Posts with category: New York
gdgt mini get-together in New York
Since I’m in New York for a couple of days this week, Peter and I decided to have a little informal gdgt get-together! We’re actually going to do a proper party a little later on when we launch the full site, but this time around we’ll just be geeking hanging out and talking gear. Feel [...]
DEI Worldwide: the hypocritical scumbags astroturfing for Motorola
Lots of gadget sites are up in arms over Motorola’s astroturfing their next garbage cellphone, and for good reason. For those not familiar, astroturfing is the practice of sending out paid product marketers — primarily onto the web and into the blogosphere — to anonymously communicate with audiences as though they’re consumers / fans / [...]
New York: ex-lover, tomorrow’s destination
Headed out to New York tomorrow for the Greener Gadgets Conference, which I expect should be really enlightening. As usual, not staying nearly long enough to fall back in love — but I’ll definitely be around more than long enough to remember how freezing cold it gets. It’s fortuitous timing, though, because that during my [...]
Me and This Filthy Life
Wow, there I am with my pal Michi (well, her eyes anyway) in a John Waters movie afterall, laughing at jokes about John’s gold Comme des Garçons boots. Damn, good eye Sam Moody! If you do get a chance to check out This Filthy Life, I definitely do recommend it. I forgot how good it [...]
I was in a John Waters movie?
Last winter when I was still living in New York some pals and I went to go see John Waters, of all people, perform a life standup act in the Lower East Side. I wouldn’t exactly call it a who’s who of celebs, freaks, and weirdos, but besides the man himself, Jeff Garlin (a fave [...]
Heavy
I’m just posting this to officially say I’m not blogging here about James Kim — I’d rather be useful and reach Engadget’s audience with that. Needless to say, this has been a pretty shaken-up week. But as if that horrible situation wasn’t enough, then BenQ touched the 9/11-nerve today. I wrote a possibly too-personal rant [...]
Back to SF, now #1 on Technorati
Yeah, when gloating it’s probably better never than late, but even though it’s been a couple days since we hit #1 on Technorati I’m still glowing a bit. I can’t help myself. Engadget’s just become such an unbelievable brand, and it never ceases to amaze me how well people seem to connect with what we’re [...]
Back in NY
Well, that wasn’t long. So I’m back in New York for the week to meet up with some peeps, move my things out of my former residence, spend some QT with the Weblogs, Inc. and AOL crew, and try to catch up a little on the last couple of months I’ve missed out here. Then [...]
Bye NY
Well, I guess this is it. I’m at JFK with Devo — we’re about to get on a plane to San Francisco, who knows when we’ll be back. My last five years here have been a whirlwind, absolutely amazing. I got here in early 2001 with $400 to my name, no job, a handful of [...]
Going away party Friday!
I am sincerely humbled that my pals Michi and Emily are throwing me a going away party this Friday, and additionally humbled by the awesome invite Michi made (number and address erased to protect the innocent!). How wonderful are they? Anywho, shoot me an email or something if you’re gonna try and make it, I’ll [...]
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