Monday, May 09, 2005
A year in the life of...
So it would seem that LoadPod has been with us for a year now. I didn't even realize it until I was giving an interview to the Fox News station in Tampa, and they asked me how long the company had been around. While the answer I gave them was "about twelve months now," the chime going off in my head said to myself, "hey, that's, like, a year." And so I looked up the date, and sure enough, May 9th signifies a year to the day.
It also happens to be today.
So when I got last-minute word this afternoon that the Fox News story about LoadPod would be airing in Tampa this evening, I began to fret -- for just a moment -- over the fact that this was my television debut. I've done newspapers, magazines, radio...but not TV. LoadPod has been covered on local TV stations in more than two dozen markets, but this is the first time that I've ever actually been in one of the stories. Further frustrating was that I live just far enough away from the Tampa market that my cable company doesn't carry its local stations, so I wouldn't even be able to watch the finalized news story.
Oh well, what are you going to do? I wasn't going to sit around the office all evening worrying about it. So I called someone in Tampa and had them tape it for me, and I headed out for the Orlando release party for the new Dave Matthews Band album. Good stuff, totally unexpected, full of life. The album, that is. The party, on the other hand, consisted of half a dozen college kids drinking beer, most of them not even aware that they were at a release party or that music was even being played. So I just sat alone and listened. The very cute hostess, who apparently had nothing else to do, kept inquiring about the LoadPod logo on my shirt until I'd told her enough about the company that she finally got the hang of it.
"So you work for LoadPod?" she asked.
"Well, I guess you could say that," I offered back. But she forced the issue, so I ended up telling her precisely what role within the company I play.
A pair of tickets to the upcoming Dave Matthews Band show were being given away, and I guess she could sense that I was the only actual fan in the building, as she kept telling me that she hoped I would win them. But as it turned out, not only did I not win the tickets, I also somehow managed to not win one of the five copies of the new album that were given out, either. I guess you can't have all the luck.
The hostess came back over one more time to tell me how disappointed she was that I hadn't won. "There are worse things," I told her.
She said, "Yeah, like, you still own your own company."
Never, but never, underestimate the ego-boosting abilities of someone who works for tips for a living.
But in any case, there it is, a year ago to the day. In one sense, I can't wait for today to end, because I can't wait for Year Two to begin. This is just starting to get fun.
So it would seem that LoadPod has been with us for a year now. I didn't even realize it until I was giving an interview to the Fox News station in Tampa, and they asked me how long the company had been around. While the answer I gave them was "about twelve months now," the chime going off in my head said to myself, "hey, that's, like, a year." And so I looked up the date, and sure enough, May 9th signifies a year to the day.
It also happens to be today.
So when I got last-minute word this afternoon that the Fox News story about LoadPod would be airing in Tampa this evening, I began to fret -- for just a moment -- over the fact that this was my television debut. I've done newspapers, magazines, radio...but not TV. LoadPod has been covered on local TV stations in more than two dozen markets, but this is the first time that I've ever actually been in one of the stories. Further frustrating was that I live just far enough away from the Tampa market that my cable company doesn't carry its local stations, so I wouldn't even be able to watch the finalized news story.
Oh well, what are you going to do? I wasn't going to sit around the office all evening worrying about it. So I called someone in Tampa and had them tape it for me, and I headed out for the Orlando release party for the new Dave Matthews Band album. Good stuff, totally unexpected, full of life. The album, that is. The party, on the other hand, consisted of half a dozen college kids drinking beer, most of them not even aware that they were at a release party or that music was even being played. So I just sat alone and listened. The very cute hostess, who apparently had nothing else to do, kept inquiring about the LoadPod logo on my shirt until I'd told her enough about the company that she finally got the hang of it.
"So you work for LoadPod?" she asked.
"Well, I guess you could say that," I offered back. But she forced the issue, so I ended up telling her precisely what role within the company I play.
A pair of tickets to the upcoming Dave Matthews Band show were being given away, and I guess she could sense that I was the only actual fan in the building, as she kept telling me that she hoped I would win them. But as it turned out, not only did I not win the tickets, I also somehow managed to not win one of the five copies of the new album that were given out, either. I guess you can't have all the luck.
The hostess came back over one more time to tell me how disappointed she was that I hadn't won. "There are worse things," I told her.
She said, "Yeah, like, you still own your own company."
Never, but never, underestimate the ego-boosting abilities of someone who works for tips for a living.
But in any case, there it is, a year ago to the day. In one sense, I can't wait for today to end, because I can't wait for Year Two to begin. This is just starting to get fun.
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