my last trip there, I covered everything, so I don’t need to go into much more detail about that trip other than it was a great time. But if you’ve ever been to New York, you know it’s not a relaxing trip. No laying on the beach, no. More like walking around a big ass city with millions of people around 24 hours a day. The place really doesn’t sleep, but that’s what I love about it, and that’s exactly what I wanted to experience again.
So this is my weekend to chill out. It’s my weekend to enjoy some nice weather, play some golf, and hang out at a few BBQ’s. It’s my weekend to take a minor breather from Tridea work (maybe not Sunday night). It’s my weekend to disconnect from the web a little bit because I’ve had a hard time doing that lately. It is definitely my weekend to relax. And I will enjoy it.