Dear Associate,
I never wanted to do this: to say Goodbye. Yet here I am, and here I go: I write to you today to inform you that I am taking my leave of the Company.
This decision is entirely personal. There are a great many obligations to my family and home that I can ill afford to ignore. When I accepted the offer to head the Video Team in New York, I shut out the protests of my sensibilities, and in the same stroke turned away from my responsibilities.
But now they've had their final say.
It was for me as it was for Robinson Crusoe: "...my ill fate pushed me on with an obstinacy that nothing could resist; and though I had several times loud calls from my reason, and my more composed judgment, to go home...I had no power to do it".
I do not want to say Goodbye; but I must.
It's going to be all right. Just breathe.
In the coming weeks, the following will occur as we transition our working relationship:
1) I will personally introduce you to my successor; 2) I will compile a detailed account of the History and Future of your catalogue; and 3) I will make this as seamless and painless a process as possible.
I thank you for the honor and privilege of your partnership as we traversed this Digital Domain.
We are the pioneers of an Undiscovered Country.
Our successes have only just begun.
Humbly and Sincerely Yours,
The Vincible Man
2.06.2008
2.04.2008
The Intern
One morning, the Intern was buzzing with rumor, "They're having me research DVD Ripping and Video on the Web".
'And'...?
"I think they're going to start distributing Video".
'Ain't that something'.
To the Intern, this was just idle talk.
To me, it was opportunity.
Little did I know it, but fortune was with me that day...the Intern knew very little about the subject he was chasing...I put on one of my hats, and wowed him with the (limited) knowledge I had acquired from "testing the extent of copyright law"...And he became a believer.
In fact, had I not followed my instincts to bull my way in and help him with the project (whether he liked it or not), things would be a lot different.
For one, I would not be here. Not now.
It's true*.
But by being bullish and sincerely interested in his cause, I challenged Fate to a duel, and won the day.
It was the intern who planted the seeds...and it was I that reaped the destiny.
About a week or two after the Intern had made his end-of-Summer presentations, where he shared the collective knowledge of his research, I was pulled aside by the Chief Operating Office...He said, "we are moving you to the Video Team...I want you to think of this as a lateral move". I didn't know what to say. But I said, 'yes. I'll do it'.
In a way, it was sad to leave behind the Audio Duties I'd grown to love....'Goodbye, barcodes, CDs, and ripping machines.! Goodbye, audio delivery system! You've all been too kind'!
My transition to Video was complete by November of 2006.
...It's been one hell of an Adventure...
All because an Intern went "kachoo"!
...
...
*[Don't ponder the meaning of the statement 'I would not be here. Not now.' too intensely. Answers come with time.]
'And'...?
"I think they're going to start distributing Video".
'Ain't that something'.
To the Intern, this was just idle talk.
To me, it was opportunity.
Little did I know it, but fortune was with me that day...the Intern knew very little about the subject he was chasing...I put on one of my hats, and wowed him with the (limited) knowledge I had acquired from "testing the extent of copyright law"...And he became a believer.
In fact, had I not followed my instincts to bull my way in and help him with the project (whether he liked it or not), things would be a lot different.
For one, I would not be here. Not now.
It's true*.
But by being bullish and sincerely interested in his cause, I challenged Fate to a duel, and won the day.
It was the intern who planted the seeds...and it was I that reaped the destiny.
About a week or two after the Intern had made his end-of-Summer presentations, where he shared the collective knowledge of his research, I was pulled aside by the Chief Operating Office...He said, "we are moving you to the Video Team...I want you to think of this as a lateral move". I didn't know what to say. But I said, 'yes. I'll do it'.
In a way, it was sad to leave behind the Audio Duties I'd grown to love....'Goodbye, barcodes, CDs, and ripping machines.! Goodbye, audio delivery system! You've all been too kind'!
My transition to Video was complete by November of 2006.
...It's been one hell of an Adventure...
All because an Intern went "kachoo"!
...
...
*[Don't ponder the meaning of the statement 'I would not be here. Not now.' too intensely. Answers come with time.]
2.01.2008
Generation Y Will Not Be Televised
I belong to a generation that is connected, mobile, and electronic. The Earth is Round, but it is also Flat--in the palm of my hand, the world at my command. I stand at the edge of what is more like an abyss than a mere generation gap....On one side of the abyss, there are millions, if not billions, like me--adapted to and integrated with technology.
Resistance is futile.
We can share the programming of our lives with our phones, cameras, and webcams. We can instantly communicate with one another through social networking sites or via txt msgs. We are everywhere, and we don't have to leave our seats to be there.
It is often difficult to fathom that there are those who are not like us. Yet, on the other side of the abyss...there are millions, if not billions, who remain unassimilated by the Ways of Tech....The Gods must be Crazy.
Our world is on-demand and user-generated. We can be Change. But only if we don't do something foolish with the gift the abyss has given us.
You say you want a revolution?
Well, you know, we are already there.
Resistance is futile.
We can share the programming of our lives with our phones, cameras, and webcams. We can instantly communicate with one another through social networking sites or via txt msgs. We are everywhere, and we don't have to leave our seats to be there.
It is often difficult to fathom that there are those who are not like us. Yet, on the other side of the abyss...there are millions, if not billions, who remain unassimilated by the Ways of Tech....The Gods must be Crazy.
Our world is on-demand and user-generated. We can be Change. But only if we don't do something foolish with the gift the abyss has given us.
You say you want a revolution?
Well, you know, we are already there.
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