Pleasure and Pain

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Entries Tagged as 'Digressions'

My 2011 Holiday Gift Guide of Pleasurable Experiences

December 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Digressions

Stuff is cheap, in the long run. At the end of our days, we’re not likely to remember the things we acquired as much as the moments we experienced. This holiday season, reconsider the packaged goods you’re intending to buy for the people you love. Instead, design an experience for them they’ll never forget. Here’s [...]

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I’m Not Cool

October 27th, 2011 · 49 Comments · Community, Digressions

Two weeks ago, I bit the bullet and moved to Brooklyn. To my Manhattanite parents, this is a betrayal of epic proportions. To my childhood friends, I’ve lost my mind. But to the web community, what the hell took me so long? I’ll tell you. It’s quite simple really. I’m not cool. The same week [...]

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Business or Pleasure?

October 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Career, Pleasure

I arrived into Newark Airport from Tel Aviv at 4:45am ET, having been awake for 30 hours straight. U.S. Customs was rather empty so early in the morning. I approached the agent, handed him my passport, and waited for the inevitable inquisition: “Were you in Israel for business or pleasure?” Never has the question struck [...]

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10 best Twitterers to follow for your soul, not your career

March 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Digressions, Twitter

I always see these “top Twitterer” lists of people with high follower counts touted by social climbing social media DBs. Those people bore me. Instead I’m inspired by people with a unique perspective on the world around them, unique voice and style, who make me smile or think differently or challenge me to be a [...]

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Thanks is never enough

November 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career, Digressions, Pleasure

Thank you to Mr. Dan Kramarsky who in the eighth grade suggested that I elect to take the Computer Science class in ninth grade. Thank you to Mr. Charles Rice who let me take his one Computer Science class for all four years of high school, and encouraged me to consider applying to Carnegie Mellon [...]

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