Mark your calendars: SXSW 2011 is coming!
Great news: My SXSW 2011 talk has been approved! They really kept me waiting right until the very end, and I thought I hadn’t made the cut… but I did. Wahoo! This will be the third year in a row Read more…
Great news: My SXSW 2011 talk has been approved! They really kept me waiting right until the very end, and I thought I hadn’t made the cut… but I did. Wahoo! This will be the third year in a row Read more…
This weekend I created my About.me/willo profile, and took it as an opportunity to summarize who I am right now… which was a cool experience. It’s been an awesome last few months! Willo O’Brien inspired by connection & communication I’m Read more…
Update: January 2011 If you’re reading this post for the first time, you’ll also want to read the latest news. ;) Have you ever had the feeling that everything in your life has led you up to this moment? When Read more…
UPDATE 12/10: My social shopping talk has been approved! Thanks to all who voted… see you in Austin! Voting for next year’s panels, talks and convo’s, at South by Southwest, is now in full swing! SXSW, or “Spring Break/Camp for Read more…
I’ve been seeing so many people complain about people “begging” for votes on their SXSW panels. What happened to wanting to support your friends in sharing their hard-earned knowledge, experience, proven track-records and information with other people in their industry, Read more…
Launching my own product line was a huge step. For one, I finally did it! It had been my dream for as long as I could remember, and I finally put everything else aside, invested the time and money and Read more…
Seven years, two businesses… For the last six months I’ve been looking back at all that I have learned running my own business(es) over the last 7 years. I started my first business almost by accident, after being laid off Read more…
A continuation from my Summit of Awesomeness, Part 1 of 2. This was originally written in my journal on the plane ride home from Portland, Saturday, June 19th, 2010. Hey Summit of Awesome peeps! Did anyone else come back more Read more…
For those of you keeping up, you’ll know that last week I flew up to Portland, OR, to speak & attend the 2nd Annual Summit of Awesome! It was only my second time to Portland (the first time being probably Read more…
I was so stoked when Leslie Henkel, curator of Tom Tom Magazine’s new feature series, “Crash Crash Craft!” contacted me to do an interview & feature, all about my rock squirrel design! Crash Crash Craft features spectacular crafts made by Read more…