I am 27, live in Tribeca, and am the founder, with Amit Gupta, of Jelly Desk, a new project from Jelly. I also work with New Work City, and co-started CommandShift3.
In early August, I resigned from a quantitative strategies hedge fund in New York City to find time for new adventures.
I take photos, say things, and occasionally use Facebook
Also, I like email
By my count, Obama’s election has so far inspired a new holiday in Kenya, the renaming of a mountain in Antigua, and lots of babies named ‘Barack’ here in the U.S.
Them’s some high expectations..
California, Florida and Arizona each passed state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. What the fuck California, Florida and Arizona?
How will this debate proceed from here? Will we just raise it again in another public vote? Will we proceed in other states? Will we leave behind the word “marriage” and decide that “civil-union” can have the same meaning? I’m trying to form an opinion, so please lemme know what you think.
An amazing thing is happening in my neighborhood today: After an election where race was not discussed, we have gone from 0 to total elation after electing Barack Obama as the first black president. There are a million factors mixed into today’s excitement but race feels dominant by far. But where was the discussion before election day? Were we all shocked to learn that he’s a black person?
I think what’s happened is that we’ve had the most exciting outcome possible: We’ve elected a President without considering his race in the decision. Equal treatment is what we wanted all along. What absolutely blows me away is that because we didn’t want to elect a President based on race, individually we chose not to discuss the obvious historical significance of an Obama win until after it was over. You could label this a denial of racism and its significance, but I’m not that cynical. Given the importance of the issues in this election, each of us decided that there were vastly more important elements in a leader than his race. Now we’re elated to discover that our neighbors felt the same way.
Via NYT:
To talk with left-leaning Democrats in New Hope, San Francisco or Miami Beach, to drill deep into their id, is to stand at the intersection of Liberal and High Anxiety.
Right now, more than a few are having a these-polls-are-too-good-to-be-true, we-still-could-lose-this-election moment. Their consuming and possibly over-caffeinated worry is that their prayers and nightly phone calls to undecided voters in Toledo, Ohio, notwithstanding, Mr. Obama might fall short on Election Day.
I resent being defined so precisely.
There isn’t enough time in the world for all the good ideas I keep getting turned on to. Yesterday, Owen told me about an idea a producer has that would dramatically lower the cost of TV production, allowing less and cheaper equipment rentals compared with what is currently available.
This is a great idea, but I don’t have the time to explore it. I didn’t even know how to say this without sounding like I don’t believe in the opportunity. What is the possible response when a great idea comes your way, but you can’t fit it into the limited hours in your day?
