I do work in digital strategy, that much is certain. But I also try to make people laugh with my sketch group, The Stuff. You might like our first video. There's more coming. You can find us at www.thestuffnyc.com. If you came here via @mikedoe", you rock!
A personal reflection on the last two years: nextNY was really quite helpful. I first heard about nextNY in February 2006 when I was looking for a new job, back when the NY Tech Meetup had fewer than 200 people attending.
Since then I've helped organize a few events, found a new job, and learned a lot of new things. One of those things has been web analytics.
So, I've decided to see who else within nextNY is struggleing with these issues, and what we can learn from each other, for the benefit of clients, financial backers, employees and partners.
Check out the event wiki.
SS: Do you like POM?
me: I can't afford it.
SS: I love it- it's great.
me: Pomegranate- such a frustrating fruit. Those seeds could stain a red sweater.
My sketch comedy group, The Stuff, has its own site up at www.thestuffnyc.com. See us in January at Rififi on 1/19/2008 and probably one or two shows before then.
This NYT piece was an interesting description of Avenue A|Razorfish's consolidated NYC offices, which I have found to be great space for doing fun work.
“The open floor plan allows people to get to know each other informally and helps the motivation process,” said Bob Lord, who is president, East region, for the company, which is based in Seattle and is a division of aQuantive Inc. “Everyone’s productivity skyrocketed.”
While I never worked in the offices the company previously held on Beach St., in TriBeCa, I think our space is great!
So I decided to take the superhero quiz. I'm evidently equally Superman and Ironman. Somehow I always picture myself as less of a good guy in these things...less bound by the morays of society, but Superman is pretty cool, right?
You are Superman
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You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.  |
So, it's my last day. I'm ready to fly- I'm looking forward to the new job so much. I know I will feel fulfilled and challenged and alive working there.
Current song, to be played once an hour: "Leavin on a Jet Plane," Frank Sinatra (can't stand the John Denver version). May possibly be followed by "Fly Me To The Moon."
Some things I've watched or listened to lately:
Showtime's Weeds (all of season 1 and what's out there of Season 2)- Really great and sharp comedy series. Kevin Nealon is excellent.
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral - Very interesting- incredibly passionate guy
Stealth- boy did this suck. Sexual tension thicker than an aircraft carrier's hull, would have been intolerable except for occasional explosions. Sort of like Iron Eagle meets Short Circuit. But not as good as either of them by a long shot.
Mashup of Deep Purple's "Perfect Strangers" and the Beastie Boys "Shake Your Rump" courtesy of Mashuptown's Mashup of the Week Podcast [subscribe]
Flightplan- You don't miss anything if you fast forward through this one.
Me and You and Everyone We Know- weird independent film. Plenty of teenage girl weirdness though the film is focused on the young sons of an up and coming loser and his artist girlfriend.
The Octagon- Delta Force is clearly a much better Chuck Norris movie. This movie's plot is thinner than Kate Moss on a hunger strike. Bad, bad dialogue.
Arena - I love this movie. I have loved this movie since I saw it long ago on cable. I loved it so much I created the wikipedia article on it and added it to the list of movies referencing "Swordfish" as a password. Spaceborne fighting arena with electronic handicapper system pits human unknown against evil looking alien champion. Gambler/Don King analogue tries to fix the fight but human wins the day. It's sort of The Last Starfigher meets Rocky.
I'm back from a semi-vacation in California, where my dad had brain surgery (dad is ok and recovering nicely). I found the time away from the office a mixed blessing. Things family wise were stressful/hectic, and I had to live with the idea that things at the office might be a little helter-skelter without me, but I found the creative juices really flowing.
The lesson: there are plenty of funny things about hospitals. My stand-up act inherited some new jokes, that is for sure.
It was also very interesting to be back in the Bay Area. I was in San Francisco for the bulk of last week, and I was convinced that I would have Wi-Fi everywhere. Not so. The UCSF campus/hospital network was restricted, as were the wi-fi hotspots seemingly run by rogue departments and labs. There were no open access points in the apartment building of a family friend. I suppose that since I've been away, I expected that SF would have been blanketed in wireless access. Maybe we all (er, SF and NYC) have a lot further to go than I thought before we have 100% coverage.
