Welcome to a Very Exciting 2013!

Well! There have been some amazing changes around here, all within the last month, and I'm really just trying to get a hang of it all. Here's to 2013 starting out with a bang!

First of all, I left my job at YourTango, more or less in a leap of faith out into the unknown. Through a series of amazingly fortunate events (largely inspired by my hectic scheduling of networking events since moving to New York), I wound up as an "Internbusinessdataanalyst Person" at an awesome startup called Knodes. I'm happy that my first foray into Silicon Alley turned out to be so successful!

And that's not all. I've got a hugely exciting announcement to make (which will be of special interest to authors, bloggers, editors, artists, creatives, and anyone who likes speculative fiction/science fiction). I'm not quite ready to spill the beans yet, but stay tuned here for more good news.

As part of my upcoming project, I'll be looking for people of the above types (and more) to partner with. If you're interested, go to my About Me page to find my contact info and send me a message. Or wait to get more juicy details in a post soon to come!

Walkabout NYC 2012 Recap: Startup-Hopping In the City

This year, I was lucky enough to hear about Walkabout NYC, a semi-annual startup-hopping event, just days before it took place.

What inspired me to sign up for an afternoon spent rushing around SoHo, Bowery, and the Flatiron District? Well, for starters, I love going to events in the city where I'm likely to run into cool and interesting people. And, as a freelancer writer, I'm basically running the "startup of me" - so it never hurts to get new ideas, especially when they're related to marketing, media, branding, or technology.

Walkabout NYC turned out to be a great opportunity to visit the beautiful Silicon Alley offices of OpenPlans, Campfire, Gin Lane Media, and Flightpath. At each location, my fellow Walkabouters and I were treated to insights into the company's products and services, customer base, and origins, along with some great views and tasty treats. The startups were forced to get creative with squeezing a lot of content into a small amount of time - within the space of the hour, participants had to arrive from their previous location, listen to a presentation, indulge in snacks, ask questions, and be off on their merry way to the next destination.