Tim O'Reilly and Ignite Boston 4
I went the the Ignite Boston Social Gathering last night at the Hooley House in Faneuil Hall - Boston MA and thought it was great. This was my second Ignite Boston and this venue was larger and better the the last Ignite Boston in Harvard Square. Free beer, plenty of Tech conversation and a special appearance by Tim O'Reilly.
Tim spoke for about 30 minutes, outlined his company's strategy, spoke a little about Web 2.0 and and his predictions on how sensors will impacting our lives, and then he spent about 15 minutes talking about two very relevant topics:
Working on stuff that matters and,
Get out and vote
Tim outlined global warming and small pox examples of things that matter and challenged us to build useful things that make us smarter, and to try and solve real hard problems. He also made a point of asking everyone if they had registered to vote, and urged anyone who had not registered to register, while also urging everyone to vote. He did not take a side or a cause, but made the point that every vote matters.
He mentioned that he was at Demo 2008 on Wednesday, and as he was talking about working on stuff that matters, it struck me that this was what he was doing. He flew all the way to Boston to talk with a bunch of young programmers and geeks, to share his vision about what we should be concentrating on. After hearing his talk, I can only assume that spreading this message must really matter to him.
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