Blockchicks at SXSW
No more apologies. What a relief. That was my key takeaway after attending the Women in Blockchain networking session at the March SXSW Conference & Festival. You've heard of blockchain. It's the new technology that's is already formerly known as hyperledger technologies, or the new decentralized internet. Or for the uninitiated, you might know it as the digital backbone behind cryptocurrency.
Even its description has evolved 90 degrees since learning about its revolutionary and vast applications in the real world piqued my interest in September 2017. But what hasn't changed, that I had not known last fall, is that there will be room at the table for a variety of voices and not just programmers and developers.
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Beyond Creative
“Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business” was not what I expected but it served up juicy nuggets anyone can put to good use.
What Was Valuable (Even If You're Not a Creative)
· The cat is alive – curiosity did not kill it. Curiosity is important in the workplace. I’d go further to say that if you find that curiosity is not appreciated from people you work with then that’s probably a bad sign.
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Troika's No Joke
A jeep, a dinosaur, and an old Mexican woman walk into a bar…wait. Is that the setup for a bad joke or the inspiration for a sophisticated company? The latter. Troika Media Group, Inc., a dynamic brand and marketing collective, gained its roots from the Russian language, as the moniker troika means three. It was named after the 1997 science fiction novel, The Troika, by Stepan Chapman. The fantastical, award-winning science fiction novel features those odd characters as they trek across the desert “under the glare of three suns”. All of which aptly describes the work of this creative company: unexpected, bold and blindingly bright.
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On Entrepreneurship
“Effectual Entrepreneurship” is a colorful book I did not intend to read. Early on, I wondered why the authors chose to use “effectual” instead of “effective." Finding that out would surely let me know what I’d be in for. And it did.
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