At the TED conference this year, marketing guru Seth Godin gave a talk on Tribes. I was lucky enough to have gotten a scholarship to the conference so was sitting in the audience for his talk. I about fell out of my chair when he mentioned my name and a photo came up on the screen. I was sandwiched between The Beatles and Bob Marley – I was so honored!….
Click below to see Godin’s talk…..
1st Ave-St. Marks - minutes after Obama was projected winner
So, as I’m sure everyone in the world knows, Barack Obama will be our next president – yeah!!!
As over 130 million people did on Tuesday, I went and voted here in NYC. I found it odd and rather funny that besides the presidential candidates, I don’t think there were any other people on the ballots except for Democrats. Like, no one ran against the Democrats in my district because it’s so staunchly liberal. Yeah!….
The evening started over my friend and neighbor’s Chesley’s (who conveniently lives across the hall) – about 10 people got together to snack, chat and listen to the returns. (Chesley doesn’t own a television.) I, on the other hand, left mine on and popped back every so often to see the results (TV seemed to be a bit quicker than the Internet, mainly because we kept forgetting to refresh the screen….). I got rather obsessed with the large iPhone wall that CNN had. And what’s up with the hologram interviews – I forget what station that was on – but are we all turning into Star Trek?
But how exciting were the results? Obama just kept racking up the electoral votes. We went out around 10 – 10:30 to the Tile Bar – a bar right at 7th Street and 1st Avenue (like outside our door…). Unfortunately, the TV there was really small, but it seemed like the second the polls closed on the west coast, the stations projected Obama as the winner.
Deena, Diane, Chesley and Dan banging pots in celebration (and true East Village style!)
All of a sudden, all around outside, all we could hear was cheering. Cheering, screaming and applauding was coming from windows, rooftops, opened windows in cars. The entire East Village erupted in screams. As we looked over at 7th street, we saw one lone man walking proudly down the street, banging on a pot. I’d never heard of this until I moved to New York, but on New Year’s people tend to bang pots and pans out their window. But, tonight, it was all about Obama. Continue reading
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