Coffee With Ian

A physical approach to virtual networking.
Oct 13
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Aug 25
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The Phoenix Coyotes

Phoenix Coyotes
On Saturday, April 24th, 1999, I went to a Phoneix Coyotes playoff game.  They hosted the St. Louis Blues in game 2 of the 1st round of the playoffs.  The home team won in overtime at the America West Arena. 4-3.  The atmosphere was electric.  The people of the desert were happy with this foreign sport of hockey, and they showed it.

10 years later, the team is in trouble.  They are bankrupt.  They have the most recognizable name in hockey, Wayne Gretzky, as their head coach.  They have a fairly new arena north of Phoenix in Glendale.  But they don’t draw.

Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie wants to move them to Hamilton, Ontario, not far from Toronto, but the NHL won’t allow that.

Sure, there are people who say that Toronto could support 2 NHL team, and they’re probably right.  However, it would be at the expense of the NBA’s Raptors (who are owned by Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment) and the Blue Jays.  No wonder they tried to get Jerry Reinsdorf, who owns NBA and MLB teams in Chicago to buy the Coyotes.

This is not fun.  But for 1 game in 1999, it was amazing.

Aug 21
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Theme for Global Live

I am co-organizing an event in NYC this Tuesday called Global Live.  We will have a number of presentations on how to help businesses grow internationally.

We need a theme.  Here’s some ideas.

“Fun with businesses around the world”

“Leverage your business with passion around the world”?

What do you think?

Jun 28
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My new AIM? coffeewithian!

After 12 years with the same AOL/AIM screen name, I have changed it to coffeewithian.  I thought that with the new iPhone push notifications, it was finally time.

Send me an IM!

Jun 17
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Partnership for Student Advancement

PSA is an amazing organization.   You should know more about them.  http://psapartnership.org/

Jun 07
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What is #2cats all about?

You may have seen some of my statuses / tweets today (My Twitter posts double as my Facebook Statuses).  Every one of these posts is ending with the tag #2cats.

How come?

Daisy and Bailey

Meet Daisy and Bailey.  For the last few months, my friend Nicole has had them at her house.  They need a new home.  Nobody has taken them.  It is important that they stay together.

Therefore, until they find a home, every status / tweet (can I call it a stweet?) that I post will end in #2cats.  This makes it easy to group post by myself (and others) that use it on Twitter Search.

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%232cats

We also have a Facebook group to help the cause
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61944317179

I have a question for you.  What else can I do to introduce a loving family to these beautiful creatures, without being so pushy?

May 24
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Spam on Ning

To all those who have signed up for the Coffee With Ian social network on Ning (coffeewithian.ning.com), you may have seen some recent activity of “members” spamming you.  I appoligize.

Coffee With Ian is about breaking the barriers between the real world and the online world, and such practices have nothing to do with this initiative.

From this point on, all members have to be approved by me.  In the meantime, please take a look at the newly revamped Coffee With Ian website (www.coffeewithian.com) as I return the core focus to in person meetings.

I am looking forward to meeting each of you this summer for coffee!