Here are 2 new articles from Aaron Hockley

---

The Dirty Little Secret of Attending Meetups Posted: 17 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT Although work and family life keeps me busy, I also find time to attend a few meetups each month. Last night I got together with the Portland Instagram meetup. I attend the Portland WordPress user group when I can. Mobile Portland often offers discussions about the rapidly-changing world of portable computing and connectivity. The secret of these meetups is that I don’t go to learn about Instagram, WordPress, or mobile. I go to meetups to meet interesting people. Sure, those people might share a common interest in photography, or blogging, or tech, but I’m more interested in the people than the subject. I’m not as interested in learning about someone’s Instagram photos as I am the fact that while we’re chatting, he invites me to a private office location with good views of the city. I’m not as much curious about some new function in the code of WordPress as I am about the person discussing it, because she probably has some insights that will help me grok something specific to my situation in the future. It’s about people, not things.

Interesting Links Roundup: May 16th Posted: 16 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT As I wander the web I find interesting things. I share: How to Rank #1 on Google – By Matt Cutts Google's Matt Cutts finally comes clean on exactly how to get your website at the top of the search engine's rankings. Adobe Lightroom Instagram Presets A set of Lightroom presets which do a darned good job of replicating the current set of Instagram filters The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon Mark Cuban breaks down the state of college education and financing, and why we are headed for a crisis Install a Solid State Drive in a MacBook Pro and Enjoy the Ride Derrick Story walks through the process of replacing a MacBook Pro spinning drive with a SSD. So Much For That Glorious iPad Screen: iOS and its Apps are Not Even Color Managed iOS devices, even those with pretty "retina" displays, are not color managed. What have you seen lately that’s interesting?

You are subscribed to email updates from Aaron B. Hockley To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610