Re: check wasn't cashed ...

[Aaron Swartz <xx@aaronsw.com>]

yeah, I've been staying in Williamsburg with a friend. it's amazing.
then maybe Brasil? (WSF is this week)

but after the fun stops I need to figure out what to do when I grow
up, so it'd be good to talk

you getting tired with the startup ngo life?

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
> if you're financially solvent, go find someplace new and stay there for a
> few weeks.  I went to Crete once when I was in a pre-doctoral funk (my ph.d.
> program I had enrolled in turned out to be awful so I left before classes
> started).  Later, when I was having real problems with my consulting life
> doing DOD and enterprise things, I went to Bangkok for a while and wrote a
> computer column for the bangkok post.
>
> Doesn't have to be international ... even driving across the country for a
> couple of weeks can do wonders to your outlook.
>
> Do let me know if you want somebody to talk to about this stuff ... (I'm in
> a what will I do when I grow up angst these days, so I can definitely
> relate.  :)
>
> Carl
>
> P.S. tarring up the rest of my irs stuff ... getting close to release.
>
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:
>
>> yeah. I haven't taken time off in like... forever.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Carl Malamud <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> not a problem ... just want to make sure you're ok.  let me know if you
>>> want
>>> to talk or if I can help you work through this ... definitely concerned
>>> about you.
>>>
>>> I suspect DC job is a mistake for you, $0.02.  Time off is good ...
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>> On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:
>>>
>>>> not really someplace I can do calls atm
>>>>
>>>> tweet was just a joke
>>>>
>>>> probably not going to take a dc job, just feel like I need to take some
>>>> time off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 28, 2009 4:07 PM, "Carl Malamud" <xxxxxxx@media.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote: > I didn't want to cash
>>>> it until I'd returned the...
>>>>
>>>> we should talk ... I'd like to understand a bit more what is going on
>>>> with
>>>> you, if I'm not being too nosy.  :)
>>>>
>>>> are you looking to do a job in dc or have already accepted some new gig?
>>>> what's with the "i'll be poor" tweet?
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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