Life and Politics

Well, it seems as though, I am slowly but surely joining the rest of you in the real world. Being the only Wizard without a job is kind of depressing. Don't get me wrong, it rocks to be at home, mom cooks or we go out to eat, I can go out whenever and come back whenever, play with my dogs, hang out with people and whatnot, but what I want is to work (becoming an adult, hah!). I'm so excited to be a part of the advertising world instead of looking in from the outside.

Okay enough of that....

So I got an apartment on Roosevelt Island, which lies between Manhattan and Queens (map). The complex is 4 high rise buildings, each with roof top deck, gym, doorman, and laundry in the building. It's kind of absurd. I move in the 1st and start work on the 4th.

So my job will be at PHD as an Interactive Assistant Media Planner on the Siemens and AIG accounts. The head on the Interactive team is from Florida (Jax) and her sister is a Gator! I still can't get over how many people I met in the city from Florida, one of the Realtors I talked to, people at PHD, guys at bars (Sarah!), etc.

On to politics.

We all know that whoever has the most popularity tends to win elections/ contests/ awards/ etc. (See www.c-k.com [Sorry Lauren] or even P&G/ BBDO's takeover at Cannes)

Anyway what I'm getting at is this great comic strip turn political call to action I found created by Sean Tevis, an Informational Architect in Kansas running for State Representative.

This is his story.

He's just about got what he needs to get his campaign going, a great example of grassroots, word of mouth viral campaign that has swept the Internet as he has garnered over 2,800 donors, although I am not sure when exactly it launched.

And I'll leave you with this...

Analyze This

There've been some exciting changes to Wizards lately. We've added new people, become obsessed with posting pictures, and there's even a little bit of info about us at the top now. But the biggest change is one that you can't see. We've officially added Google Analytics. It's some really cool stuff. We can track people coming to the site, what directed them there, how long they spend on it, and even where they're coming from. It's awesome. If any wizards want access to this data, let me know.





So the map is really cool, but I see a problem here. California, you're slackin on this one. I know we've got a couple of you out there, and don't use the fires as an excuse. (Maybe we don't see any visits from Cali because you're using the RSS feed I told you about, but I doubt it...)

Update us on how everything is goin out there! One of you hasn't even posted yet! At least we've gotten a comment or two from one of you recently.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

Hey so I encourage everyone to get something to read RSS feeds. That way, you won't need to keep checking the blog (or any other blog) to see if there's been an update. For those of us using a Mac (yay!), Apple's Mail app does a pretty good job of it. Just hit the + on the bottom left of the window and add an RSS feed. Our feed can be found by clicking the RSS logo up in the top right of the page, or by clicking here. That's the address. Just copy and paste it. You can even bookmark it in Safari, but that kinda defeats the purpose of having something check for you. If you don't want to use Apple Mail, you can try NetNewsWire.

As for you PC users, I don't know if Outlook or anything reads RSS on its own. But there are some pretty good RSS readers out there. FeedDemon is supposed to be pretty good. NewsGator Inbox is one that works with Outlook if you like using Outlook.

So that's my shpiel about RSS. I highly suggest it - it makes life a lot easier, and more exciting! Now you'll know exactly when one of us has added something to the blog! Yay!