Welcome

Since we have wrapped up the intense part of Bloomington Startup Weekend I wanted to do a little wrap up myself. I didn't get much time to blog since I spent most of it running around trying to keep things moving.

I started out with user experience but since we were one of the largest groups there I opted to step back a bit and try to help fill in gaps. I helped find people work when the needed it, work with our tech guy from the city to getting a TV to watch the IU vs Ohio State game today. I helped coordinate and interview a few users thanks to the help of tall Steve and Kevin Makice. I also took care of things that needed to be done. Every group needs someone to do these things. I did come back to UX when I had time to give feedback and see what was going on.

I think we have an interesting idea that I can't talk to much about we are still working out the legal issues. I have volunteered to help with moving forward but didn't choose to become part of the core team since I know I will be leaving Bloomington in May. I don't know where I am going yet but I know I will be relocating somewhere.

We were joking about how the core team is Informatics and tall Steve. As we move to a smaller group and more time I think I will be able to move back into a user experience position. Sometimes you just need to be flexible and fill gaps when you can.

I met a lot of interesting people from the community including a few council members and people from a bunch of local businesses. I also got to talk to the founder of the whole start up weekend concept from Boulder, CO.

All in all it was an interesting experience. Whether it will turn into a real company is up to legal and man power factors. We have set a meeting for a few weeks out to regroup and discuss what is going on.