It's an ages-old saying: "If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

I'm here to answer that question with a resounding, "Yes."

Take Orlando's tech community, for example. In recent weeks and months, we have seen successes that have made this one of the hottest tech communities around. Coverage of Stax, Home Lending Pal and Fortress Information Security has been extensive. However, even as great news outlets like Orlando Business Journal trumpet our victories with its relatively new "Orlando Inno" product, there still are some news items that fall under the radar.

I'm here to say that is a good thing.

It's not that news outlets are not constantly connected to the community, doing what they can to learn of the latest news. Heck, I have been doing that under the radar for my own news outlet. But when an ecosystem starts to flourish and news seemingly comes at 1,000 miles an hour, it'll definitely take more than a couple of outlets to keep up. In fact, the best tech ecosystems are those that have so much good news happening that the outlets can't keep up.

It's why we want to throw our Lab3 blog into the mix as an outlet that shares the community's wins. We want to be a resource for the community, as well, with future plans that we will announce soon. It would be counter-productive for a community our size to position something like this as even 0.1% competitive with the ones already doing the work.

No, instead, this is an unofficial partnership, as far as we are concerned.

In the near future, we'll highlight the principals that launched this in the interest of transparency. You might know Kyle Morrand, John Laster, and Troy Murray from their involvement in Orlando tech. But, for now, we want to hear about and share your wins. We want you to join us as we build this into a community-driven effort.

There is more news ahead in the coming months about Lab3, how you can get involved, how we plan to integrate ourselves seamlessly into the community and how we hope to grow the volume of our tech community. For now, however, let us know how we can help amplify your story.