Changes and LessConf
Hello to all of my new visitors from LessConf and BarCampJax. I had an absolutely amazing time there talking to everyone.
For those that don’t know, LessConf was a conference put on this past weekend in Jacksonville, with a variety of talks for Entrepreneurs and Developers. It was definitely a great time, and I’m proud of Allan and Steve for their hard work putting this together. A complete success, and I’m excited for the next time they have it. Every one of the talks were great.
Every time I go to a conference, I always get that spark of motivation to work on my own projects, or just just feel so much better with the network connections. This time around, with all the talk on brands and what not, and Gary Vee’s very inspirational talk about brand equity and the amount of self-confidence he has really got me going about my brand, and I’m anxious to work on my own brand and side projects more.
There hasn’t been any new updates here as I have been very busy with moving into my new place, as well as out on the job search. So basically my hiatus that I figured was going to come, actually happened a little later than I thought.
I’m finally taking the time out this week to work on a couple things. Blackened Sun will have some changes being made to it, in terms of setting up my about page, as well as a portfolio/resume. So please excuse the mess if you see one.
Also, I’m working on an exciting new project that I have been putting off for far too long. When I am finished enough to have people try it out, I will be announcing it here on my blog. A lot of the LessConf’ers as well as friends of mine already know bits and pieces of what I am hoping to develop and I plan to have something to show off by the end of this week. I think I can do it!
I believe my blog will be changing direction. I’m constantly torn on if this blog should discuss personal things, be a place for me to rant, or keep things professional and only discuss things related to my field of Web Development. I always felt like the blog should stay “professional” but I notice time and time again that I end up going out on a tangent and discussing my life, and other random thoughts I may have about things that happen around me. What are your thoughts on this? Do you like the blog posts I have so far, would you prefer a change?
I am going to promise at least one new blog post a week, though, regardless. I really want to make sure I keep this updated!
Tags: brand, Gary Vaynerchuk, lessconf, site, work
It was nice meeting you at LessConf / BarCampJax! My personal opinion is, if BlackendSun is your “business” name, that you should keep it as business, and maybe keep blogging to a personal site or something along those lines?
Good opinion Shane. My current issue is really that Blackened Sun isn’t quite my “business” name as much as my “brand”, I guess. I don’t have a business, and I even prefer to stay in a corporate environment. So, being my “brand”, is it still appropriate to have such personal subjects on this thing. As I’m sure you got this address from my business card, it’s obvious that my first impression to you (beyond meeting you in person) is this site, and therefore it does need to be a bit of a portfolio and my “business,” about what I do for a living, not so much my latest rant on gay rights or my review of an awesome pizza place.
Hmm. Stuff to still think about, really.
It was great meeting you too! Perhaps we’ll meet again soon!