Taking the ‘Chris Brogan’ challenge

by Brad Grier on May 28, 2007

in Doing, Marketing, On the web, Social Media

Well, not really a challenge, but more of an opportunity to flesh out my About page a bit by adding to it in a format that Chris suggests.

A Quick Sketch Biography of Brad Grier

The thing most people know me for is...

likely my passion for things technological. Yeah, I'm a bit of a geek; I must be if I've hacked my Xboxen into media centres, have built my wife a new computer, and am managing a Ubuntu server farm as a hobby. And some people know me from the two cute girls I often hang out with :-)

The people I associate the most with are¦

my wife, the neighbours, my geocaching group, clients, past/present coworkers

People who have influenced my life are...
parents, wife, and a few select coworkers/mentors

One challenge I took on and overcame was...
setting up and managing an E3 booth for a local video games developer -- and winning awards for it.

My early years, before you probably got to know me were¦
filled with photography, technology, television (on the tech side). Go figure.

You might not know this, but ¦
I like air planes - warbirds.

I'm passionate about¦
Social Media. It's so cool when technology can extend the conversation, enabling new perspectives and allowing participants who wouldn't normally be part of the conversation.

In the next year or two, I hope to¦
get better at writing & photography, expand my client base, have more fun!

All right, that's my bio...what about yours? Post yours and like Chris, I'll read it too...I'm always curious who reads this stuff :-)

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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Chris Brogan... May 28, 2007 at 5:21 pm

Cool bio! Can you talk more about the game booth? What will you do to make it an award win­ning booth? I loved your bio. War­birds. I don’t know enough by name to relate 100%, but I sure like them. Any par­tic­u­lar types or time­frames that appeal to you?

Best to you,

–Chris…

2 Brad Grier May 28, 2007 at 8:13 pm

Hi Chris, thanks for stop­ping by :-)

Game booth: Game was Nev­er­winter Nights — developer BioWare. We had a 10×10 space in Ken­tia hall. 4 walls and a door. We set up two demo sta­tions, pro­jector, announ­cer sta­tion and 10 seats (with food/beer/etc) for the press. We ran it non stop for 3 days, 1 hour present­a­tions for press and fans. Close, per­sonal, intimate…everyone raved about the presentation.

War­birds: I’m a Spit­fire fan, but pretty much any­thing from the 30s and 40s gets me going :-) Need more air­shows in this neck of the woods.

Brad

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