For the record

I'm going to go a little off topic (e.g. not talk about collegeboxes) and tell you a little bit more about myself in this blog post. In fact, one of the reasons I haven't posted as much this Spring is because I've gotten a bit dismayed with the fact that most companies use a blog for blantent advertising--that is what your website is for! Inside the Box, occupies an awkward space between corporate and personal blog. I started the blog almost two years ago when bored in a hotel room traveling to some school--Tulane, I think. If you're reading this, you can probably tell that Collegeboxes has come a long way since last year. New website, new schools, new staff, better service, etc. All of this is available for you to see at www.collegeboxes.com and via our official press releases.

From now on, though, it's time to go personal. In fact, you're probably reading this NOT because you want to hear the latest sale we're promoting, but rather, because you want to see inside the personal side of myself and my company.

Here goes...

Every morning when I get up I do two things. First, I open my firefox browser which defaults to my personalized google homepage. This is a fantastic site that you can populate with blogs/rss feeds you like to read. My favorites are:

1. www.gizmodo.com
2. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/
3. http://blog.ruhlman.com/
4. http://www.chow.com/grinder/

Second, I check our site to see how are sales numbers are.

A good morning, for me, includes two real elements. Anothony Bourdain, probably the most obnoxious yet awesome celebrity chefs posting a guest post on Ruhlman's blog slamming the lame chefs of the food channel (except of course Ina Rosengarden, Mario Batali, and Alton Brown) AND a ton of customers signing up for collegeboxes services. I'm not sure which one is better, one puts food on the table and the other just talks about food.

Part of my morning routine also includes reading dealbook (business deals courtesy of the nytimes) and chow hound. Chowhound, more cooking of course, is a library of frank restaurant and cooking advice. For example, if you want to know the best New England Clam Chowder in Cambridge, MA (where I live) just type it in and you're all set.