Besides a Maserati, I don’t think I want any other car more. I can’t wait until it comes out this fall. If possible, I may try to pawn off my Accord, pay off the loan, use the rest against a down payment against this baby.
*Update: There’s a response by an insider on the NY Daily News*
*Link to an opinion published over a year ago when (red) launched by Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor at Columbia who is also on the advisory team to Kofi Annan’s Africa council.*
AdAge published “Costly Red Campaign Reaps Meager $18 Million” two days ago and dozens of comments have already flowed in on AdAge - the majority of which are negative towards the (red) campaign. *(red) responds to AdAge article*
Here’s what the article basically pointed out:
Major Themes from the Comments (mostly from professional Marketers):
Personal Opinion
The (red) campaign is an extremely dividing issue but I think it’s important I share my thoughts even if I’m going to get flack. I personally think that the (red) campaign is the wrong way to approach the problems in Africa as pointed out in the Financial Times commentary above. Live 8 and countless efforts to tackle issues in Africa have proven to be futile in many ways due to corruption and focus on care instead of cure and prevention. Anti-viral drugs will help those currently affected but will do little to help those who may be infected in the future. Money would be more effectively spent on prevention and cure.
I caught a glimpse of Guy Kawasaki’s book “The Art of the Start” at my local Barnes and Noble today and decided to give it a quick lookover.
On the cover, Pierre Omidyar, one of the founders of EBay, is quoted as saying “please, read the last chapter first.” So the last chapter is called “The Art of Being a Mensch” which is basically Guy’s advice on how to be ethical, decent and admirable.
It’s a pretty short chapter (3 pages) so the basic idea is:
Help Many People
Focus on What’s Important
Pay Back Society
Pretty pratical advice if you ask me. I can probably work on the first point, and the last point more but I think I’m pretty good about doing what’s right most of the time. The most important part of this chapter is probably the exercise you’re supposed to do:
“It’s the end of your life. Write down the three things you want people to remember about you”
1. To be remembered as a close and trusted friend to those who were kind enough to have shared a friendship with me.
2. To raise a strong loving family (when the time comes)
3. To have lived with no regrets and lived life to the fullest.
And here’s a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson which I find unwavering inspiration in:
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
That is what I would like to be remembered as.
I would like to invite everyone reading to submit their list of 3 things they would like to remembered for and I’ll post them here.
First off, I’m writing this review primarily because I have been a reader of JohnChow.com for a while now and I truly find his posts entertaining (and often educational) and secondly, because he’s offering to link back to this review and hopefully bring me some new readers.
Who is John Chow?
In a nutshell, John is a self-described “dot-com mogul” and he really is. He started the highly popoular TechZone and then went on work on several other online content ventures. John Chow calls his writings “ramblings”, but it’s really not. His posts are coherent, clear, and most of all authentic. John hails from Vancouver, British Columbia (that’s in Canada) and from what I can tell, he’s in his mid-30s, loves cars, food, and life.
JohnChow.com in a Nutshell
John’s first post on his new blog was on December 1st, 2005 so JohnChow.com has been in existence for little over 2 years now. JohnChow.com includes posts about his work, dot-com news, as well as details from his personal life including restaurant reviews, cars, and blogonomics (the economics of running a blog).
In many ways, John is a great example of way the internet has elminated the barriers to entry and has allowed almost anyone who has common sense, smarts, and most of all heart to be successful.
Seth Godin wonders why people continue to blog even when outsiders will hardly ever get a chance to read it. That’s a very critical question for InteractiveDaily which has only recently begun to be updated regularly. Despite my efforts at submitting stories to Digg and Reddit, I haven’t gotten a single comment yet. I’m getting somewhat compulsive at tracking visitors though, I think I visit Google Analytics every hour.
In some ways, I think I write because of the need to write myself “into being” which Lynette Webb at FutureLab wrote about recently.
She quotes Danah Boyd’s essay that “Jenny Sundén (2003) argues that, in order to exist online, we must write ourselves into being. From the flow of text in chatrooms to the creation of Profiles, people are regularly projecting themselves into the Internet so that others may view their presence and interact directly with them. Social network sites take this to the next level because participants there write their community into being through the process of Friending”.
I guess at the end of the day, I’m just looking to validate my existence online through befriending others.
I’m also very excited about the online advertising industry which is experiencing phenomenal growth. Being situated in one of the top agencies in this field helps as well as I’m right in the thick of it, working on campaigns for some major advertisers, thinking about online marketing strategy and actually being able to measure its effectiveness.
So I think the answer to Seth’s question is: Yes, this blog exists even if no one is reading if just for the sake of validating my own existence.
Every man should have a respectable wristwatch that speaks to the type of person they are. A watch adds a touch of class, shows that you’re someone who is attentive to timeliness. This is especially useful for interviews where a watch can be that little “detail” that makes the interviewer think, “this young man must pay attention to time and has a classic sense of style”.
Avoid the bling and go for this season’s classic but stylish black leather strap with a silver face. Make sure your first watch can be worn in different situations and save up to buy 2-3 more for different occasions. Don’t worry about the brand for now if you’re on a budget, I found a great Swatch Irony series watch for $129. If you want something a bit classier and have the means, Breitlings, Omegas, and Oris watches are my picks for initial investments.
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