zachklein:

When you live in NYC for too long, it’s common to forget what you originally came to do.

I just got back from a weekend up in the Adirondacks — shingling the roof of this new shed, chopping wood to heat a sauna, playing soccer with a big group friends — and it snuck up on me this morning upon waking up in Brooklyn, “Oh yeah, I came here to make $$$ so I could afford to live a peaceful life someplace naturally beautiful, where I can build sheds and play soccer all of the time.”

Folks, this internet shit is really addicting. Let’s spend some more time thinking about why we do it.

this is a powerful lesson my dad taught me a while ago. lots of times in life, you have to endure what you have capacity for in order to create opportunity for the rest of your life.

pile:

(via pmcarthur)

So meta!!!

this is right by my office. happens a lot apparently.

tlc:

You know you are work early when you are watching the sun rise from your office window.

this is the best part of the day.  i relish these moments.

maryrambin:

The Q&A regarding personal branding.

this was a surprisingly good event.  i was on-time and everything until i hopped out of the cab i took down there and promptly realized that it sped away with my phone.  called 311 right away and filed a report.  with things looking grim, i actually was in-line at the 92Y to check-in when kate told me to do the obvious (call my phone - i had my company Blackberry w/ me as well).

with that simple solution, i probably used up all my karma points for the month.  the cabbie answered and told me to meet him a few blocks away.

about 15 minutes late, i slid-in during julia’s talk.  straight-forward tactical branding advice.  while mary watched julia’s dog next to me, loren then made some great points about a brand vs. one’s reputation and persona.  he differentiated himself and his brand.  one is scalable, the other is not.  gary continued a similar trend.  emphatic and expounding some points loren made as well as including some of his own.  very similar to his popular Web2.0 keynote.

afterwards, did an interview for mediabistro on-demand then introduced myself to loren & michelle.  would’ve loved to speak with the ladies but they bolted while julia was doing her on-demand stuff.  also asked gary about a good wine for the woman who doesn’t like wine.

an evening well spent.

DialogueMedia, MWW Group, 2008.

tlc:

My first time at Texas Stadium…was for a PRSA luncheon. Lame.

tracy is probably right on the money w/ this one but i’m still jealous she got to go.  i’m a huge cowboys fan (and atlanta braves - go figure, i live in metro nyc and the only teams i like are the devils & nets).

if PRSA had a luncheon in Giants Stadium (literally right across the street from my office), i’d be underwhelmed.  but back to america’s team.  i was a HUGE Deion “Neon” Sanders fan as a kid and even though i got lots of “front runner” flack for it, i settled with the cowboys & ATL’s finest.