Rocket Ride

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It’s been rather busy for me over the past couple of months. I’d been doing some freelance work through a hiring agent for an interactive company and then an opportunity came up for me to work on-site for an NPO called CARE. Ya heard of it?

At the same time, I’d interviewed for a couple of roles..both full time..one was contract through December with TBS and the other with another company. I was hoping for the TBS job because that’s pretty big and I’ve got a couple of former co-workers that are with Cartoon Network right now. Anyway, I got the CARE gig, and the day before I started it, I had another interview with a creative agency called Nurun. Nurun has a few offices in north America as well as Europe and Asia and acquired an Atlanta agency called Ant Farm Interactive.

The interview went well and a couple of days after, I was contacted by my recruiter regarding the interview. The feedback was good and I was being considered for a junior position…the concern was if I’d be happy with that and the CD wanted to be certain that I wasn’t going to jump ship in 8 months trying to get a higher role elsewhere. Not the case for me..I’m a bit old to job hop and I want some solid experience. This would give me that experience I want..a chance to work with some experienced people. So then I was emailed about a second interview..this time with the rest of the team. The second interview went well…less like an interview and more like a “let’s get to know each other” session. Finally, a week later, I got an email from my recruiter about providing some references…ten minutes later, I got a call from her…she informed me that Nurun wanted to extend me an offer and that I would have an official call the next day.

That was it. I got my call…I had to sign a background check release…bam, boom…hired. I start June 7th as an associate creative director for Nurun at the Atlanta office. We’re psyched. ALL of us. Just happy to get back into the game…give me a chance to start over and really prove to myself that I can do this. It’ll give the chance to be a hybrid like I wanted to be…be a part of a team..a small one, for the time being and put myself in the kind of role I should be in at my age.

Today was a big day for Apple fans. Today Apple released the new iPad on the market and needless today a lot of people are highly excited about it.

Now, being an Apple fan, I don’t have one. Why? Not justifiable right now and I don’t have the cash. But, if I did, yeah, I’d probably get one.

I see computing in a different state than it was several years ago. Laptops are cheaper so more people have access to them and I would dare say are forgoing the desktop route in order to enable a smaller and more portable solution. Netbooks are perfect for that. Yes there are hardcore users that want processing power for gaming or specific application usage but I think the average joe used thier computers to surf the web, shop and utilize social media which I think is part of the reason netbooks are becoming popular. They’re not screaming fast, but they are portable and capable enough of doing what they’re intended to.

Having said that, the iPad seems to be the next stage in home computing. It’s compact, portable and seems to have an interface that’s intuitive…not to mention that seems to already have everything one would need to get started right out of the box…much like a netbook. It’s got all of the startup apps you would find in on an iPhone or iPod Touch with the addition of a few iLife apps…for email or writing documents, etc. People don’t want to be tethered to their desktops to email or shop. They want to sit breakfast table or in front of the TV while watching a movie..maybe even out on the back porch while the kids play in the yard while they write/read email or chat with family and friends. It’s the kind of device I’d take with me if my wife and I were going away for a long weekend.

In the end, the use of the computer has changed..people use their phones for more than make calls, they’re emailing, texting, taking picture…it’s only logical that people would start using their computers differently.