Tampa Bay’s “Scenius” and 813 Tech Day

813 Tech Day happens in Tampa this Thursday, and whether you plan to attend (I’ll be at the Hotel Haya and Sapphire events) or observe from afar, keep this word in mind: Scenius. What is scenius? Scenius is a portmanteau of the words scene and genius, and it was coined by musician, music producer, and visual artist Brian Eno to describe the extreme creativity that groups, places, or “scenes” can generate. Eno came up with the term as a way of countering the pervasive myth of the Lone Genius: the idea that innovation comes from a small, select set of Chosen Ones. Brian Eno. Creative Commons photo by Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO). Tap the image to see its source. Here’s an expanded definition of scenius, courtesy of Eno: “Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of the concept of the genius.” …I thought that originally those few individuals who’d survived in history – in the sort-of “Great Man” theory of history –…