frankly speaking

2 months ago

Style. (via)

3 months ago

This is a little project that I put together for work. It outlines how people feel and gives a clearer idea about what #OWS is all about

3 months ago

“

Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be.”

Genius at work… More here

Who says my parents weren’t trendsetters..

3 months ago

What Are You Afraid Of?

Bryce had a really good post on fear yesterday. Definitely required reading…

My daughter dressed up as Justin Bieber for Halloween.

A few weeks ago this wasn’t a big deal.

She’s a Belieber through and through. Always has been. But when she started talking about costumes with kids at school she started to worry. All of the kids in her class and all of her friends…

via brycedotvc

3 months ago

I’ll be wearing these on the fresh train. New York Knick Air Jordans. (via)

4 months ago

The Others

Like a lot of my colleagues and friends, I’ve taken great interest in the #occupywallstreet movement that is taking place in many cities across the nation. Unlike some of the people involved, I don’t cleanly fit in either the 1% or the 99%, so I’ve been watching to try and really figure out what this is about and where I belong.

I don’t belong in the 1% crowd - I don’t own a yacht or a plane, nor do I make over one million dollars a year. Also, I believe I could afford to pay more taxes (as long as they didn’t go to pay for idiotic wars or pay for ‘green’ technology that has thus far proved to be useless). I do think the inequality that exists has run away with itself, but this is more of a function of capitalism rather than ignorance (or maybe it’s ignorance rather than capitalism - but that’s a blog post for another time).

Unlike some of the 99%, I’m not faced with crushing debt, chronic unemployment or general disillusionment. I don’t think banking is (in and of itself) immoral nor do I think all politicians are corrupt and self-interested (call me naive). Sure, I’ve had some bad luck in the past couple years, but I’ve managed to battle my way back and now I feel like I’m on top of the world.

I do think the country has lost its way. I don’t think we are the greatest in the world, but I do think we offer people the most opportunity and hope for success. I do hope (again, perhaps naively) that we will once again find our way and again regain our place as the country everyone in the world looks to leadership in hard times.

To be honest, I was feeling quite lost about this #occupywallstreet movement but then I came across this blog from Brendan today about how some of the others are feeling and very well articulates how I feel:

We have only one thing in common with the rest of the 99% – we hate where we are headed.

We hate that we blindly accepted finance and consulting as what all the smart grads did.
We hate that we were sold on nobility, fortune, and a brand name that our parents would love.
We hate that the 16 hour days we work make no dent in the world.

We are crew members on the 1% ship, and we want mutiny. Fortunately, we have the connections, information, money and fury to lead it.

What happens because of this movement in the next weeks and months will be very telling towards where we had as a country. We have the power to effectuate the change that was promised to us 3 years ago. The bar is not high. We, however, have to be willing to just do it.