Carrier Pigeon: June
It's time to introduce a new OKSMM Feature: Carrier Pigeon! This is an idea for a regularly-recurring audio segment / podcast. So I need you to send me a question, comment, or story. Could be a comment about video games, music, movies, San Francisco weather, or design. Could be a question about Okay Samurai/Dave, Portfolio Center, or Minor Studios. Basically, anything and everything you want to ask about or share that somehow relates to the crap usually talked about here. Just make sure to include your name and where you're from, and keep it clean. After this weekend, I'll take everything and put together a full-length program with responses, so you'll be able to download it and listen to it on your ipod or computer for the morning commute or a boring work day. If this works, I'll try to do one every couple of months...so what direction it takes is completely up to you guys.
You can send your messages two ways: either mailing it to pigeon@okaysamurai.com in writing or (even better) as an audio attachment, or by recording an audio message on Odeo. As an added bonus, the person with the most original and creative message/question/comment will get a $15 iTunes gift card. You have until midnight on next Sunday, July 1...hope to hear from you soon!
Monday, June 25 at 5:32 PM
40 Hours Back in New York
The NABJ conference went exceptionally well in New York this weekend, and special thanks to Caleb for the great opportunity. April and I stayed in the Philippe Starck-designed Hudson Hotel, which was pretty cool: small but functional rooms, and nice places to explore like a private park and sky terrace. We spent the remainder of our short trip in the city hanging out with Portfolio Center friends Alison / Katie / Sarah / Allen, and having dinner with UVA friends Julie and Dan as well...thanks to everyone for taking the time to meet up with us.
Sunday, June 24 at 8:53 PM
Back on Solid Ground
"The news is flowing like mud over there at Okay Samurai," said my former instructor Chris Doherty last week while we were catching up in Atlanta. Luckily the busy travel month of June is dying down, so hopefully I'll be back on track soon.
The HOW Conference early last week in Atlanta was a great experience. My session, Self Promotion and Portfolios in the Digital Age, was on Monday afternoon. It started out with a couple of early self-promotion stories, including the time I ran (and lost) the race for student government president in elementary school, as well as some old Okay Samurai concert memories. I was a nervous wreck making last-minute changes in the morning, but seeing several familiar faces in the audience that afternoon helped things go a lot smoother - thanks Sam, John, Gillian, Mason, and everyone else who showed up. It was a great crowd, and I was happy with how the presentation went. Monday evening marked the AIGA SEED awards, where I was lucky to run into a few more old Atlanta friends, and Okaydave was lucky to win an interactive award. The HOW Conference was impressive overall, and I'm glad I was able to catch a few sessions and meet so many talented people. It was also great to return to Atlanta in general; Peachtree traffic hasn't changed much, but I did get a chance to quickly drop by Portfolio Center.
Before Atlanta, April and I enjoyed Cori's wedding in New York, which ended up with a beautiful reception at the Boathouse in Central Park (personal highlight: milk and cookies to compliment the wedding cake). The weekend before the wedding, we enjoyed our 5-year college reunion back at UVA in Charlottesville; it was good to catch up with old friends in familiar locations around grounds, and everyone seemed to be doing well. After Atlanta, my sister graduated from high school back in Fairfax VA, so it was nice to spend time with her and my family, of course including some celebratory Wii bowling and WarioWare competitions.
Good to be back in SF; we're moving offices this week so I'm excited to settle into the new place. It's only a few blocks away from our current office, and has some nice views - my windows (quite appropriately, I think) look down on a school's rooftop playground below. I wonder if we could fit a sandbox and slide in the new space too...
Photos from the past few weeks are here. Unfortunately, I was so preoccupied during HOW that I didn't take many shots in Atlanta; if anyone out there has something from last Monday's presentation, please let me know...
Monday, June 18 at 10:24 AM
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