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Sunday, August 07, 2005
Posted by philgomes 5:32 PM
Regarding School And, Yes, A New JobA couple of things came together during my early-July room-hunting in Los Angeles.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the local Craig's List was of immense help in finding a place. I set up various appointments the weekend before and promised myself that I would not leave Los Angeles until I found a shared living situation that I knew I could make work. In a town where I maybe know two or three people personally, I figured a shared situation would get me acclimated to my new environs quickly.
In the last hour or so of my trip, I finally found such a situation. I now have a great roommate and we share a nice townhouse that's maybe two miles from Venice Beach. There are also two cats. One is highly affectionate and is owned by my roommate. The other is a hissing, scratching, white-and-fluffy demon-spawn and was left behind by the previous tenant. I've since put holy water and Bactine on my shopping list.
Anyway... As my trip wound up, something else happened. An inbound email (subject heading: "Call Me...Pronto!") and subsequent phone call with a company representative yielded an extremely compelling opportunity — and a major decision for yours truly by the time we hung up. The annual family trip to Kennedy Meadows gave me some time to think about it and, by the end of the month, a decision was made.
I've been teasing you, oh my gentle readers, about this for a few days now, so here it is: In addition to school, I now work out of Edelman's Los Angeles office in the so-called "Miracle Mile" district. My title and role is "Senior Counsel, Online Communications."
One doesn't want to say too much at this time, but it's safe to say based on the title that whatever I'll be doing will have something to do with blogs, syndication, wikis, and so on, as well as their intersection with corporate communications.
I'll be reporting to Rick Murray, GM Of Diversified Services, who is based in Chicago. And, of course, you may see me occasionally chiming in on Richard Edelman's future postings.
I'll be spending a couple of days in Chicago this week and blogging from there. The following week, I'll be attending the Blog Business Summit in San Francisco. Rick will be a panelist on "When Worlds Collide: Traditional Public Relations and the Blogosphere", along with Steve Broback, Lynann Bradbury, and Laurie Mayers (August 19th, 2-3pm).
Between my work at Edelman and the studies at Annenberg (starting August 22; lots more on that later), there's certainly going to be enough to inform a blog. Maybe even two.
Stay tuned.
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