I recently turned 35. I've had quite a life so far.
Wrote and re-wrote little programs on a library computer every lunch in primary school (it wouldn't save!), "borrowed" my mother Maggie's savings every few years for a brand new PC to feed my BBS/Code/Internet obsession, built and distributed some fun freeware while in high school, ran an Interactive terrestrial and online radio show with my co-host Cassandra, built and ran a web strategy agency with my family and friends Richard and Kerry, built a startup with Ashley, Stephen and Nik, created open standards like APML and Backplane, launched the DataPortability Project with my startup founders + Elias, Daniela, Robert, Ben, Marshall and so many other volunteers, lived at TechCrunch HQ in its formative years (i.e Michael Arrington's home/guest room), co-founded a "Real-time Cloud Services" startup with my friend Khris, curated an amazing network of friends by hosting a series of parties at my SF Loft, lived in a Startup mansion (epic parties, dinners and movie nights) with friends Ben and Hermione while they were the stars of a multi-million dollar reality TV show on Bravo (exec produced by Randi), and been running product for the Uber Developer Platform with my friend Adam + a team of amazing people.
Along the way I've informally advised some great startups and people + made amazing friends like Gema, Todd, Tygh, Ben, Stowe, Gregarious, Jeremiah, Ben, Martin, Julia, Brian, Stephanie, Josh, Michael, Ken, Richard, Chris, Kristie, Werner, Doriane and so many more. I've also dated some of the most beautiful and amazing women I've ever met (I'll spare them the tag). Not quite sure how I got away with that last one.
I should write it down in a book one day. In theory I'd love to write an outline during my upcoming travels. Sadly writing a narrative feels incredibly daunting - especially since my memory is so crap.
On the other hand - a lot of it has been live tweeted and posted on Facebook - so there's lots of raw reference material!
I'd probably call it "Paying Attention". Or maybe "Failing up". Or maybe "Timing: Being early is the same as being wrong".