so very busy
I’ve been fortunate enough lately to have no shortage of work to do. Actually, some would describe it as an overabundance, but I say no such thing! But it’s true, when it rains, it pours.
In addition to all the usual brain-scratching fun I’ve been having at MetaFoundry (where hopefully we’ll have the new site up soon), I took on a mini project so I could learn RubyonRails. It’s going really well! I’m now a fanboy. Go ahead, mock me. With the exception of the still painful server setup/config, it only took a number of days to get a catalog up and running. Big change from the old days, I’ll tell ya that much. The dark ages!
Next, I started working on a yet-to-be-announced project with some smart people looking to revive the profile of Silicon Alley. I’ll tell you more when we finally get it to where we can release it. Yesterday proved to be a very New York day in the alley. I met the ringleader of the project at a design firm on Broadway and Houston. As it turns out, they do MusicNation, which is Neil’s gig. So I drop Neil an email while I’m sitting there. He replies that he loves them and to say hi, so I do. It’s nice to make fun connections like that. Plus, it was a really great meeting. Then, we head back to the office to take care of the tweaks and changes, and witness a drug deal in the stairwell. Then we find out a laptop and router were stolen – likely by Verizon. Then I go to get lunch, and see a 6′7″ tall German man walking down the street having a philosophical conversation with three black little people. Seriously, I’m not making this up. Only in this town.
Another big dealy that I’ve been working on (which is keeping me up till all hours doing work) is with Mahdad Taheri over at TVI / Noo. He’s got a new idea of how to expand Noo to beyond just New Years, and he desperately needed tech help. I gotta say… I talked to him, reviewed the business plan he’d been working on, and it all looks good! Plus, I know how Mahdad is. He decides to do something, and he does it. No half-assed waiting for funding working 2 hours a week. It’s serious. So, I’ve joined him in this venture as CTO, which means I get to fill in all the tech bits of the business plan, set up a plan for development, find a developer, and get crackin! We want to launch it this summer so it’s ready and tested for gift season. I’ll fill in more details as we get close. Anybody know any developers?? 