August 14, 2009
Peter Cooper built the first train, installed the first telegraph cable across an ocean, ran for President, founded and endowed a free world class university, brought peace between Native Americans and western states, and invented Jell-O.
What’s your excuse?
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July 28, 2009
Related (and true) — I got paid $100 to plug the local radio station’s morning show during my high school commencement address.
July 27, 2009
Welcome to the team, Ben. This is going to be even more fun than I previously thought.
July 25, 2009
In December of 1999, Josh and I created CollegeHumor.com on a laptop while DJ’ing an office Christmas party in Baltimore. In December of this year, I will have been running the editorial side of the business for ten years. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, that makes me an expert in dick jokes.
So, with that valuable wisdom in my head, I will be transitioning out of my role at CollegeHumor at the end of the year. Per the above link, I’ll be heading up a new production company for IAC called Notional. I’ll still be involved in CH at a high level, just not the day-to-day. To be honest, the whole team at CH is so amazing right now that I doubt they’ll even notice I left. Notional will produce content for all platforms, but initially specialize in TV shows.
Anyway, more info to come. I’m expecting this to be really challenging – I’ve got a ton to learn. But hopefully it’ll be super fun as well.
July 23, 2009
The lack of barriers to entry in the media business is devaluing media businesses.
The lack of barriers to entry in human interaction, caused by social media, is devaluing personal communication.
Hundreds of “happy birthday” messages sent via facebook turn into more of a nuisance than a joy to receive.
Hi! I'm Ricky. I live in the West Village, New York City, USA.
Professionally-- I am the co-founder of CollegeHumor.com, now I oversee that and a production company called Notional.
Welcome to my web site.
This is where I write about things that excite me. My email is ricky at the aforementioned website.
