My brother (who’s sent me all the other movies I’ve blogged) just emailed me this awe-inspiring movie of a house whose Christmas lights are tied to a MIDI board of music. Just go watch it. I love Christmas lights and Christmas music.
Link: CollegeHumor Movie: Amazing Christmas lights. Unless of course you live across the street.
My friend Ted Conrad sent me a great article in Salon by a mother of a black teenager who witnessed his foray into ghetto culture. One quote stuck out:
"Although black kids are rountinely expected to fit into white culture, the idea of a white kid becoming black seemed laughable to everyone but Joe’s African American friends."
Last night at a basketball game the speakers were blasting rap music. We were playing an all-black team from Oakland. A friend said, "I wonder what they think when they walk in here and see a bunch of white kids warming up to all this rap." Our opponents showed up late. The one black guy on our team said, "Now y’all don’t understand: there’s time, and then there’s black time. Black time is a half hour later." We all laughed, and the rest of us knew that if we had said it we’d be called a racist.
I think there are a lot of interesting cultural things related to this…
Rushing off to the airport after basketball practice Wednesday, taking a night flight to San Diego, speaking yesterday morning (mental health day from school), and then rushing back to SF brought fond memories of my freshman and sophomore years of high school. Then, I would spend 20-30 hours a week on my company. I travel much less now.
Business travel always brings its good and bad experiences. I love the fight for the exit row seat on Southwest. I hate flying when I’m congested and sick.
Yesterday morning was successful nonetheless, where my co-panelists and I articulated why it’s imperative school districts implement technology to improve customer serivce and communication with parents and the community. Our session attracted overwhelming numbers. Some great buzz for our product eFM Education. Here’s a pic of me pontificating…
Congratulations to my friends at the BizWorld Foundation for ringing the closing bell at the NYSE today. Pictured below is a student of the entrepreneurship curriculum doing the honors and my friend executive director Catherine Hutton to her right. Founder Tim Draper is behind her.
