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Crunch Fitness: A Story of Terrible Customer Service
Prepare to be amazed by the shortsightedness of Crunch customer service. Yesterday I walked into Crunch at Kips Bay, gave them my card and was
January 30, 2005 |
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I'm a Barbarian
So I've got a pretty big announcement to make today. People who know me probably already know about this, but I haven't really told that many folks. I have moved to Barbarian Group to head up planning and st
June 30, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 38 COMMENTS
Best Man Decathalon
My good friend Jimmy has gotten engaged (congratulations) and he needs to pick a best man. He's narrowed down his groomsmen to three fine choices (with yours truly included), however, he can't decide who should be his best man. As a possible solution
December 27, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 24 COMMENTS
Big News
[Editor's Note: I'm going to be in San Francisco until next Wednesday, if you're around and want to try and meet up, give me a shout.] I've been holding this in for a while now and it's
February 8, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 22 COMMENTS
Happy My Birthday to You
This is little more than comment bait, but screw it, it's my blog and I'll do with it what I wish. First things first, credit for the title goes to swissmiss who
February 22, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 19 COMMENTS
Getting Personal
[Editor's Note: I try not to get too personal around here. This is an exception to that rule. This is my website and my life. This is where I think out loud and I believe it's important everyone know who I am. But more than that, I just want to
September 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 17 COMMENTS
Business Cards Before Bed
I woke up this morning feeling like my head was going to explode. And I just took some Nyquill, so bedtime is imminent. So in lieu of a real post I figured I'd just show off the new business cards I designed for myself this weekend.<
January 9, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 16 COMMENTS
Calling All Word Experts
I've got a couple posts brewing at the moment (one about amibguity and its relationship to binary code and another about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/arts/22domi.html?ex=1319169600&en=eaab5856af9f9f4b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=
October 25, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 15 COMMENTS
Post-FMS, Pre-PSFK
Next week is big for marketing events in NYC. Monday is Future Marketing Summit and Tuesday is the PSFK Conference. To celebrat
March 1, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 14 COMMENTS
Thanks for Giving
Today, as most of you know, is Thanksgiving. In the spirit of the holiday, I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you. Your contribution to this site makes it what it is. Your comments and email are so incredibly thoughtful and insightful,
November 23, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 13 COMMENTS
Tell Me Who You Are
After having a good time meeting up with Noah from OKDork.com , I decided to ask more people who read my site to introduce themselves. Tell me who you are, what you do, how you happened upon the site and, if you
November 7, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 13 COMMENTS
Noahup
In celebration of the other Noah being in New York City, we thought we'd throw what we were calling a Noahup (Noah + Meetup). Plan is we go to a bar and invite everyone we know to come along and chill, be
October 12, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 13 COMMENTS
Catch Up (and Friday Happy Hour)
Okay, so I'm back. Have lots to talk about, but just wanted to tie up a few loose ends with a quick post before I dig back into blogging for real. First off, huge huge huge thank you to all my guest bloggers. I can't tell you how it felt to
June 18, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 12 COMMENTS
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
I can't remember who told me this, but they said "not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur." (If it was you please let me know and I'll give you credit.) Since then it's been swimming around in my head non-stop. To me an entrepreneur is som
January 5, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 12 COMMENTS
Happy 2008
I was planning on holding off posting this, however, Google has locked me out from sending emails after I sent out a massive New Years note last night (if you want to go back to the other posts, here is my best links of 2007 <a href="http://www.no
January 2, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 11 COMMENTS
From the Bottom of My Heart
To be honest I'm at a loss for words right now as I try and reflect on the year that was. This website, and more importantly the community that's developed around it, has simply been extraordinary. I can't tell you all what it means to me that you
December 31, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
Two Ideas
I've had two pseudo-money making ideas in the last few days and I figured I might come right out and tell everyone about them to see if they make any sense. The first is a job board/blog. The idea here is that lately I've been hearing about
July 13, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
Birthday 2007
So, my birthday is coming up (February 22nd) and like every year, I'm having a party. </p
February 2, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
The 'Yes, and . . .' Rule
In improv comedy there's a rule called 'Yes, and . . . '. Basically, anytime anyone says anything you reply by building saying yes. "Is that a cobra stuck in your teeth?" "Yes, and blah blah blah blah blah . . ." (I couldn't come up
December 12, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 9 COMMENTS
(Mostly Not) Irish Observations
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October 25, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 9 COMMENTS
One, Two, Three, Four, Five
Just this morning I was trying to decide what in the world I would write about today. There's this funny feeling of obligation to write when you have a blog. It's not that anyone else is actually saying, "hey Noah, you haven't posted in a while,"
December 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
This Friday: Laier!
I'm not quite sure why, but I decided that there was a serious need for a drink time this Friday. With that in mind, Adrian Lai and I (hence Lai-er) will be hosting a little post-work shindig this Friday, March 2
March 21, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
50 Important Words
Three months ago I wrote the most important thing I've written on this website (and maybe ever). Funny enough it was probably the shortest entry I ever wrote and definitely not
October 9, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Oh My ...
By Barbara Rubin Brier I can’t believe how daunting it feels to have been entrusted with writing for Noah’s blog! And the ‘brilliant’ billing certainly didn’t help -- I can’t remember when Iâ€â
October 14, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Birthdays Abound
First off, I just realized that on July 16th, this blog turned three. I didn't give it a proper celebration, so I figured I'd at least say a few words. I often tell people that the most interesting things that have happened to me over the l
July 18, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Getting Some CNN.com Face Time
Noah Brier surfs the "flickr" site, looking for bookma
May 4, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
You know you're a geek when . . .
You have a dream starring Robert Scoble and Steve Rubel. And you've never met them, only read their blogs. Like me . . . (The fact that in the dre
March 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Thursday Conversations
On Thursday I had three great (separate) great conversations with Sara, Johnny and Charlton. I thought it might be great to captu
May 12, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Notes from London
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days, as most of you probably know, I'm in London. Since I have a few minutes before I go out and eat my hangov
January 18, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
likemind ny+sf
This is an extra special likemind announcement: For the first time li
October 16, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
My Crunch Response
About a day after I sent out my big Crunch complaint email, I recieved an apology from the COO of the company, Roger Harvey. In the email he apologized for the experience, asked me to not judge Crunch Fitness after one bad experience and offered me a
February 2, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
More likemind
[Editor's Note: In case you haven't been keeping up with likemind here's the latest email we sent out. (I also am way to busy at the moment to write a proper entry.)] Well folks, it's almost been a mo
March 14, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
likemind III
It's time for the third installment of
September 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
M.I.A.
I've been pretty bad about writing her for awhile now. It's nothing personal, I've just been incredibly busy lately doing things like: Working. Like crazy. Should calm down at the end of the month, but it'll be pretty
April 9, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Likemind
Last week I <a href="http://www.noahbrier.com/archives/2006/07/real_
July 17, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Drilling Down
By Barbara Rubin Brier A good deal of my professional time in the past year has been spent on principal mentoring, i.e., supporting aspiring and new principals as they take on the extraordinarily demanding responsibility of running a schoo
October 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
It's Just Natural
Much of my life is spent saying things and making decisions that I am not completely qualified to make. And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. The way I see it, none of us are really ever completely qualified to make a decisio
September 15, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Keeping Busy
Just wanted to catch everyone up real quick on things that have been keeping me busy. The purpose of this is (a) to justify why I haven't been writing all that much and (b) I can't think of a good second reason. Naked stuff Been wo
April 12, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
More Likemind
About to board a fairly delayed flight from Oakland to New York. I figured I'd put up a real quick post reminding everyone that this Friday, February 16th is likemind. It's been amazing to watch this thing grow and we're now in 14 cities an
February 14, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
What I've Been Doing
Look, I've been totally out of the loop lately. Lots of work and the such filling up the hours of my life. But I really feel bad not giving this site any real time lately (since my <a href="http://www.noahbrier.com/archives/2006/01/top_50_albums_o
January 17, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
It's My Birthday
It's that time of year ladies and gentlemen. The one day that I get to call my own. That's right: today's my birthday. Now I'm not saying this to get birthday wishes or presents (though my
February 22, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Party Party: Halloween Edition
For all you New Yorkers (or people that know New Yorkers) here's the invite for my next shindig: Hi Everyone, First off, thanks to everyone who made it out last time, it was a blast. After the success of the last party I've decided t
October 2, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
One Year of NoahBrier.com
Queue the streamers and cake, this place has been around for one full year as of today. That's right, on July 16, 2005 NoahBrier.com was brought into this world. For those of you that remember those early days, the <a href="http://noahbrier.com/oldde
July 16, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Irish Vacation FAQ
I haven't exactly been on my best posting behavior lately, it's been spurts of posts and then none. I've got some good excuses, though, I swear. Lots of work, personal stuff (one-year anniversary with my girlfriend, etc.), random web stuff for oth
October 10, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Job/Personal Creativity
[Editor's Note: This is really just me bitching. Because this is my site, I can do whatever I want. Sometimes that means wasting space with a meaningless rant like the one below. Sorry to waste your time.] Tonight I had something sai
October 26, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Likemind Round 2
After the huge success of the first lik
August 21, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Inspiration
Hi. This is Charles. I'd like to talk a little bit about inspiration. Those of you who know Noah know that he's a pretty inspiring guy. In fact, he writes about being inspired <a href="http://www.noahbrier.com/nb/mt-search.cgi?search=in
June 12, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Come Party this Friday
My friend Colin was kind enough to remind that it had been far too long since we did a little drinks shindig in NYC. So we decided to organize one for this Friday and in the process of o
July 22, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Friday Funday
First off, a quick reminder that happy hour is happening tonight. Here are the details: Where: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=sweet+and+vicious&near=New+York,+NY&fb=1
June 22, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Happy Birthday likemind
Since today is officially likemind's first birthday I figured I'd post a slightly edited version of the original email exchange between Piers and I that made it happen. <str
July 20, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Happy Birthday Mom
Warning: Sappiness to come, read at your own risk. Since this is my page and I can do whatever I want, I'm sending out birthday wishes to my Mom. Happy Birthday! Thanks so much for everything you've done for me, I'm more grateful than you'
September 21, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Pre-PSFK Drinks
Since lots of folks are in town for <a h
March 20, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Playing Catch Up
Okay, this is one of those posts where I give lots of reasons why I haven't posted in a while and throw a bunch of stuff I've been thinking about out at once. So sorry about that . . . First off, if you're in New York City next Friday, Feb
February 14, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
likemind x 4
It's time for another likemind and I
November 28, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
London Here I Come
So next week I'm going to London, which is very cool. The only bummer is that I'm going to be missing likemind.ny. Luckily, I've got something to fill my likemind needs: likemind.lon That's right, t
January 12, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
My Birthday: $20 All-You-Can-Drink
It's time for my birthday again. I don't really feel like DJ'ing this year, so it's just drinking. The deal is $20 all you can drink for 2 hours. Basically, whenever you get there you pay your $20 and drink anything but top shelf for 2 hours (who nee
February 11, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Crunch Sucks Update
For those of you that remember back in December when I told my story of the terrible customer service at Crunch gym, I just wanted to update the situation. Since December I have been a happy member of
September 21, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
In Print
Just wanted to point to some mentions of me and my activites. This is completely self-serving, but hey, what can you do? Hopefully you'll find it moderately interesting. First off is an article I wrote for <a href="http://publications.media
August 6, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
New Job
Today was my first day at my new job. I am now a writer at Renegade Marketing Group (go check out the website, it's very cool). It was exciting to be doing something with myself again, after my month vac
December 13, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
2 Restaurants, 1 Article
Just got back from San Francisco and don't have much to report at the moment. Just wanted to make two food recommendations to anyone on their way out (or if you live there and don't know about them, I guess). Isa 3324 Steiner St
May 1, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Moving to College
For those who read my website regularly, be advised that the following doesn't include any references to RSS and other dorky stuff. You have been warned! I helped my little sister move off to college this weekend and came away with three o
August 29, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
A Few Weeks Off
Wednesday morning I leave for a ten day trip to Israel. I'm pretty damn excited about it, especially because I have been working non-stop for the last two or three weeks. (That doesn't mean the blogging stops, though, read on . . . </stron
June 5, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
A Costume Fit for a Geek
This, ladies and gentlemen, was my award-winning Halloween costume. I was a semicolon. Fo
November 4, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Question Everything
[Editor's Note: Since I'm currently away on vacation and don't have anything to write at the moment, I decided to post my college entrance essay. My mom recently emailed it to me and I think it really explains a lot about the way I think. I hop
October 19, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
A Letter to My Readers
Dear Readers, I just wanted to thank everyone who reads this, I really appreciate you taking your time to read what I have to say. I also have one small request to make of you, can you please post comments on anything you find interesting? (
October 9, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Friday Evening Shindig
So I'm back from vacation and feel like it's been far too long since I did a proper drinks get together. After consulting with my friend Colin, we've decided Friday evening at 6pm is ideal. As usual, bring along anyone you'd like. W
June 4, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Do You Write?
Renegade, where I work, is looking for some writers for a few jobs. 1. A copywriter for a job we're doing for a technical company. The writer doesn't have to have technical writing experience,
September 14, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
likemind Global Question
As with most months, I like to remind people that likemind is happening. We're in 37 cities (if my counting is right) and we're pretty excited to be opening our first dual city this month as likemind Brooklyn joins
October 17, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
likemind Friday!
Hey everyone, life has hit a crazy patch. Between working my ass off and trying to wake up at 6am to go the gym, there hasn't been a whole lot of time for anything else. Hopefully it will subside slightly by the middle of next week. Until then I a
May 16, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Shore Points
I'm not so bi
August 10, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Further into Geekdom
I just finished getting the links on the side of the page working with the help of Magpie RSS and this handy PHP script. But tha
June 3, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
likemind 2007
Just wanted to take a little time to announce some exciting <a href="
January 8, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
American Demographics Newsletter
It appears that somehow the latest American Demographics Alert (the new weekly newsletter) has slipped online (it's supposed to be subscriber only). Since I expect I am not allowed to post any of my own work myself (all of it has a big Primedia co
July 29, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
"Buzz Giant Poster Boy"
My article from the June issue of American Demographics titled "Buzz Giant Poster Boy" has been posted by Renegade Marketing, one of the companies feature
November 10, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
REMINDER: Halloween Party
For all the New York City Readers (for those not in New York, tell your NYC friends): Dear prospective party-goers, Well folks, with the election, Halloween and the world series on your minds it's possible (though doubtful) that you may have
October 26, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Moving On
Just wanted to let everyone know that as of the end of the day today I will no longer be employed by American Demographics. I will write more when I have a chance, but this is very exciting for me and I have some great opportunities on the horizon. I
November 15, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
For Those of You in New York
Well ladies and gentlemen, the time has almost arrived. Get ready for a booze filled evening of music and cameras. The party has arrived. When: Friday, September 10, 2004 Where: Remote Lounge (http://www.remotelounge.com)
September 9, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Thinking About September 11th
As I was walking to work this morning I began to think about September 11th. I wasn't thinking of it because we are two days removed from the three year anniversary, rather, I was thining about it because it was a beautiful cloudless day in Septem
September 13, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
20 Things I Think I Learned in College
After having moved my sister in to college this weekend I decided to write down some of the lessons I learned from four years at NYU. Some are kind of random, some are clichés and some are more advice than lessons. I probably could have gone be
August 30, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Changes of Life
I wanted to point everyone to a fascinating Fast Company article all about the brain science that explains why it's so hard to change and suggests some recommendations for how it might be made easier. The arti
May 2, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
My 15 Seconds of Tagging Fame
Just wanted to point everyone to an AP article on tagging titled "'Tags' Ease Sifting of Digital Data". The article features a quote from your's truly (un
May 1, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Rosa Parks
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October 26, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Noah in SF
Hi all, just a quick head's up that I will be in San Francisco next week from Wednesday to Saturday morning. If you're around the area and would like to try to meet up for a bit, drop me a line or
September 27, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Real Life
Lately I've had a desire to meet some people from the blog world in person. So, if you're a reader of this blog and live or are visiting the NYC area, drop me a line and we'll get coffee or a drin
July 12, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
drinks in sf tonight
[This is an email I sent to friends in sf. I decided to post it here and invite all you as well.] Hi everyone I know who lives in or around SF, I was thinking about getting a bunch of people together Monday night for some drinks befo
October 22, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Birthday Party Madness
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February 28, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Vacationing
Hi everyone, I'm on a much needed vacation enjoying the beach and the sun in the Caribbean. That means no posting from me for a while (though since brand tags launched I'm sure you've gotten used to
May 28, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
New Years Best Wishes
Just wanted to wish all my family, friends and readers a happy and healthy New Year (that includes Jean-Pierre and Jean, who I found out have been keeping up with me here). Thanks to everyone for everything (I know it's general, but hey). For those n
December 31, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
The Official Birthday Party F.A.Q.
Lots of people have had lots of questions about this party, so I've decided to create the Noah's 2005 Birthday F.A.Q. (remember, I'm a dork). But for those of you who don't want to read the quite lengthy email, here are the quick details: Locatio
February 24, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Anyone Looking for a New Job?
Just noticed that Renegade Marketing (the company I now work for) is looking for an "Office Manager/Recruiter." They have posted the opening
December 17, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS