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Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

netspencer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:44:11 -0000

The post was amazing. It's exactly what I needed to read to help me put this whole thing into perspective.

Talk about a wake up call though. Not just for Daniel but for a lot of people including myself.

I wrote about the importance of separating myself from technology back in August. I feel like I haven't exactly followed my own advice.

I used to love riding my bike or just being outside on long walks in nature.

Lately I've kind of abruptly stopped doing all the cool (non-tech) things I used to do. I plan on starting to spend more time out in the real world again.

http://spncr.me/bubble

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

rbucich — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:33:19 -0000

Sorry for the double post, got a verification message from Disqus on first try. I'm not up on his current leanings for or against college but I hope this pushes him into the "for" camp if he wasn't already. Play his cards right and he'll emerge OK.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

adamjackson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:54:45 -0000

thank you Rick for the comment. I know that I'm just another outside party throwing in his two cents but this issue affects more people than Daniel and I hope parents and kids can learn from the situation.

have a great weekend.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

rbucich — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:23 -0000

This is the best expressed (and most in perspective) post I've seen on the subject. I haven't made a mistake as visible or public but they're been there none-the-less and I've learned from them, as will Daniel.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

rbucich — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:37:11 -0000

This is the best expressed (and most in perspective) of anything I've read thus far. Glad to see it written! Thanks!

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

adamjackson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:41:50 -0000

Daniella, your quote at the end was very powerful. Thank you.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

twitter-27334644 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:51:53 -0000

I really appreciate this post. With all the ridiculous hashtags and conversation on Twitter talking about Teens in Tech this weekend, implying that maybe it will be awkward or that the morality of speaking/attending should be questioned, I have started to wonder: do I really live in a society of so many blame-free people? I know, I myself, have made mistakes in my life, as has everyone - it is just that I was fortunate enough not to be famous. If anyone asks me what I think about the situation, all I will say is, "He doesn't need anybody's permission for a second chance, just as you don't need his." Thanks, Adam.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

adamjackson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:37:18 -0000

Tanya. I wanted to thank you specifically for stopping by and leaving a comment. As a parent, you're having a huge affect on the next generation and amidst very tough times with technology constantly beating on the door.

Thanks so much for contributing.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

tanyanoel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:12:33 -0000

Adam, thank you so much for writing this. As a parent raising two teen boy's (son & nephew) here in the heart of Silicon Valley, could not have expressed these sentiment's any better or clearer. Thanks, again, and I wish Daniel all the best.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

twitter-1716401 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:08:02 -0000

If you're an old fogie, what's that make me?

He'll be terribly embarassed for the next few days, but it'll blow over. I imagine he's learned his lesson and then some.

Great post, btw.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

obviouslybenhughes — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:07:45 -0000

Very nice.

I'm going to print that list and make additions/annotations. It's one that most people should make an effort to accomplish.

Living without failure is living without excitement or room to change. Hopefully Daniel can come away from the experience seeing the other side - the one where experiences shape the person you eventually become.

Re: Wait. A Teenager Made a Mistake? Wow. I’m Astonished!

JustinLeung — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:58:27 -0000

Very insightful take on what we all should learn from this incident. I'm actually glad that I didn't get into the industry before doing most of the things on the list. I've grown up a lot and am getting into the industry as someone who's got my feet in lots of other subjects. I'm hopeful that many other teens can use this as a learning experience and been a kid. I still am, never loose that.

Re: I’m Thankful For my Friends…

claire_sf — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:04:06 -0000

and another WOW Adam... thank you for taking the time to write and share that. it's been a while since i've seen a blog post as inspiring as this one, and just as i come crawling back out of the woodwork, too...nice! :)

Re: I’m Thankful For my Friends…

JustinLeung — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:23:42 -0000

Thank you Adam. Your friendship really means a lot to me. You have been my friend when most of my other friends have moved away to college. You have taught me a lot about life and business and I love our midnight work sessions at the Marriott. I hope we stay good friends for a very long time.

Re: I’m Thankful For my Friends…

danielbru — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:18:02 -0000

Wow, thank you Adam! I really appreciate you writing this post, and including me, as well as all the others! It's great to have you in SF :)

Re: I’m Thankful For my Friends…

AbbiV — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:06:41 -0000

Wow Adam! Totally unnecessary but appreciated nonetheless- thanks! And let's not forget how friendly & helpful YOU are- from the benefit you organized for Liana to Adam's Block to websites like Macworld Bound for newbies to SF & countless other ways you have always lent a helping hand to the different communities that you are a part of, be it the Mac community, Twitter community or your local neighborhood. I know all of the people you've mentioned above and I'm sure they will say the same about you :-)

I'm glad you made the move to SF; we need more thoughtful, soulful & responsible people like you in the Bay Area- it's not all about partying you know, anybody can do that O:-)

Take care and see you next week!

Re: Someone Gave me An Award…

twitter-14247432 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:38:04 -0000

Adam, that is so amazing! Congrats and you are not dreaming.. I think the pictures tell a thousand words. You speak of it so nonchalantly, which is just another characteristic of yours that speaks volumes to others. When I started following you on twitter, I knew good thing were going to happen for you. Sure you had some ups and downs, who hasn't!!
I was going to ask you about the picture you were tagged in on facebook, but never got a chance... I guess this answers my question!

once again, CONGRATS!

@Femaleprodigy

Re: Someone Gave me An Award…

waynesutton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:27:21 -0000

Congrats Adam

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

adamjackson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:17:47 -0000

Hi there. Thanks for the link to my post and for replying.

I do tweet a lot. Some things need to change. I really appreciate you following me and replying. Happy holidays to you.

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

adamjackson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:17:10 -0000

Hi Shedata. I remember that as well. Happy Holidays. I'm so happy to have had your support for all of these years.

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

Shedata — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:07:36 -0000

Awwwww.... I remember well, your first Macworld! Saw a young man destined to go places in life, so to speak. It’s fine to wear your heart on your sleeve! Nice posting!

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

1indienation — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:53:51 -0000

I think people are scared to show their true emotion and observations online without coming across as too much this way or that way. People pleasers = more followers. suddenly to be transparent you have to be the nicest person when IRL you are a douche. Getting burnt out on social media happens, I am sure a lil time away and you will be ok. I did notice you tweeted a lot, more than me and I think I tweet alot but I have slowed down some.

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

seanwf — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:47:23 -0000

Good point Adam. You could always start using the API to archive a copy of all of your tweets for your own personal perusing :-)

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

adamjackson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:25:33 -0000

Thanks Sean. I remember finding this a while go. The reason why this tool is completely, for lack of a better word, "worthless" is because it only looks at the last 100 tweets (similar to twiterstats). Therefore, it only covers the last day or couple of days of my tweets.

I wish there was a tool out there that could analyze my entire stream and gauge my happiness by month or week up to 3 years ago but that's not available because of the limits Twitter puts on the API.

Re: A Short Post on How I’m Doing…

seanwf — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:22:55 -0000

An analysis of you simply based off your tweets:

http://tweetpsych.com/?name=adamjackson