Working in Silicon Valley for a couple of decades, you can accumulate quite a few t-shirts. I had shirts that lasted longer than the company did. I had shirts from companies like Momenta, Apple, Talk City and LiveWorld, not to mention project shirts like Amateur Traveler, eWorld, Newton, and that production of Joseph and the Technicolor ...

Since I left the day job in January I have been doing more voice over work including some voice acting for an upcoming animated short film from the Netherlands. Here are some of the demos that I created: relaxed commercial with humor commercial – warm with humor Continental Airlines phone 24 Promo Powered by Voice123 ...

I wrote a while back about Disney’s Give a Day Get a Disney Day program where Disney was giving away a day at a Disney park in exchange for a day volunteering. I thought this sounded like a great program so I joined and found a volunteer program near me… well sort of near me. ...

I have been working for myself for one week now and I have not yet met all the goals that I have set for my business. While that is certainly understandable there were moments this last week I was ready to panic about that… like Tuesday. Tuesday morning I woke up and thought “maybe this ...

I was inspired by CC Chapman’s 2009 in Pictures post to document this year… and what a year it has been. This year included: 3 trips to Mexico – one paid for by Amateur Traveler, one blogger trip and one volunteer trip Conferences like Blog World, MacWorld and TBEX Trips to Arizona, Chicago, Colorado and ...

It’s time to go We just announced to my team and the rest of the company that I am leaving LiveWorld. My last day will be around the middle of January. My boss Peter Friedman and I are parting on good terms after I have worked for him for 13 and a half years here ...

The room was full of podcasters, my people. I wandered around not talking to people but listening carefully to see if I would recognize someone’s voice from their show. I sipped a glass of wine and got in the long line for hors d’oeuvres. I listened to the music and then after an hour I ...

“Enter to Win a Trip” is a more than just a lure, more than just an enticement, it is a siren song that calls out with the promise of adventure. Sure I know that I am unlikely to win. I took a fair amount of math in school and understand probabilities, but… someone has to ...

M, concentrating Originally uploaded by henrybloomfield I used to think that I was a champion multi-tasker. I could get work done and watch TV at the same time. I still listen to podcasts while I work and now I read my new Kindle while I brush my teeth. But I personally have learned, which is ...

I have recently made a change to how I use facebook. I think it is a good change that I needed to do but I feel bad about it. I get friended all the time on facebook by people I don’t know but who I am sure I would love to get to know. Many ...