about 3 months ago - 4 comments
A few weeks ago I had an interesting conversation amongst friends in the dark corner of a Chinatown Bar.
Of all things one could discuss on a Saturday night at 1a.m. we got to chatting about, well, chatting. Specifically, on voicemail, e-mail, IM, SMS, FB and Twitter.
Leave it to the nerds.
As biggest nerd ever, I thought More >
about 6 months ago - No comments
I could be a better decision maker. There, I’ve said it. Not that I’m totally indecisive or stubborn, but sometimes I just have a hard time prioritizing. I’m the type who used to say yes to almost anything – I blame the Second City improv training that taught us the concept of “yes…and”.
If you asked More >
about 9 months ago - 1 comment
For this year’s Coachella Music Festival – a holiday of sorts for Los-Angelenos in the music industry – I chose to forgo the long lines, blistering heat and nutty ravers to spend a weekend of leisure in the desert area. And of course hit some pool parties along the way.
I think the decision to sit More >
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
For the second year in a row my cousins and I are participating in our annual holiday gift exchange.
We prefer to take the “white elephant” approach, playing a game whereby each participant brings a wrapped gift within a set budget. The gift can be anything – new, used, nostalgic, silly, practical.
We draw numbers to determine More >
about 11 months ago
It’s mostly banal chatter. However it does keeps one loosely connected to all the things people we know are doing, people we don’t really want (or can) take the time to talk to, get together with or actually exchange something meaningful with.
But it can do some things important like this: The LA Weekly has an article this week about how Facebook/Twitter helped defeat Prop. B, a solar panel boondoggle that lost by the slimmest of margins. So hooray for that.
I actually like Facebook/Twitter because it gives potential competition something else to do instead of something meaningful like having a website that creates change. The sheep are self-medicating and I like sheep to stay off the road and outta my way!
Your long-form essays should be quite interesting considering your web-related work and the fact you are a smart writer. Bring it on!