I just ran for Congress, was on reality TV, was once a brand manager, and have worked at various startups. I'm still figuring out what's next...
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Thanks to everyone who pinged me with their thoughts on topics for here (per my last post). I also had some time to think about what I actually *wanted* to write about. I’ve got a bunch of topics that I’ve written down that I’ll be rapid-fire turning into posts in the coming days. Now might [...]
Here’s a laundry list of what’s been bouncing around in my head the past few days. 1) Obama likely ran the best campaign in history. From approaching the campaign with a data-based decision making process, thinking through weakness and strengths and letting this guide a communications/tactical strategy, a consistent (reassuring) image and message to voters, [...]
Off to Dubai (UAE), Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Goa (India) for a couple of weeks. This will be the first time in my life I’m out of the country for both an election and my birthday. Not to worry, my absentee ballot in this critical swing state of California was dropped in the mail earlier this [...]
dear matt, this is freaking awesome. make you want to travel? thanks to jared for the link. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. love, surya
In Vegas staying at the Wynn. This trip prompted a couple of random thoughts: Flew Virgin America. It’s actually a pretty great airline. Their employees are shockingly friendly. The flight attendants in addition to being friendly, have this really upbeat attitude. They sound excited to be flying on a VA plane, and it rubs off. [...]
Delta sucks. And they certainly seem to go out of their way to do so. I’ve flown on Delta almost exclusively over the last 5 years. I’ve wracked up about 200,000 miles cris-crossing the country (with a side-trip to Europe). I’ve put up with some rude employees, no food and often pillows/blankets, uncomfortable seats, and [...]
I got on a plane from JFK yesterday afternoon and after two hours on the runway, and six in the air, arrived in SF. It still feels like I’m just visiting. Like this is just another one of the many trips that I’ve taken in the last few years. I’m not sure when it’ll feel [...]
Across my two week trip I had a lot of random thoughts. But two were omnipresent. 1) As I define “travel”, to get the “most” out it, you really should do it alone. 2) It’s the details and context of the places you visit that matter. Through both personal experience and witness, I saw that [...]