(Community Matters) Met this afternoon with two aspiring entrepreneurs, John Erik Metcalf & Melissa Sconyers who impressed me with their commitment to innovation and creativity. John Erik explained his interest in creating a Startup District in Austin, a place where young entrepreneurs working on Web 3.0 startups would congregate, connect and discover – Conjectured. Good gosh, I’m just figuring out what qualifies as Web 2.0. Now I’ve got to understand the Semantic Web and other Web 3.0 concepts.
It was refreshing to spend time with John Erik & Melissa. They are recent UT graduates (undergrads) full of dreams, ambition and energy – the kind who get things done, despite the rest of us “knowing” it’ll never happen. Erik and a few friends have already leased a building on East 7th Street where aspiring entrepreneurs (I keep hearing software developers) will share space, ideas and conversation as well as hotel their offices. John Erik is committed to growing the type of subindustry where he wants to work in Austin. Says companies like Moximity are where he’s interested in working; imagine that had something to do with Bryan Jones introducing us 🙂 I also recommended he connect with my new friend Michael Griffin, founder & CEO of search engine optimizer, Adlucent.
p.s.s. Reminds me of a recent dinner table conversation, why would anyone want the ubiquitious updates of twitters? Melissa Sconyers website gives a perspective, “
I share my schedule with my friends and keep track of all of their schedules, too. I check it almost religiously, largely for the same reasons I am addicted to Twitter: I just like to know what everybody is up to. I no longer live in the same city as the majority of my friends, so It’s important to me to retain a connection to their day-to-day lives. Having access to their calendars helps me do that.”
Community Matters 
you’re the best, Eugene. thanks so much for the writeup and for the wonderful advise/conversation. cheers!