Kyle MacD

Ticket to the Limit

2009-11-23T15:05:00.007-05:00

I met Randy Cohen at a conference called Gathering of Titans at MIT last spring. He's the CEO (Chief Energizing Officer) of TicketCity, a ticket brokerage based out of Austin TX. Randy's an awesome guy. And he just wrote a book called Ticket to the Limit. I promptly bought a copy of Ticket to the Limit and inhaled the whole thing in less than 5 hours of binge reading, partially while drinking tea and dancing to Shakira remixes in our kitchen. Yes, it's that good!

And I won't lie, I'm feel really, really good right about now. In the secondary ticket market, Randy lives in the exciting world of extreme supply and demand, something that I experienced in many forms while trading from a red paperclip to a house. It's a pretty thrilling world, and I understand fully why Randy can approach his work with such enthusiasm. He's also a big believer in a liberal sprinkling of exclamation marks to convey excitement, something I'm on board with! Randy has the kind of infectious energy that's addictive to the point of being scary. Well, maybe not scary, but if there is a limit to how much somebody can energize others, Randy's right on the razor's edge of the limit. Definitely not past the point of no return, but we're talking about rocking to the break-of-dawn, live your life to the fullest optimism in a way few are able to pull off. Also, he can get you great tickets to the Superbowl. Here's a except that made an impression:

Sometimes when you chance what you are doing, you do not enjoy immediate success. Maybe you've made more than your share of mistakes. That's good! Mistakes are how we learn and grow. I remember I used to watch Superman when I was a young kid, about five years old. I thought it would be great if I could don a cape and fly, too. So I got a big beach towel, tied it around my neck, and went up to a second-storey window. I opened the window and climbed up on the ledge. I jumped - and plummeted to the ground! It was a very valuable lesson about gravity. I learned the hard way that you can't fly. But guess what? I never jumped out of a second-storey window again!

So I obviously recommend reading Ticket to the Limit. Doing so while dancing in your kitchen to Shakira is optional, but also something I endorse fully. Because after all, is there anything better than a ticket to the limit?

Hanging in there.

2009-10-27T22:11:00.001-04:00

Montreal Flag Geneology Check

2009-10-06T18:04:00.003-04:00

Married to French Canadian: Check.
Mother with English ancestors: Check.
Dad with Scottish ancestors: Check.
Clover = I need to go buy Guinness.

Overheard at NASCAR

2009-10-06T13:35:00.001-04:00

"Talladega Superspeedway wants to remind you that Band-Aid brand band aids are the official band-aid of NASCAR. If you have a small cut or scratch, don't forget to turn to Band-Aid brand band aids, the official band aid brand of NASCAR."

I am DJ Dancefloor

2009-10-05T01:35:00.002-04:00

Yes, it's true. I know, I know. The rumors, there were many. I had an exceedingly large amount of free time in September and decided to hack away at an album of low budget electronic music. The album is called Club Thumping Beats and can be downloaded for free here: http://www.mediafire.com/?3zimn2xttwd I even set up myspace page for passive computer listening. www.myspace.com/iamdjdancefloor I hope you enjoy it. No word yet on imminent world touring to support the record. But I might go to Laval this week to pick up a BBQ, so that's pretty cool.

This is my kind of Bizz Nizz

2009-09-23T19:07:00.001-04:00

DJ Dancefloor makes huge club hits

2009-09-11T02:35:00.002-04:00

Download his club thumping beats to become a dancefloor bandit: www.myspace.com/iamdjdancefloor

The Yellow Pages by DJ Dancefloor

My autobiography up to 1990 - written in 1990

2009-08-19T06:44:00.001-04:00

Vanishing Point

2009-08-03T01:49:00.000-04:00

Space Saving Breakthrough

2009-06-26T14:29:00.000-04:00

Laval

2009-06-26T14:28:00.001-04:00

Cal

2009-06-15T02:18:00.001-04:00

The happiest strawberry in the world

2009-05-29T15:07:00.000-04:00

I like Bixi bikes

2009-05-12T17:53:00.001-04:00

Politics

2009-05-07T18:46:00.001-04:00

Bikes

2009-03-20T16:23:00.001-04:00

Kano

2009-03-17T03:01:00.001-04:00

March

2009-03-01T18:12:00.001-05:00

The best kind

2009-02-27T17:01:00.001-05:00

Accuracy

2009-02-27T16:55:00.000-05:00

Infrastructure

2009-02-27T16:50:00.001-05:00

Trains in Tokyo.

B.C.

2009-02-27T16:45:00.000-05:00

Counterfeit coffee

2009-02-27T09:48:00.000-05:00

Earthquakes can be good for the economy

2009-02-22T05:15:00.001-05:00

Kite Skiing Makes People Smile

2009-02-08T17:28:00.000-05:00