Comments on: Grow Where You're Planted

By: Stacey Monk

Stacey Monk — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:52:25 +0000

I love your post. I live in Satellite Beach, FL, having moved back home from San Francisco, a city I really loved, to be near my family who live here. While Satellite Beach hasn’t nearly the amenities, it has the people I love most.

Like you & Baltimore, I’m learning to make the best of this place. I’m finding out now (as you did about DC) that there are likely resources in Orlando that I need to tap into more actively.

Thanks for your post; it’s a brilliant reminder of what I might find if I start to look in my own back yard.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:48:35 +0000

‘Grow where you’re planted’I’ll take that to heart.

May you thrive!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:14:29 +0000

Very wise advice, Aaron. Good to see you’re sticking around and making things work.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:07:52 +0000

@Shana I’d never make you want to leave D.C. intentionally. That said, you’re welcome in Bmore anytime. :-)

By: Shana Glickfield

Shana Glickfield — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:02:45 +0000

Are you trying to get me to come out to Baltimore? Because it’s working. ;) No, we really do have an amazing *and growing* community. Glad you’ve stuck around!

By: Julie, writer Surefirewealth.com

Julie, writer Surefirewealth.com — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:19:38 +0000

I was in my first year of college when I first heard those words. It was during the orientation for us newbies and the student council president then uttered that exact sentence. Grow where you’re planted. I’m from an exclusive all girls school and truth be told, it wasn’t a real choice for me. But I was already there and so I decided to do my best. And I’m proud to say that I have grown a lot. I have acted on opportunities I otherwise might not have done in another school.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:39:24 +0000

You want to buy it, Justin? :)

By: Justin Sailor

Justin Sailor — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:30:09 +0000

i just have to say i like the domain name. wish it was mine.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:51:19 +0000

Michelle- the other community that is tightly defined and family-like is Boston. You have a great group up there. The envy of many other regions.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:48:26 +0000

@gregcangialosi – maybe we should plan NewBCamp Baltimore at Blue Sky in the May-ish time frame? You down to host something?

By: Linda Sherman

Linda Sherman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:51:38 +0000

Aaron, I love the title of this blog. Grow Where You’re Planted. I’ve done the opposite, living in a number of places sometimes at once but I think the same recipe applies. Making the most of where you are. There is always some kind of networking opportunity wherever I am, the smaller the place, the bigger the challenge. I find that when I am in a small place (like Kauai)balancing my off-line relationships with on-line friendships rounds out my experience and keeps conversation I can bring to my small town friends fresh and interesting.

By: Michelle/chelpixie

Michelle/chelpixie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:31:07 +0000

It’s been interesting to note that other people have had similar thoughts lately as myself and come to their own choices about what is best.

For me, I started getting integrated into Boston’s community and have felt at home here for months, something that’s never really occurred to me any place else in the world. So. I’m home.

Looks like you are too.

By: jonny goldstein

jonny goldstein — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:03:12 +0000

@jessie be. here. now. ya hear?

By: Jessie Newburn

Jessie Newburn — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:20:59 +0000

I just used the word “here” at least five times in one blog comment. While not the best writing, I’m taking it (hearing it?) as a sign for myself. HERE. HERE.

By: Jessie Newburn

Jessie Newburn — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:19:07 +0000

Wow, I just heard a new word from @shashib yesterday – coincidensity; perhaps I’m having some here. I have had my own mirrored experience as you articulate yours here … including, of late, deciding to interact with like-minded people here and to “expand local relationships through social technology.” In the last week, I’ve started to feel a shift, as though I’m happy and I want to be here. I want to develop even deeper my relationships and connections. And I feel that the social media component is part and parcel of this shift.

Thanks for your personal reflection. I can see myself here. And, more n’likely, I’ll see you at Dobbin Starbucks real soon.

By: jonny goldstein

jonny goldstein — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:45:54 +0000

Yeah,

Technically, I hate it here too. But that hasn’t stopped me from meeting a ton of awesome people. A year and a half ago, Andy Carvin, Carl Weaver, and I all moved here and, inspired by Steve Garfield’s Boston Media Makers group, we started up DC Media Makers. We found like minded people like Jill Foster and Scott Stead and boom, before we knew it we started connecting to more and more folks. Now with Twitter is like social scene building on crack! Good crack though. It’s actually a lot of fun to grow a scene. You are doing it, we’re all doing it. Group hug!

By: Greg Cangialosi

Greg Cangialosi — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:20:45 +0000

Aaron – Great post and I totally agree. This area is really starting to kick in. Lots of great, interesting people. That said, I am all for hosting more events here in town at BSF HQ in Federal Hill. Looking forward to connecting again soon.

- Greg

By: George Brett

George Brett — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:40:38 +0000

Aaron, in the short time I’ve known you I’d say you’ve done good things bit-wise and atom-wise. Your presentation last week atom-wise in person was stunning. As I told you yesterday I’m still thinking over it and way to apply the ideas to the brand of me and my organization.

Thanks!