Collision is the first tech conference I’ve ever been to, and when I first got there I wasn’t feeling all that great to begin. Between a mild hang over and being completely dehydrated, I was pretty overwhelmed by the enormity of the whole event. Right off the bat, when you walk in the door there are hundreds of start up booths visible with large crowds of people congregating around them. How could one person see them all in two days? It’s just not possible. After a short while of being there, I eventually fell into a groove of simply cruising around and letting my intuition and the flow of the crowd guide me. Essentially, I was surrendering myself to the energy of the conference. Continue reading this post ->

At the Collision Conference this week, You Are A CEO is be showcasing their new online community that allows user to achieve, share, and celebrate personal goals using gamification as a motivator. Currently, the You Are A CEO website has 5,000 beta users and is to reward you for daily achievements in your health, relationships, finances, and career while providing the opportunity to motivate and give accolades to others. The online community was created to harness the power of habit reinforcement to help you take charge of all aspects of your life because you are the CEO of your life.

Developed by founder by Michael E. Parker, You Are A CEO was developed to help people consistently achieve, while encouraging others to do the same. The concept is built on findings from behavioral scientists that to achieve personal goals requires motivation, small wins, and positive reinforcement. You Are A CEO has been developed as a positive gathering place where members forge positive habits for achievement as well.

“Collision is a great forum to announce You Are A CEO, since our social media startup is the first of its kind to bring social media and gamification together to enable personal achievement,” said Parker. “With You Are A CEO, we have created an online environment to help shape your thoughts and actions to stay focused on achieving. It all starts with how you think, which impacts how you feel and what you actually do. I spend my time inspiring others to be their best in business and their personal lives. Through You Are A CEO, we have developed a forum where we can inspire each other to achieve any goal and have fun while doing it.”

From all the crew on PocketFullOfApps, we want to congratulate them on their launch and progress thus far, and we hope they continue to grow and do well. Overall though, this is just a small slice about the news for You Are A CEO at Collision Conference, so we highly recommend you check out their website for all the details. Continue reading this post ->

Collision Conference

Today kicks off the first day of Collision Conference, a sister conference to the super popular Web Summit. Unlike Casual Connect or MacWorld, Collision Conference is strictly technology focused and there’s not a ton of apps or games here. That being said though, this time along we have brought our very own Josh Pasholk along to cover the event as well and for him to give his take on the conference.

Overall for day one it has been pretty exciting, yet overwhelming at the same time. With Collision being only a two day conference, it’s hard to jam everything into that short amount of time. At the moment we’ll do our best to have photos and updates throughout the day, however, you can expect most of the content to be after the conference hours or later on in the week.

If you happen to be at Collision or want to meet up, feel free to reach out to us on Twitter, or contact Josh Pasholk directly. Continue reading this post ->