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220 SXSW profiles assigned. Waiting to see what comes back next week.
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Reading the first applications for the Seed SwSX profile project They are awesome people. The Spinner editors want to hire some.
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My Seed Blog post on our plan to conduct phone interviews with all 2,000 bands to appear at SXSW: http://bit.ly/9ZojIS
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SXSW profile project shows how Seed is for reporting that can do things others can't; not simply rewriting Wikipedia. http://bit.ly/9pMjPk
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Get paid to interview and profile bands at #sxsw and have them published on AOL Music and Spinner.com. http://bit.ly/9pMjPk
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What should I do at Sundance Tues afternoon and evening? I speak on "Web 3.0" (whatever that is) Wednesday. http://bit.ly/8Zt0hx
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I'm back blogging at the new Seed Blog. (I've been responding to comments without posting the source) http://bit.ly/4RueFB
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I'm writing more words in this job than my last one. Now I'm just writing memos that I'm not sure anyone reads.
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The talent left at AOL is amazing, as is the longing to do great things. But many are still disoriented by the crosscurrents.
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How to improve AOL morale and fix the culture: Say before every meeting "Our only goal here is having more happy users."
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AOL in Dulles is like East Berlin after the Wall came down. Bleak surroundings, dispirited people, yet intriguing new possibilities.
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Flying home from trip to Dulles (more memories). We arrive early, so we are stuck waiting for a gate a Newark.
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10 years ago this morning, I aborted a trip to Los Angeles at the airport to cover AOL buying Time Warner. Led NYT: http://bit.ly/tw2aol
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First week of new year at AOL: Planning lots of cool things for Seed in 2010. There will be a lot of surprises.
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AOL gave me a BlackBerry Tour. What a come down from an iPhone. UI is like a teletype. Sprint reception lousy at my home. AT&T was better.
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Head spinning after first week at AOL. More fun than I thought. Using every scrap of knowledge and experience I have.
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1st day at AOL. I've been "onboarded." And I found the Men's room. Not bad. Now if my laptop would arrive.
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Hanukkah with my family this weekend, made better because my sister and brother-in-law joined by Skype video.
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So true. RT @BradStone Tina Kelley has a wonderful ode to the NYT newsroom: http://tiny.cc/8lPsY.
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Video of me by @pkafka of All Things D on my new job as master of the journalism borg. nhttp://bit.ly/7pJTwa
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Was just interviewed by Peter Kafka over coffee. First time I was allowed to let someone else pick up the check at a business meal. .
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Thursday: Enjoying 4 days of unemployment. But slowly starting new AOL gig, having lunch with some future coworkers. Lots of energy.
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Heading to Los Angeles today. Looking forward to seeing lots of family and friends.
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On vacation/furlough through 12/1. NJ now. Thanksgiving weekend in LA.
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Palm Pixi is the anit-Droid. At my desk, first comment on Droid: That's heavy. On Pixi: That's small. How cute.
