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It’s interesting to hear how business folks these days skirt around the words “recession.” During my many dozens of seminars and workshops in New York this summer I heard all sorts of euphamisms desciribing “current market conditions.” Here’s a sampling:
Slow market
Soft economy
Non-growth oriented job market
Tough year
Not like last year
Now I’m not economist, but I would [...]

In an effort to sum up my experience in New York City this summer, I am instituting the first (and only) annual Chrome Milkshake Awards. The Chromies are a celebration of the best and worst of my experience at the Columbia Publishing Course.
Best Food: Tom’s Restaurant. Their Broadway milkshakes are the inspiration for this award’s [...]

Here’s a little quicky about the Columbia Publishing Course from the New York Observer. In the words of my classmate Dena, “Scathing, my dear, scathing.” They ain’t seen nothing yet.
Meanwhile, a bit further uptown, it’s a party at publishing heir Christopher Cerf’s swell Upper East Side digs for the spunky graduates of the 2001 Columbia [...]

I shipped my computer back to Olympia this morning. I’ll keep updating the blog, but I may get a little behind on my emails for the next week.
We’re continuing our squat at Furnald Hall. Ashley, Terra, and I were moved into a different room…with only one bed between the three of us. That’s ok: I [...]

It’s been a strange day. Here’s a short review:
1) Wake up at 7am after roughly four hours of sleep.
2) Arrive at 9am to CPC job fair in clothes that don’t fit correctly.
3) Spend an hour and half talking to uninterested potential employers about non-existant job opportunities in Los Angeles.
4) Eat breakfast at 11am, realizing I [...]

Today is the last day of the Columbia Publishing Course. We haven’t had morning classes for most of the week, so I’m on a strict schedule of being asleep by 4am or so, up around noon. We like that.
This afternoon we had our “disorientation,” and tonight is the final Sherry Hour, then a banquet. Then [...]

For Sale: One Voice
Voice is a hard thing to pin down, a tone or editorial quality to writing that makes the particular piece of work unique. What we have for sale today is one particular kind of voice: irreverent, witty, hip, edgey, authentic–it packs a punch for your product! This voice is the ultimate in [...]

This afternoon’s lecture was about launching a website. Given the total tech-crash we’re experiencing, the topic was so painfully out of touch with reality that I simply couldn’t attend.

…Completed. A few hours ago. Just now getting to bed. Only a week and a half left in New York City. At least for this time.

All of us at the Columbia Publishing Course have these little dorky nametags that we have to wear around our necks at all times (scroll down to see), and the little plastic pouches happen to be just the right size to hold things like our plastic room keys and the swipe cards that get us [...]