The other day, I met with Kyle Graham of Ambidupdate.com. We were meeting to talk a little business, but he had asked me ahead of time if he could do a quick interview. Of course I said yes. He used his new Flip Video to record this interview of me outside of a Chili’s in Tampa, FL.

Now, Kyle’s service allows people with little to no experience editing their own website to make edits to their website. His audience is made up of people who own and run their own sites, so in this interview I am giving some inside knowledge on how I have managed to build up PCMech to the point that it is today.

Continued

Disclaimer: This is entirely in the idea phase at this point. Nothing has yet been done to organize this.

OK, we had an idea. And the more we think about it, it seems like a really good idea. That idea is to have PCMech be behind the organization of a cool tech conference that will take place on the East coast, likely right here in the Tampa Bay area.

Now, I have had some of the regulars at PCMech suggest this a few times. I simply haven’t done anything about it. Organizing a tech conference isn’t exactly easy. I’ll probably go gray in the process, but if I find the right help I can pull it off.

So many tech conferences take place on the other side of the country. For some reason, the field of tech seems to just LOVE California. Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area are really popular areas for tech. You also have some big companies up in Washington State and the Seattle area. As a result, we see a lot of tech conferences get organized on the West coast.

Well, us East coast people then are compelled to fly all the way across the country. I’ve done it and I’ll do it again (perhaps even soon), but it sucks. There are techies over here in the East, too.

So, the idea is to set up a tech conference. Rich and I even had the idea of trying to do it at the Hard Rock hotel and Casino here in Tampa. That would kick ass, but I haven’t even made the first phone call and don’t even know if the venue would work.

Here Is The Question

I want to hold an informal survey. Here is what I want to know:

1. What kinds of things and/or subject matter would you be interested in at a tech conference?
2. Would you be willing to travel to Florida for it?
3. Would you be willing to pay an admission fee? (I would most definitely have costs to cover here)

I know many of PCMech’s readers would need to travel far to get to Florida. Some worse than others. But, let me tell you one thing: The Tampa Bay area beats the pants off some of the cities I have gone to for conferences. We’ve got sun, beaches, palm trees, lots of night life, you name it.

Alright, so post a comment on this post and let me know your thoughts.

Hopefully this post made sense. I’m typing this after a really long day recording videos for PCMech University (coming early next week).