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How To Spend Your Holiday Break

by Patrick on December 26, 2011

Book a flight back home. Shop Amazon for gifts for your siblings. Exchange e-mails with your siblings on what to get Mom and Dad. Have no idea what to get Mom and Dad. Poll friends, co-workers, strangers on what to get Mom and Dad. Settle on Costco gift cards and a Roomba. Post your travel [...]

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Getting $hit Done Through An Energy Line

by Patrick on September 14, 2011

When I attended the 20SB Summit last month I heard great keynotes from two amazing people. I finally met the beautiful and talented Jenny Blake who was nice enough to include me in her book. Not only was her personal story of leaving Google to start a business inspiring, but she left me with some [...]

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The Future of Journalism: Becoming A Beat Writer Overnight

by Patrick on November 10, 2010

When I walked into that room I knew I was doing something few would have the privilege to do and would only earn that opportunity after years of hard work, dedication, and some luck. I must have a little bit more luck than the rest. Five minutes prior I walked through the press entrance for [...]

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Five Things I’ve Learned About Myself From Traveling The Country

by Patrick on October 27, 2010

I’m used to living a jet-set lifestyle The past couple of months I’ve been on a handful of business trips that has me away from DC and traveling all over the country. I’ve really enjoyed traveling to new states, new cities, new time zones. Here’s a new list of things I’ve learned on my travels: [...]

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Is Gen-Y Expected To Do Great Things Immediately?

by Patrick on October 25, 2010

I was 22 when I started my first job at TMG. I sat in a cubicle cluster with three women. Two of them were about my age. Or were they? I always felt like my co-workers there were much more ahead on life than I was. It was hard finding a reason why I felt [...]

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Has Social Media Become Too Social?

by Patrick on October 12, 2010

As social media becomes more mainstream two types of social media fans have emerged. The first type are the social media enthusiasts, who are genuinely interested in social media as an evolving way that we interact with each other and communicate. This camp includes the Social Media/PR practitioners and tech nerds that deal and work [...]

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Pho Around The Net: 8-29-10

by Patrick on August 30, 2010

This weekend ends my first professional theatre job and returns me to regular blogging status. With a nice deck party after the show I don’t know if I’ll get anything out this upcoming week but you can enjoy all the places I wrote outside of this blog til then: 4 Sport Boston: Red Sox Road [...]

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The Evolution Of The Evolution Of Dance

by Patrick on August 27, 2010

Have you seen The Evolution of Dance? I first discovered this video while I was working on New Persuasion at TMG- at the time it was the most viewed video on YouTube of all time. Now it’s 5th. What’s the #1 all-time video on YouTube now? Justin Bieber. If you look at the YouTube charts [...]

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The Blog Hump

by Patrick on August 23, 2010

I’ve been blogging before it was called blogging. That’s a long time. During my time I’ve seen countless blogs fall by the wayside. Life gets in the way for a blogger and posts become infrequent and eventually stop. Sometimes blogs will unexpectedly end with a farewell post. I didn’t start seriously following blogs til I [...]

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Why You May Not Want A Job In Social Media

by Patrick on August 18, 2010

It doesn’t surprise me that most TV stars don’t watch television. Unlike stage actors or even film actors, regulars on a successful TV series are constantly filming with little downtime in between seasons. That leaves little time to enjoy the television they aren’t making. There’s also an interesting effect of doing what you love every [...]

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