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January 30, 2009

“A bad job at a great place”

I’ve been giving this advice to graduates who ask me for help with career stuff, though Sam just put it pretty succinctly.

January 28, 2009

Go Deacs!

Go Deacs!

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Mad Libs Men… one of those “I hope people besides us will be into this” videos.

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January 26, 2009

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January 23, 2009

MTV Spot: “Ice Cream and Models”

We did about ten takes of this. I ate so much ice cream that I felt sick afterwards.

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Actual screenshot from “Far Cry 2.” (In-game ad unit) Hilarious.

Actual screenshot from “Far Cry 2.” (In-game ad unit) Hilarious.

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January 22, 2009

Streeter just passed this along for my “uncecessary quotation marks” collection.
… and Will contributed this.

Streeter just passed this along for my “uncecessary quotation marks” collection.

… and Will contributed this.

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January 21, 2009

This picture reminds me of something I’ve been occasionally pondering lately — experience vs. capture. Notice not one of the kids in this photo has their eyes on the President and his wife (woah, that felt good to type), but on the tiny LCD screen on the back of their camera. Are they missing out on anything? When all is said and done, what’s a lifecast worth on a deathbed?
I think we’re going to start seeing this go one step further over the next few years, with documentation leading experience, instead of the other way around like it’s been forever. People will choose what activities they do in the physical world based on how it will appear to their friends in the virtual world via their Twitter/Tumblr/Flickr/Facebook/etc.
Pics or it didn’t happen, indeed.

This picture reminds me of something I’ve been occasionally pondering lately — experience vs. capture. Notice not one of the kids in this photo has their eyes on the President and his wife (woah, that felt good to type), but on the tiny LCD screen on the back of their camera. Are they missing out on anything? When all is said and done, what’s a lifecast worth on a deathbed?

I think we’re going to start seeing this go one step further over the next few years, with documentation leading experience, instead of the other way around like it’s been forever. People will choose what activities they do in the physical world based on how it will appear to their friends in the virtual world via their Twitter/Tumblr/Flickr/Facebook/etc.

Pics or it didn’t happen, indeed.

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January 20, 2009

Editing the show.

Editing the show.

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Hi! I'm. 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.

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