Srcasm

As I stated way back in “a new direction“, I want to take a look at the people in our lives.  It’s easy to say people like Guy Kawasaki or Gary Vaynerchuk are successful individuals as they help people every day, all across the world.  Whether it’s with starting a new business or choosing the perfect bottle of wine, they have it down.  But this entry (and future ones) will focus on friends, associates and all around awesome people in our world.

The first (read: lucky) individual is Lauren Galanter (blog/Twitter).  Lauren is known around the IndyHall scene because she created the name for our beloved Philly coworking space (That would be, “IndyHall“).  So, I asked Lauren to answer six simple questions pertaining to her life.  She answered them with passion and incredible detail. 

1. Where/how did you grow up?
2. What do you say was the first thing to put you on a course that led you to where you are today?
3. What is your passion and how did you decide to follow your passion?
4. Who/what was the leading factor in how you live your life?
5. What advice would you give to others trying to start their “new” life?
6. What else would you like me to know about you?  Any other comments?

So without further ado, I give you Lauren “The Video Editor/Media Designer/Filmmaker/Videoblogger” Galanter (more…)

I plan on taking a new direction on life.  I’ve been a netsec guy for a while and I enjoy the technology.  I really enjoy working with my hands, designing new systems, breaking into others but I believe that I will have a lot more fun in the startup, entrepeneur and community-driven world.

The big reason for this change is that I love working with people.  I love learning from people, meeting new people, teaching what I can and simply listening to what others have to say.  This is the direction I want my life to go in.  I don’t want to be answering the calls, I want to make them.  I want to take the community head on and learn from what each and everyone of you have to teach.  I want to share what you have to teach to the rest of the world.

That’s why, in addition to starting a new career path very soon, I am also going to start to talk to more people and post what they have to say here, at Srcasm.com.  To start I’m talking to Jason Allum, of RipIt, and his life and how it got him to where he is.  Did you know Jason lived in Japan, built awesome things with his hands and travelled the world?  I didn’t either until I stopped to listen.  I’ll be writing a post outlining who Jason is and will hopefully be getting answers to the questions of (that means the questions from you, the readers).

Live, learn, and be merry.  It’s easy, lets try.