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  1. ExpressionEngine Certification Program
    March 8, 2010 in Boyink Interactive News | ExpressionEngine

    I’m pleased to announce that – along with the help of EllisLab – I’ve begun the groundwork of putting together a certification program for ExpressionEngine. The work is still in the early stages – but as it will be the focus of my involvement in some other upcoming EE events I needed to get it announced.

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  2. Startup Weekend West Michigan Wrapup
    March 1, 2010 in Boyink Interactive News

    Looking at the clock as I write this it’s been right around 24 hours since we finished emptying trash, packing up, turning off the lights and locking the door on Startup Weekend West Michigan.

    I needed that time to catch up on sleep, re-connect with my family, and just sort of let the experience sink in before I could begin to gather my thoughts for this post. 

    Even now I can’t quite figure out how to summarize, analyze or synthesize anything out of the weekend because all I keep doing is shaking my head and wondering - “Did that all really happen?  And in roughly 48 hours?”  Amazing!

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  3. Our Digital Heritage: Blessing or Burden?
    February 20, 2010 in Boyink Articles

    What you see above is the scanned-in image of a postcard mailed by my grandparents to one of my grandmother’s sisters while they were traveling in 1957 (interesting to note the lack of a house address or zip code).  I scanned it in because it’s one of the few samples I have of my grandmother’s “voice” and handwriting and I wanted my kids to be able to see it.  Scanning it was a great way to both preserve it, back it up, and not have to worry about storing the physical postcard.

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  4. Frustration with Foursquare
    January 21, 2010 in Web Marketing

    Over the last couple of weeks a couple of new site/service/apps have started getting popular on Twitter - and it’s causing me a bit of frustration.  Since 140 characters is too short to explain myself, a blog post was in order.

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  5. Startup Weekend: West Michigan
    January 10, 2010 in Boyink Interactive News

    Huh…I announced this on Twitter a few days back but seem to have neglected announcing it here as well. 

    So - I’m happy to announce that along with the ElevatorUp folks I’m getting the ball rolling on hosting Startup Weekend in Grand Rapids on February 26th - 28th. 

    What is it?

    48 hours of pure business-building madness.

    There’ll be speakers, food, whiteboarding, coffee, ideation, creation, bootstrapping, networking, learning, teaching - and overall just a loud buzz of activity that will hopefully burst forth with new businesses, new relationships and some positive press for the West Michigan area.

    Encouraged to attend are: techhies, marketers, lawyers, business folks, designers, doctors, dentists, linemen, bowling alley managers—anyone with a passion for business and a chance to have a great time.  If your business would like to sponsor the event please contact me.  I’ll be calling you anyway…you might as well beat me to the punch..;)