2 posts tagged “florida”

Greetings from Florida!  I arrived here but a week ago, and can't help but feel that my summer is off to a late start.  There I was Friday, finally on the transcontinental flight home, so antsy to arrive that I couldn't even watch the in-flight episode of Two and a Half Men. And by the time I did reunite with my friends and acquaintances later that night, the conversations were way off; my “catch-up” questions were just too May.   By mid-June, “how did finals go?” is passé.

Work-wise, though, I came home just in the knick of time.  DailyMe had earlier agreed to take me back for another round of interning, and it wasn't until early June that they cleared me office space.  Turned out to be worth the wait: by the time I got back, they had cleared me a whole suite’s worth of space.  Well, not me personally.  More precisely, Sales and Marketing--the two groups I work with--recently moved to a different set of offices within our building.  This was partly to help accommodate the burgeoning company's staff increase, but also to give the Sales and Marketing a little space as they matured into teenage departments.  The CEO even let them get bunkbeds in their new pad. 

So I've been relegated to the new suite with another recent hire and Mrs. Boss--but the function goes hand in hand with the new features on DailyMe's site.  DM just incorporated some news organization tools meant to help readers find the most important news at a given time.  Users can still prioritize DailyMe’s articles based on their personal preference survey, but now they can also see what headlines our editorial board thought worthy of attention along with the most popular news of the day, DailyWe, as determined by what fellow DM’ers are reading.

I don't mean to wax nostalgic, but it felt funny to experience another DailyMe launch so soon after returning.  It was more than 7 months ago, but I remember the original service's initial Beta launch like it was yesterday.  I had just finished my first summer internship, and watched the old site go live on a laptop screen not unlike the one I'm viewing now.  Reliving that excitement all over again last week was great, and I hope we continue the trend of one grand unveiling per summer.  Pretty soon, I'll have seen more launches than an astronaut's wife and the mayor of Cape Canaveral combined. 

Until then, though, I’m just happy to be back and be bloggin’. 

Peace, Love, and Personalized Media,

-         John the Intern

http://DailyMe.com

I just finished my freshman year of college, but—I must say—the occasion felt less momentous than anticipated.  This is probably because, unlike other years, it wasn’t really defined by a discreet, culminating moment.  You know, the one you come to expect after the first twelve transitions from academic year to summer: a bell rings, papers start flying, kids start rejoicing, and—although it’s optional—the song “School’s Out Forever” should begin playing somewhere in the background.

            By those standards, 13^th grade ended in somewhat disappointing fashion.  Everyone finished their exams at different points in the week, and I was one of the stragglers.  And even once all the academic obligations were out of the way, it was still no occasion to deck the halls with reams of loose-leaf.  Quite the opposite, actually: dorm rooms had to be spic, span, and thoroughly emptied of our possessions by move-out day.  The worst part is that I couldn’t even play “School’s Out Forever” because I had already sent my speakers to storage.  Somewhere, Alice Cooper was wincing. 

            But “all’s well that ends well” isn’t a saying I always ascribe to.  On the whole, freshman year was good to me.  Maybe it was me who wasn’t good enough to it.  I could have flossed more, slept less, checked my mailbox more, spent fewer monies.  But what am I saying?  “Self-improvement” is something to think about at the end of the real year, not the academic one.  I’m just happy to be back within 30 miles of DailyMe’s Florida office again.

I'll be working part-time for my favorite personalized news service this summer, and can't wait to be back.  Expect to read about some intern adventures that are twice as funny, twice as wacky, and twice as office-y as last year's.

As Always - Peace, Love & Personalized Media,

- John the Intern

http://DailyMe.com