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December 8, 2006

David Armano IS a B.A.D. Blogger!

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 8:39 pm

Blogger A Day Call: Hello is David there?

David Armano left New York for Chicago. My first question was what he found when he got here. He said he was surprised at how beautiful the city is and how it surprised him that we don’t live and breathe fashion the way they do in New York City. “Everything is more casual,” he said. These days David says he beginning to like that, especially now that he’s raising a family.

That was a perfect opening for me to give one Chicagoan’s view of New York, LA, Boston, and Chicago. It goes something like this: You’re easily forgotten after 15 minutes in LA. In Boston, after 15 years you’re that person from wherever you came from. In New York, it takes 15 times for them to really get to know you. But in Chicago after five minutes a Chicagoan will take you out for a beer. We both laughed.

David and I talked about how he started blogging. He mentioned that he tries to keep his blog completely separate from the work he does. He pointed out that it still spills over some — folks mention in HR, while they are interviewing that they have read David’s blog. He said it’s not so much that he doesn’t want his blog to represent his company, but that he doesn’t want it to raise his profile in the workplace. He likes his blog to be his creative space away from work.

David and I spent some time talking about the people who blog and the effect that blogging has on people. I asked David whether he thought blogging changed him appreciably. He said, “When I first started blogging, I was a corporate citizen . . . now a year later, people put me in another class.” I said I understood what he was saying, calling my blog a 1200 page resume, pointing out that obviously he had shown he was a thought leader. We talked about whether anyone experienced the same change in “status” that he had. We decided it took more than a blog to do that.

David talked about other changes he sees in his life. How a few years back he’d never have thought of himself as an author. He said he’d never have considered writing a book, but now, he thinks about that very thing. He said that he never has faced his blog wondering what he would write. It was exciting and fun to discuss how he can feel himself reconnecting with his creative spirit. THAT was a cool conversation to share with him!

I think about how when the conversation started, I told David how Chicagoans like it when people who move here call themselves “Chicagoans.” David said that he might try that. I sure hope he does.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

I’ve found out things about myself that I’ve rediscovered. I always valued the quick creativity and ideas I had in college. The fact that I’ve rediscovered that has a lot of meaning to me.–David Armano

Stop by David’s Blog, Logic + Emotion, and say hi!

Thanks, David, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Want to be a B.A.D. Blogger see the. . . a B.A.D. Blogger? page in the sidebar.





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18 Comments to “David Armano IS a B.A.D. Blogger!”

  1. December 8th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
    Roger von Oech said

    Hi Liz,

    I’m delighted that you’ve “discovered” David Aramano and have introduced him to your readers.

    David’s one of the creative luminaries of the blogosphere’s marketing and design wing. He’s got a huge following, but that hasn’t turned him A-list snob — he’s still very generous with his ideas. (And, not once has ever threatened to turn off his comments!)

    I guess we’ll know David’s become a “Chicagoan” when he wears a “Bears” sweatshirt in his “About” photo.

    Congratulations, David: B.A.D. dude for a day!

  2. December 8th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Roger!
    I’m with you all of the way about David. He’s fabulously creative and most generous! He’s got a following that keeps telling me about him, yet we the most had fun talking about ideas, and blogging, and how people do things.

    David said in an email that this post made him a Chicagoan. I have to believe him. :)

    I can’t wait to meet him in person!

  3. December 8th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
    David Armano said

    Liz,

    Just more proof that we are discovering and re-discovering each other all over the place. I’m glad to have been introduced to you (Thanks Roger) and I appreciated that you took the time to get to know me over the phone. As I said, you have a gift. I fully expect to see you experimenting with Podcasting as your voice and talent for listening make you a great interviewer/conversationalist.

    Roger, thanks for the comment. I might allow myself to be called a Chicagoan, but you’ll never see me in a Bears sweatshirt. Cubbies maybe…

    Thanks again Liz. You’re a hoot.

  4. December 8th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey David,
    You don’t have to worry. I won’t ask you to pick a team to be a Chicagoan. Though I might ask to meet me at the top of the Hancock for a look at the runners and a beverage of your choice. :)

    Discovering and re-discovering is what I liked about teaching first grade. That’s where you get a new book every 6 or so weeks. Ahhhh that new paper feeling!!!

    David, Thanks for your words of encouragement, maybe I should make you my manager. I’ll get to podcasting when someone pushes me there.

    Meanwhile, listening is easy when everyone is like you, so easy to to listen to. :)

  5. December 10th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    Wow Liz, another B.A.D. dude I didn’t know before now. Thanks for sharing David. Amazing!

  6. December 10th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Phil,
    This is another guy from Chicago. And I must add I knew him before you. :)

    Though I have to say Roger von Oech knew him before me . . . why does everyone meet folks from Chicago before I do?

    I think I have to get our of your computer once in a while and into the city. :)

  7. December 10th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    Liz – yes, you did know him before me. You win! :)

    Jump out from behind your computer and come to the big city of Milwaukee. We’ve got lots of bloggers that visit here. And you know you are welcome any time!

  8. December 10th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Phil,
    You are so generous! I love you and David. Maybe he and I should drive up there together to see you. :)

  9. December 10th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    Absolutely Liz. Bring Roger and anyone else who wants to come. We can hang out at my place anytime. Plenty of apples, cheese, and coffee for everyone. :)

  10. December 10th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    I meant Roger too (in addition to David). Your car is small though. You might want to rent a bus! ;)

  11. December 10th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Phil,
    You are the best host in Wisconsin! They should give you keys to the state!!

  12. December 10th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    Thanks Liz. I love to host whoever comes to visit. You drive the bus, I’ll be here waiting!

  13. December 10th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Okay, then, you take care of the traffic on the Interstate and we’ll head up there!

  14. December 10th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
    David Armano said

    I’m up for a roadtrip pending we can make a pit stop at the Mars Cheese Castle.

  15. December 10th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    David!
    The Mars Cheese Castle. Okay, Just for you. :)

    How am I going to stop laughing so that I can go to sleep now? :)

    You better guy lots of cheese when we get there, young man!

  16. December 11th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
    Phil Gerbyshak said

    David – If Liz is driving ANYTHING is possible. The grilled cheese at the Cheese Castle is AWESOME! I’d bet they would even give you and Liz both a crown to wear for the day. :)

    Let me know when you want to meet there, a Saturday in January, and you’re on. You could say you had cheese with the cheesiest guy you know ;)

  17. December 11th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Phil,
    THAT was the cheesiest comment in quite a while! :)

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