In Business

Changes this summer

July 16, 2007

After nearly three years on the farm, Brian and I have decided to hang our saddles up on the barn wall. Go Farm is shutting down, and I am starting a new position with a local firm here in Beverly Hills (to be named shortly). I have been working for myself for the better part of seven years, after leaving my post as creative director of Media Temple back in the day. I had a brief stint down at Juxt in Orange Country, but have been on my own (or with a partner) for a long time now. And I have to tell you, I’m a bit apprehensive about working for someone else.

I’m leaving for Italy in about 18 hours to see one of my best friends off into marriage, and when I get back, I have about 3 days until I start the new gig. That being said, I’m going to be completely forthcoming about the variables in my decision, and about the things that went through my head. In no particular order, here are a few of the thoughts, both pro’s and con’s:

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In Travel

Thailand

June 29, 2007

Don’t have a whole lot of time to write, so this is just a short update to say that Thailand is fantastic, the food is great (albeit interesting at times), and definitely relaxing. We’re going out for the day right now, and having dinner later with my old friend Piti, who used to work with [...]

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In Personal

Bachelor party recap

June 3, 2007

It’s comforting to me that I can recount my bachelor party with full recollection, free of regret, and with a story lacking all conventional the seemingly requisite strip clubs, decadence and chicanery. No fights. No strippers. No blood.There were plenty of guts shared. Emotions revealed. Prayers given freely and graciously. And damn, my ass got roasted…

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In Personal

Morning drive meanderings

June 1, 2007

When you drive for an hour each way to work every day commuting, your mind wanders. The drive is nearly the same each day, except for lane changes, dodging poor drivers’ maneuvers, and stops for gas, etc. Your mind starts to attach itself to thoughts, instead of concentrating on how to get to your destination, [...]

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In Personal

My lady

May 21, 2007

I tell ya’ man, I’m lucky. Four weeks from now, I’ll be married, Insha’allah. (If you haven’t met my fiancee Folake, or heard about her, I’ll tell you in a minute.) I’d say that four weeks is still a good ways off, but the last 9 months of engagement have kinda screamed along. Perhaps that’s due to the fact that six of those months have been spent preparing for a little one. As it is, June 16th is the day I’ve been preparing for my entire life.

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In Career

Grammar and effective communication

May 14, 2007

I’ve always been very particular about grammar. Sentence structure, punctuation, appropriate usage, correct spelling, rules and guidelines; these things have alway stuck out to me as supremely important. That isn’t to say that I don’t break the rules from time to time, purposefully, and even by accident occasionally, to boot.

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In Misc

Peter in Kauai

May 14, 2007

Our friend Peter, the master visual storyteller has done it again. I am sufficiently bummed out to be sitting here behind my desk working due to checking out one of his photos on my morning run through my feeds. My friends’ photos feeds come to me on my phone, and then I’m on the computer [...]

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In Design

Portfolio: Steve Mason

April 26, 2007

Steve Mason You may not know Steve. But you know Steve’s work. You may think that other people started trends, but I’ll bet you Steve did it first. There are so many things that I’ve seen people geek over in the last few years that I saw Steve doing years prior. The guy is nuts. [...]

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In Personal

Movie review: Cinderella Man

April 25, 2007

I’m a romantic. I’m also an athlete at the heart. It makes for embarrassing scenes sometimes, like when you find yourself tearing up at The Legend of Bagger Vance or really any movie where the ending builds in a frenetic crescendo to this ultimate winning sequence. Like the ending of Rudy…forget about it. So, put [...]

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In Personal

Back in Cali

April 8, 2007

We just got back to BH 90212 after a 10-day wedding planning trip in Maryland. We have all of the major details set, and most of the smaller ones as well. There are of course a few loose ends, but since the trip was supposed to knock out all of the major stuff, we accomplished [...]

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