Hey, I built a Choose Your Own Adventure Twitter game!
…And it’s alive. Tweet “start” @othrnrml to play, and copy/paste your chosen answer – minus the a) or b) part – to continue the game. If you win, you get a free copy of Ned Vizzini‘s latest book, The Other Normals, “about a kid in summer camp who falls into a fantasy world. But it’s … Read more
It’s not a favor. It’s for Paragon points.
Need help? My default setting is “yes,” a real curse when I’ve promised myself yet again to avoid extra chores and folks under the gun asking for “just one more favor, pretty please?” Maybe it’s a nurtured impulse to always, fucking always, do the right thing, or maybe it’s just an ego-driven need to be … Read more
It’s some big, big, big, big news: WeWork Labs San Francisco
I’m dizzyingly happy to announce big things: pre-incubator and NYC startup stomping grounds WeWork Labs is expanding to San Francisco under my and my colleagues Seth Blank and Dave Nugent‘s direction and curation. We’re extremely excited to build this community of early stage startups, tech peeps, and associated magic makers including designers, biz dev folks, … Read more
So, I quit my job. Now what?
Tomorrow is my last day after two and a half years at UBM TechWeb. I’ve marketed and supported some of the largest and best known tech events during my time here; worked with a kick ass team of marketers, event directors, analysts, developers, PR peeps, writers, artists, sales folks, and big personalities; and learned from … Read more
New Year’s resolutions I have a good chance of not completely ignoring
A fool’s errand: trying to squeeze all that you want to become onto a full plate of New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I’m taking a more measured approach – choosing things I know how to take baby steps to get to, or have already begun. Such as… Surf’s up, more often A bad day of surfing … Read more




