Browsing: Myself

When Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs at the video-generation startup Synthesia, sent me a link this summer to the newest addition to their PR team, I was surprised. It was aninteractive virtual avatar of him, trained to answer common press questions about Synthesia, like what it does and how it works. The day before,…

Nick Jonas’ quote, “I trained myself to not get my hopes up, because there were so many times in the room where you’d be like, ‘This feels amazing, this is a hit!’ And it never saw the light of day,” offers a revealing perspective on success, disappointment and the unpredictable nature of creative work. For…

I’m not a camping guy. I’m not a backpacking guy. And I’m not really a hiking guy. I always joke to my friends (but it isn’t really a joke) that I’m more of a glamping guy. Perhaps, then, I was more surprised than anybody when I volunteered to be one of the adult leaders on…