three-twenty-five

Have stayed buried at the office for the last week, but work is getting better. We've fallen into an opportunity to become a major content supplier for fields outside of technology, and I'm very happy about that proposition. I've gone full force back into the workout schedule and while its a ridiculous time suck, its amazing what it does for my state of mind. Up up up!

The SXSW music festival was in Austin, TX last week, and after seeing & hearing all of the news from the event, I've decided that not going next year is not and option. They podcasted some of the Keynote speakers at the SXSW festival, and its been amazing to get a chance to listed to some of the folks who started 37signals, Craigslist, etc. talk about their experiences. Craig Newmark made the comment that one thing he's learned from running Craigslist is that everyone everywhere wants pretty much the same things (he went on to say that in San Francisco, however, they are just more vocal about it!) The guy from 37signals had an interesting take on starting your own business, and made the memorable comment that you should do less rather than more. Give yourself less time, and you'll get more finished. Promise less features and do those really really well. I'm trying to incorporate this into my own life without getting plain lazy.

Duke lost to LSU, making it only one place further in the NCAA tourney than the Heels. Thank goodness.

Thursday night, I took Trish to Rickshaw Stop to see the Double, a new band on Matador Records. Trish has a V8 engine in here throat, running her mouth on overdrive. But she's also extremely energetic and being around here makes you want to accomplish more more more. I could never be like that, but you need to be around creative, energetic people so you can get your own mind flowing. Speaking of that, I've started a third story and put the second one up for awhile. The new one will take place here in SF ~ it will be the first one I've set here. I keep thinking about Jack Kerouac's quote about short stories being like his children that he brought up and nurtured. I used to just knock these things out, but lately, I've found that I ponder the details of the stories much more than I used to, making them more difficult to get down on paper. But they're coming.

Last night, I took Tran to see V for Vendetta at the iMAX theatre (the HUGE screen), then drinks at Blur. Its been raining everyday, but today, the sun is finally bringing everyone outside.