I’m a member of the GenX generation (born 1961-1981). We’re a generation that doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about problems, asking for permission, or waiting for others to agree and unite about what to do. We’re a generation that understands there is a lot of onerous, detailed work to do and that other generations typically don’t care to do this work. So, we just do what needs to be done. Much of this work is astoundingly geeky, detailed and anything-but-sexy; it’s the kind of work that rarely garners awards or celebratory acknowledgement.
So, it’s been with a piqued curiosity and fascination that I’ve witnessed the regional geeks come together and gather in larger and more public environments for “doing good” together. The most explicit example of this coming together is Digital Capital Week, a large-scale project coming out of the creative minds of Peter Corbett, CEO of istrategylabs; Jen Consalvo of Shiny Heart Ventures; and Frank Gruber, of Tech Cocktail and Shiny Heart Ventures.
