Breakfast with Jeff Pulver and friends

Jeff Pulver is hosting a series of open breakfasts with folks who want to sit and chat with him and other attendees. It’s a great concept: no speakers, no agenda, just the chance for conversation to take place naturally - something that breakfast is good for (except everybody is still waking up). I went to the Miami breakfast this morning.

We had about twelve people at our breakfast. Many people knew each other already, but everybody was happy to talk to those of us who were newbies as well. Some pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adc/tags/smbmiami/show/ Good, creative, entrepreneurial folks - a real find in the Miami area (which is a bit dry of technophiles compared to, say, Boston, New York, or the Bay Area).

It’s an interesting challenge trying to get the word out about the MyVox API. How do you best reach developers, and show them you have something truly useful? Developers are typically very busy, skeptical folks who typically get a lot of their information through outlets that set a very high bar… precisely because they cater to skeptical, busy people. It can be difficult to demonstrate relevance when you are relatively unknown (as opposed to an API from, say, Flickr, or Facebook, or Google). There are many answers to how we are trying to tackle this problem, but breakfasts like this represent one angle; a better version of the same is BarCamps, where you have a concentrated group of developers who are there precisely to learn and exchange ideas.

Speaking of, I will be attending BarCampMiami on Feb. 28th, where MyVox is a sponsor. Will you be there? If so, seek me out!