This week I am waiting on a transaction to happen with the company that I helped to build for the last 8 years (I left some months ago) and it somehow keeps me constantly distracted. Even though I do not have any influence on how things will work out – so patience is the mantra to follow.
Either way it goes, it does not effect my immediate future plans. But it has of course a big impact on how to approach my new professional projects and it might even have an impact on my personal network. Wrapping something up is very important for me be able to throw myself fully onto something new. As long as there is baggage that I have to carry I am being slowed down and I am being distracted.
So let’s wait those couple of days that are left in this week.
Cities to live in
May 28, 2008 at 10:03 am · Filed under Commenting the web, Personal
Today I read a blog post from Paul Graham about living in major cities like New York, Paris, SF etc. Though I do not agree with everything he says, I like the way he is pointing to the different messages that a city communicates. I have come to New York 6 years ago primarily because I heard a message when I visited NY the first time in 1996. Since then I knew that I had to live in NY.
Over time I lived in many different neighborhoods and the message still keeps changing and keeps attracting me. I agree with Paul’s assessment that NY is a lot about money. Not only because of the cost of living but as well because of the cities focus on its prime industry: Financial Services. Building a technology startup in this environment is hard as your main currency is inspiration and ideas. Both of which do not translate well – in the short-term – into money.
But then there are many other sides to NY that are not about money: The arts (yes most artists still come to NY, though they might be visiting and not living here anymore), the sense of community in small neighborhoods (maybe not so much in Manhattan) and the search for the newest in nightlife (Food, Performance, etc.). I figure that in the end one will have to move somewhere else to summarize and compare to somewhere else. I am not at this point right now.
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