If you've seen it, or have the soundtrack, you'd get it.
All in It's My Life
Do you know how hard it is to get a bike on a rush hour express train? I was halfway...couldn't go back.
Just FYI, I'll be heading to SXSW Interactive on the weekend of March 9th.
It looks like I'll be arriving late Friday night and staying through Monday.
If anyone wants to meet up, let me know... I've set up a wiki page for me to keep track of what I'm going to... I'll add more as I get closer. Please feel free to add your name if you want to meet up. The password is fordham. Does anyone know when they're actually going to post the times of these workshops? Do they run all morning in tracks repeatedly or are they just given once?
I buy Gilette Good News razors...have been for years. My dad uses them, so they were the first ones I tried.
Duane Reade knows this, because I use their loyalty card, so Gilette bought the opportunity to send me a free Fusion five blade razor.
If it works, both companies will know about it.
They didn't ask to use my data, but I'm glad they did. Next time I shave my head, I'll let you know how it goes.
So, for some reason, I'm a little more conscious of being alone this year, even though its actually a rarity that I'm actually dating someone on Valentine's Day.
Being so swamped with work lately, I started to think that maybe what I'm looking for in the woman of my dreams is the same as what I look for in a good social Web 2.0 app.
Hear me out!
1) First off, low barrier to usage. I don't see myself registering and giving all my data beforehand. Whoever I wind up with is going to slowly seep into my life and get me hooked over time. Call it the New Dating Deal.
2) SMS and IM notifications... I really hate the phone, so she's going to need short form message capability.
3) Voice enabled... She needs to be outspoken, especially to be able to talk over and interrupt me. I get very excited about what I'm into and can too easily drown someone who is too quiet, even if I'm really interested in them and want to know about them.
4) Doesn't require too much money. I'm lucky that my career has kept me in a comfortable living situation, but I've never taken any of it for granted. She should appreciate whatever she has and be able to make do in rich times and in poor. Money doesn't buy happiness or a successful startup necessarily.
5) Uses AJAX...Small superficial changes should not require her to completely refresh her pages...she should be able to change on the fly without a lot of fuss...go with the flow
6) Tagging... She shouldn't easily fit into one static category...she can have many seemingly random traits and be many things to many people.
7) Open APIs... She plays well with others and is selfless and giving.
8) Uses OpenID...She's true to who she is in all situations.
9) Skinnable... She can dress up for a party and lounge around in PJs with no makeup and feel comfortable and functional in either attire.
10) Rounded corners. I'll be honest...I like a few curves in both my dates and my Web 2.0 app UIs.
So first off, I'm so tired right now... Its 3AM in my world, yet West Coast time is only midnight. Couple that with the fact that I'm only on 5 hours sleep that finished around 5:45 AM this morning, and, well... sleepy sleepy soon.
But I did want to share a few thoughts...
First off, Jamba is like at least 20% cheaper here. I think that singlehandedly explains the difference in startup activity.
Second, why didn't anyone tell me that MikeCrunch was so tall? First time I met him in person and I couldn't help but stand on my toes a little... and I'm 5'11''.
Third, the sandwich I just bought only cost me $4 but it took like 25 minutes to make. CA: Cheap and slow. NY: Expensive and fast. I guess you get what you pay for.
Four, I really hate turbulence. Left right, not so bad. Up down, not so good. I nearly tore off the arm rest, Total Recall style.
My blog has a post on February 8th, 2004, but actually, I really didn't "get it" until April 8, 2004, when I left a comment on VentureBlog... my first blog comment on the blog of someone who was doing this as a somewhat professional exercise. Up until then, I didn't know that anyone was blogging anything other than relationship issues and their trips to Cancun.
I was just looking for a reason to keep writing... because I had written a book for college freshmen that never really went anywhere because it never got published. One day, I'll e-book it or something.
Who knew what it would turn into.
I don't know the best way to celebrate a blogiversary, so I'll just do some highlights from the last year of blogging... my favorite posts and some red letter days.
So, let's see....
I changed jobs... that was probably the biggest thing.
Starting nextNY was huge, too, but that was sort of an accident. I'm very lucky to have met all the people I have from this group. Watch out for these people this year... I think they're primed to make a very big impact on NYC.
I broke up with television. This post was funny, but only I seemed to think so. This one, too. Kerri and I got attacked by a bird at USV.
I debunked Guy's quiz... funny, b/c I'll be seeing him at CommunityNext on Saturday.
I started teaching a class at Fordham, encorporating these how-to intro posts.
I pondered MySpace Tom's death, too... but people seemed more interested in the bird video.
We gave $550 to charity for the Superbowl Wiki... that felt good, as did my Christmas plan.
Oh and the Pillow Fight was fantastic.
So thanks everyone... I appreciate your comments, links, feedback... and offline or digital friendship. May your startups succeed, your posts get tagged and your Voki speak highly of you...soon, very soon.