Open Source Showcase
So having got up slightly earlier than normal yesterday (not a problem really as I am an early riser and a morning person) I braved the M6 and Birmingham city centre traffic to attend Open Advantage’s excellent Open Source Showcase where I was doing a short talk on our EGS software.
As always there there was a great selection of people there doing presentations and a great turn out. It was also good to see the usual faces and both Dave Goodwin and myself were even wearing suits - a sight I am sure is not often seen involving either one of us (feel free to correct me on that one Dave!) - I am a firm believer in the idea that people don’t need to wear a suit to go a great job - I think it would be safe to say I am the only person at Senokian that ever wears one and not too regularly either.
I also had a great chat with Paul Cooper which was really useful. He gave me a few really good ideas to think about regarding the promotion and launch of Tactile CRM [and related products], he also mentioned Loopfuse, the second time I have heard about it in as many days, a few blogs and a few other things.
As the MD/CEO of a small Open Source tech company I always value these conversations and ideas and am hugely grateful to Paul for his ideas, they may have seemed obvious to him but hearing them from somebody else is always good as it helps to reinforce ideas I already have and add new ones to the mix too - Scott and Elliott also had some useful pointers and thanks to everyone at OA for the event.
The OSSC was not meant exactly meant to be a forum for this sort of conversation - the Open Coffee Club I am trying to launch in Coventry is more aimed at this - it is just a shame there is not more of this in the Midlands and UK as I know that lots of people in similar situations find it hugely useful.