leaving new york
Posted by Ian Holsman
Last night I met up with a ex-AOL’er who showed me NY and I had a great time.
I can’t remember the last time I barhopped until 3am. (and naturally I woke up at 6am the next day.. thank goodness for this 14hour flight and lack of internet.. I’ll be able to sleep then)
I also came to the realization that I spent more time in the air then I did on the ground in Dulles this trip. (seeing how it takes me ~30 hours to get to dulles.. this isn’t the hardest thing to do either)
Sadly I didn’t actually get to go and sightsee in Japan, as I arrived just before the shops were all closing, and thanks to the 2-hour check-in requirement had to get to the airport when the shops were opening ;(.
At least this time I got to see a tiny bit of new york.
Coincedintally the first parts of the ‘AR’ project have started coming together and should start becoming visible on the AOL search pages shortly. congrats to Vineet, Oscar, Travis, and all the others in the search team for making this happen so quickly. I don’t want to talk too much about ‘AR’, but I think it might be a game changer, or at least it will power some really cool things inside of AOL. Time will tell (that and some great metrics of course).
and my heart goes out to the 120 people layed off at CNET. even though I stopped working there 2-3 years ago, it’s hard to hear how screwed up they have become.