today is kind of my last day in china for a while! technically we leave china on thursday morning, but i’m taking a quick biz trip to seoul tomorrow & wednesday so really, this is it!! here’s what we have coming up:
08/31/2010 – 09/01/2010: seoul
09/02/2010 – 09/04/2010: nyc
09/04/2010 – 09/06/2010: boston
09/06/2010 – 09/13/2010: rhode island
09/13/2010 – 09/15/2010: vermont
09/15/2010 – 09/19/2010: montreal
09/19/2010 – 09/20/2010: niagra falls
09/20/2010 – 09/23/2010: toronto
09/23/2010 – 09/25/2010: nyc
09/26/2010 – 10/01/2010: SHANGHAI
10/01/2010 – 10/10/2010: bali!!
whew. will be posting from the road and enjoying the world of untethered internet. <3 you guys and see a bunch of you real soon. xo.
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i was recently asked by CTRIP to join their panel of “celebrity judges” (ahaha – the other legit judges were elaine chow from shanghaiist as well as jess beaton from CNNgo) for the MOUSTACHE SUMMER contest. WAHOO!
the grand prize winner (my favourite, pictured above) will be given a whopping 20,000rmb gift certificate from CTRIP, and 2nd and 3rd prize are a very solid 7,000rmb and 3,000rmb prize respectively. check out the BLOG POST for more info.
big congrats to the three winners, and if you see me around town (i’m lookin’ at you, scuba guy), be sure to pick up my bar tab – 20,000rmb ain’t nothing to laugh at. also, if you have any great ideas for any upcoming contests, be sure to send ‘em in, there’s going to be a ton more awesome shit happening with them over the coming year!
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john & i picked up a canon s90 over the weekend and i can’t get over how lovely it is. a coupl’a shots of our apartment, we’ve slowly been getting around to hanging prints. also, obligatory shot of buster the cat! x
ps. if you’re interested, the photograph in the 1st image is by my friend alex so, who is a very talented photographer from guangzhou. in the 2nd image are two illustrations by my ex-colleague morris! ALSO – peep the new tv and thanks ben houge, we are treating your screen + soundsystem with massive amounts of love.
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40 stories of window washing, no bigs.
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so i’ve been (kinda) sitting on this news for the past two months or so, but yup, it’s true! today is my last official day with the WIEDEN+KENNEDY family. after nearly 3 years with these wonderful people, it’s time for me to move on, and as of JULY 12th, i will be starting on in my new role at 2K Games.
i’m of course so sad to be leaving this fantastic, crazy, infuriating, inspiring, amazing company, but the video game industry has always been a source of fascination and i’m so interested and excited to see what new adventures await.
xxoo, thanks for the memories!
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(from Seth Godin – link to post here)
“Yes, I know you’re a master of the web, that you’ve visited every website written in English, that you’ve been going to SXSW for ten years, that you were one of the first bloggers, you used Foursquare before it was cool and you can code in HTML in your sleep. Yes, I know that you sit in the back of the room tweeting clever ripostes when speakers are up front failing on a panel and that you had a LOLcat published before they stopped being funny.
But what have you shipped?
What have you done with your connection skills that has been worthy of criticism, that moved the dial and that changed the world?
Go, do that.”
love this.
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from various sources:
Drummer Devon Clifford of You Say Party! We Say Die! died of a massive brain hemorrhage, his family said Sunday in a statement.
The Abbotsford, B.C., band was playing a show on Friday night at Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre when Clifford suddenly collapsed.
The statement said the hemorrhage was the result of “congenital defects” and that Clifford fell into a coma and doctors performed surgery but were unable to save him. He was just 30 years old.
“Devon Clifford was an extremely gifted drummer and determined character,” said the statement, released by the band’s publicist, Darryl Weeks.
“He loved his family, loved his band, loved travelling, loved being on stage and loved meeting people around the world. He was smart, witty, passionate, and music meant everything to him. He was also incredibly generous with his love and respected everybody he came into contact with.”
The family went on to “remind young people to have the courage to follow their dreams like Devon did.” They also praised his involvement with the Portland Hotel Society, a group that helps provide shelter for Vancouver’s homeless population.
RIP.
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hello friends! yes, thank you for your emails and twitters! i know it’s been a REALLY LONG TIME since i last updated, but things are piling up and it’s very busy up in hurrrrr. please stop asking me to update, I WILL UPDATE THIS DAMN THING WHEN I’M GOOD AND READY. xoxoxo.
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can’t wait till summertime! also, polyvore = so awesome.
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