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Handsome Boy Modeling School

By Shabbir | April 8, 2007 | Comments Off on Handsome Boy Modeling School

I’m traveling and delayed in some random airport in the Southwest.  A lot of weird stuff gets said in airport bars.  Snottiest thing said today,"All of SF could use some lipstick, a pushup bra, and a pair of heels"And most silly,[16:46] shabbirjsafdar: Greetings from the Phoenix airport![16:47] ksacksteder: greetings from houston![16:47] ksacksteder: we are closer…

Mobile Marketing

By Shabbir | April 5, 2007 | Comments Off on Mobile Marketing

So I hit the CTIA (wireless show) last week and did an interview with Target Marketing magazine about mobile marketing trends.  It’s a good publication you’ve probably never heard of, so I suggest you add their RSS feeds to your list.

And, another win for April.

By Shabbir | April 3, 2007 |

Apparently our agent went to present our offer on the house we want yesterday amidst eight other competing offers.  He made his best pitch and we got the house.  So we’re pretty excited  Here’s a flickr photoset of the new house.  Note that real estate photographers tend to use wide angle lenses to make rooms…

I say ‘half glass full!’

By Shabbir | April 3, 2007 | Comments Off on I say ‘half glass full!’

United managed to fly my dogs to me without injuring them!  Though I didn’t appreciate the 4 hour delay for mechanical difficulties, the dogs seemed to come through unscathed, and held it the entire way.  I had a friend Derick, who coincidentally was on the same plane.  I pointed out that he got to go…

I had no idea he had it in him..

By Shabbir | April 2, 2007 | Comments Off on I had no idea he had it in him..

…Our Director of Operations has made his own TurboTax Rappin’ About Taxes video.  Do me a favor and go give it a thumbs up and help my peep.

Ah, travel.

By Shabbir | March 31, 2007 | Comments Off on Ah, travel.

It’s becoming a routine occurence that I’m scheduled to get on a plane and it’s oversold.  I’m offered a free ticket anywhere in the continental US, or a $300 flight voucher, if I’ll just give up my seat.  The problem of course is that I always have somewhere to be.  It’s never a good deal…

Up and down, up and down.

By Shabbir | March 29, 2007 | Comments Off on Up and down, up and down.

Just when I think my job is boring, it gets exciting again. I listened to the new Macy Gray album, it hasn’t really grown on my yet.  I’m really digging the Scissor Sisters though.  The new Modest Mouse is also not yet growing on me. You can spend all your time making money You can…

…and then they bought us soup.

By Shabbir | March 20, 2007 | Comments Off on …and then they bought us soup.

We had to hit the hospital for some tests for Moishe.  Nothing life threatening, but still the tests involved a trip to the OR, a camera and a tube stuck down our son’s throat for 24 hours, and a day and a half in the hospital. Suddenly Sarah’s phone started ringing.  Our circle of friends…

Business travel zen: rule #1

By Shabbir | March 14, 2007 | Comments Off on Business travel zen: rule #1

A colleague who has work in Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Berekeley CA was my original inspiration for business travel zen. I sat him down and told him of my upcoming schedule where I would be splitting my time on each coast. “What advice can you give me Dan? You’re obviously good at this.” He said…

Another day, another city…

By Shabbir | March 13, 2007 | Comments Off on Another day, another city…

I wake up in the ex-urbs of Chicago, I will go to sleep in Washington DC. My business traveler zen is serving me well. I continue to fight an intestinal bug, miss my wife and son, and after arriving late to the airport, I was selected for extra special screening. I felt no stress, “this…