Margaret, Mindi and I just returned from BlogHer, an amazing conference that inspired me to feel really guilty about not blogging. I love blogs and I always tell our clients how important it is to blog. I know this. I'm in the industry. Yet when it comes to blogging myself I suffer from this procrastinatory nature that is inexplainable, except for this: I feel like my blogs should be smart, witty, well documented, brilliant, lengthy and deeply educational. In short, I set such high expectations for myself I price myself out of the blogmarket.

I have just experienced a day I could have never imagined.

I shared the stage with Sir Tim Berners-Lee and other fellow grantees as we accepted our grant awards from the Knight Foundation. I have shaped my craft, my company, and my career on the very invention that is credited to Berners-Lee. It is an awesome event in the life of a geek to stand in this moment. We are humbled and inspired to be selected among such an amazing spectrum of projects.

Quiddities awarded a $327,000 grant by the Knight Foundation

Getting to Minneapolis

On Wednesday, I travelled to Minneapolis from Santa Cruz to attend Drupal training by Lullabot. I travelled via feet, car, 2 planes, tram, light rail, and feet again. Who knew that one could use so many different forms of transportation to get somewhere.

We had our first Jelly in Santa Cruz coworking event at Quiddities last Friday. We had a great group of people show up and a variety of fascinating conversations and exchange of ideas went on all day. I've always thought coworking was a good idea, but after actually participating in one yesterday I am now a true evangelist for the movement.

I've started this blog post many times in my head in the past weeks, early in the morning, when I wake up realize it is true ... but never truly wanting to commit it to words. Rob got a new job. That's right, he's flying the coop that is Quiddities. I remember the day we interviewed him like it was yesterday. We were growing the company, I was growing a baby in my belly and we needed to add some talent to our crew so I could transition away from coding and move into a pure sales/client/strategy role.

We've been talking about coworking at Quiddities for a long time now. We all love the idea of opening our doors to other geeks and sharing ideas and our great space. There is such a vibrant community of tech minded folks, artists, entrepreneurs and visionaries here, it's time to start getting together and making things happen.

I often (always) forget how important it is to stop every once in awhile and take a vacation from the craziness of work. Don't get me wrong, I love my work and creativity is my main quiddity, but taking some time to just stop has been an amazingly rejuvenating experience. I've had the computer mostly off this past week. Instead, I've played games with my family, read 2 books, walked with friends, ate long luxurious meals and slept. The constant buzzing in my brain has actually subsided and my head feels clearer.

This Saturday and Sunday, Tracy and I will be neck deep in Drupal at the first ever Bay Area Drupal Camp at UC Berkeley.

Have you ever walked into an overcrowded room and felt totally overwhelmed? Whether it's a room crowded with people or stuff, I always have a reaction. It actually makes me feel dizzy and unfocused. Too much stimuli puts my nervous system on overload.