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Hi. I'm John Eckman.

John Eckman

I'm a Sr. Director at Optaros, a professional services firm offering strategy, design, development, and consulting services to enterprises interested in leveraging free and open source software.

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  • @jennbarnett I've actually seen travelers arguing with security about wanting to bring their sno-globes. They lose, every time. 23 hrs ago
  • or maybe I'm just following too many of thw wrong people - I have not bee cultivating (or weeding) my twitter garden enough . . . 1 day ago
  • feels like it's become just another channel for spam and self-promotion. is it just the arrival of the mainstream? like when aol hit usenet? 1 day ago
  • Twitter's shine is officially gone for me. maybe I'm just tired, or its the global economic collapse, bit I'm finding it hard to tweet. 1 day ago
  • Thinking of writing a song about conference rooms and how much alike they all are. Sort of like "homeward bound" by S&G but not as good 2 days ago
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February 7, 2008

Think Globally, Meet Locally

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , — John @ 12:07 pm

It’s been a busy week in the Boston area for me, with lots of “meat space” (not my favorite description, as a vegan) or “real world” (not my favorite description as a net citizen) meetings to go with various online groups.
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