Happy New Year. Belatedly.
I’ve been struggling to get back to work since the holiday ended. Okay I took an extra week, but on my return I had to fly off to New York City for a pitch. Slightly glam? Yes. Tiring? Definitely.
Quick post today as I wanted to share my pictures of New York from a recent business trip. Even though it was a flying visit, what a city!
I was expecting lots of hustle, bustle and aggrevation. But instead I found polite, calm, easy going folks. What a difference to London. I can’t understand why people say these cities are alike.
I was told I’d hear ‘Hey! I’m walking here!” a lot, but nope. Not once.
The main thing that I noticed were the clean streets. Hardly any litter and no gum. It wasn’t smelly like London can be and was generally a very pleasant place indeed. I can’t wait to go back, preferably with Mrs Snowbadger and do some serious shopping.
Whilst there I had to rely on SMS to get me about as my company hadn’t sorted the necessary roaming facilities with Orange! Pah! Therefore no GPS Blackberry for me.
Anyway, using Twitter I could send SMSs and say
“On the corner of 55th and 7th. Need breakfast. Ideas?”
and I’d get a flurry of direct Twitter messages from my Twitterchums.
It certainly is an interesting medium.
Near on-demand advice from trusted sources in response to one single message.
If I had unprotected ‘Tweets’ I’m sure my network would be wider and I would have gotten some more ideas of how to spend my 24 hours, but as it stands a protected network means I get trusted recommendations and am not being talked into some sex dungeon for a New York based Twitter-stalker to kidnap a Snowbadger.
In a funny way it’s like taking you Twitterchums with you. Some might think it anoying, but if they do they can always switch updates off. I’m sure some have 
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Being a native New Yorker, I’m glad that your trip here was a pleasant one.
Pleasant indeed. I look forward to coming back and seeing more nightlife.