 20050701 Coming up for air.
I have been really busy. Kunal and I are wrapping up Killweek 2.0, which has simply been a long stretch of all-day/all-night working as we prepare to launch a new company project.Before this popped up, we were in a mess moving to our new offices (which occupy the 9th floor of the same building I live in). The other development guys and I moved up first, while remodeling construction was still being completed on the front half of the floor. Now, except for lighting (just dangling bulbs right now) and lots of bare wall space, the office is finished and the 13 of us (up from just 4 at the beginning of the year) are working side by side. All of this swept me up the moment I returned from Nicaragua. So, regrettably, I haven't had the chance to write out the stories I brought home. And I curse myself, because I already feel some of the details dissipating from my recollection. This weekend I am heading out of town to relax in Rhode Island, and I hope to pen the anecdotes there because I am overdue in sharing them. Noteworthy itself, this weekend is the result of a neat circumstance. Jim Nellis, whom I've never met, but reads my blog, sent me an email a few weeks ago during Killweek 1.0 to offer me a week in his Narragansett rental house. In exchange, he asked whether he could swing by for an hour or so each day to 'pick my brain' on topics of his choosing. "Sure," I said. So, me and a bunch of my pals are taking the train over for a few days on the shore. I am excited because I always expected my life to be filled with intimate, interesting transactions like these. What a strange frontier though, where the mention of money would only makes things seem commercial and bland, and instead we trade conversations like pelts for weekend retreats. I just hope he asks more questions about the Internet, and less about professional sports because I don't know too much about them. Anyway, can't wait. Happy holiday. 3
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said... How do you find working in an environment where the whole office is essentially in the same room? I had a similar move and it didn't work out. While I like working side by side with one or two coworkers whose brains are ripe for the occasional picking, the general ambience of a whole office just drove me nuts after awhile. The sound of the phone alone made me mad. I just can't code in that situation -- I need a place with 2 or 3 other quiet people, max. I found that the 'real' work was only getting done after everyone had left for the day leaving us developer's with a quiet office. 11:44 AM said... Narragansett...possibly the only beach spot in New England where the water is actually warm. Make sure to try Iggy's clam shack - there's nothing like fried clams dipped in delicious clam chowder. Overkill is not in my vocabulary. :) Enjoy! 10:43 PM Fink said... Agreed - the steamers are awesome! If you have the time, you should drive down to New Port and go through one of the old mansions - the Great Gatsby was filmed in the one I visited. (and you can rent sail boats there and go to the kite park). 6:53 PM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |