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Facts about Jaremy Rich and Techshots

Apr 2009

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Rather than give a longer, drawn-out bio and reasoning for why I started Techshots, I figured it’d be easier to digest a few bite-sized facts about me, and a few facts about Techshots. For you Twitterati out there, don’t worry – none of these facts exceed 140 chars.

A Few Facts about Jaremy

-    I can be creative to a fault.
-    I am an entrepreneur.
-    I am a PC and Xbox 360 gamer.
-    I played baseball in college and love the Yankees.
-    I lead a tribe of gamers.
-    I am much more productive in the evening than I am in the morning.
-    I like lists. Something about them is just extremely aesthetically pleasing to me.
-    I read a lot of blogs.
-    I can be excessively verbose.
-    I worry that if we don’t take advantage of the opportunities available now, they may be gone by tomorrow.
-    I believe in social networks. But I think they should be smaller, not bigger.
-    I worry too much for my own good.
-    I always respond to emails. Contact me if you need to get a hold of me.

A Few Facts about Techshots

-    This space will be used as an outlet for my ideas and thoughts on technology, gaming and marketing. In no particular order.
-    All information mentioned and used in this blog is available publicly
-    If I don’t cite a number or fact, just ask in a comment and I’ll give you my source.
-    I want to hear your feedback. Really, I do.
-    I hope to post on a regular basis, but if I have a number of side projects going on, I cannot guarantee that it won’t affect my update frequency. (edit: I will try to update Techshots at least 2-3 times per week).
-    This is a career blog.
-    Techshots may have guest authors from time to time. Contact me and I’d be happy to discuss letting you be a guest author.
 

Also, here’s a picture of me from a trip to Maine:

Jaremy Rich Maine

  • Nice to run into you via Twitter today, Anchovy-lover. Took a peek at the bio here - made me curious... Ever write anything on your view of the social consequences of virtualizing the world? Sounds like a lot of wannabe-jargon from a phony, I know, but I did news for a long time and developed the habit of paying attention to things. I'm no Luddite, but not everything I'm seeing in the way of virtualization of social life is settling well. With your background, I'd love to hear/see/read your thoughts on that...

    Thanks!
  • What can I say... I like what I like :).

    I have not written any posts on the social consequences of virtualizing the world, but it's obvious that they are (and will continue to be) vast. However, I think it's such a constantly-changing space that we won't really be able to predict what will happen until we're there. Will we become a society where we hardly interact with one another on a physical basis (like in WALL-E)? I doubt it. But the dynamics will change.

    I think that there's always a need for that type of in-person social interaction, and all of the web-based groups that I've ever interacted with have eventually organized some sort of live meetup. People want to interact on a face-to-face basis, and I've found personally that the social interaction has allowed me to connect with a great deal of people that I might not have ever otherwise met.

    Only time will tell what the consequences will be.

    I don't know if you made it out to the last Social Media Club: Seattle event, but there were some interesting suppositions on the future of social media and CRM (customer relationship management). I wrote a recap for SMC Seattle here: http://smcseattle.com/future-o...
  • Appreciate the thoughts.

    I too like the technology - but I'm not sure I like everything that's being done with it. Some of it, certainly.

    The piece you wrote a week or so back for (I believe) the SMC Seattle page pointed out some of what seems will work well for business but I think could have very negative consequences for humans - the emphasis on appearance of existence rather than its substantial quality. Seems to be a great ticket to faux socialization but real alienation for some. "Generation Virtual" was a particularly apt nickname, I thought.

    Color me concerned... But interested. :) And thanks for the thoughtful reply. I appreciated that very much.
  • Hello,
    Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your www.techshots.net.
    Have a nice day
  • Thanks GlenStef. I plan to update the blog 2-3 times weekly (at least for now I will be on a M-W-F schedule). At the very least, I will have 2 new updates each week.
  • blog is looking good :)
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