Really? This year? I grew up listening to Billy Joel; my parents love the guy. And, as a native Long Islander, I feel like I connect with him on a level only native Long Islanders can understand. With the exception of Elton John, there’s no one who sounds the same. Although Billy Joel may now [...]
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Billy Joel Coming to Cornell
October 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Events, Uncategorized
Tags:Billy Joel·CCC·Cornell Concert Commission·Cornell Events·Cornell University Programming Board·CUPB·Kyle Scott
Just a Random Monday
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
Here’s an astute observation: If you were to ask someone to pick a random day of the week, I think that day would be a Tuesday. Every other day is taken. Monday is the start of the week. Wednesday is Hump Day. Thursday is the new Friday. Friday is Friday. Saturday and Sunday are the [...]
Tags:Kyle Scott·Monday·random
In Memoriam
September 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
At the ten-year anniversary of September 11, 2011, I thought it fitting to share this memorial article published in the Cornell Alumni Magazine in the winter of 2001. Twenty Cornellians died in the attacks: eighteen in the World Trade Center and two on United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. My thoughts go out to those [...]
Crossroads of NYC
September 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
I’ve heard it many times, but I’ve never seen it play out like I did this week. New York City is a crossroads. Let me explain. Cornell has a very large presence in New York City, not only in terms of the university-run programs in NYC (see http://www.cornell.edu/nyc/), but also by the sheer number of [...]
What Cornell Did Not Prepare Me For: Doing Not Much of Anything
September 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Cornellians, Uncategorized
I’m just about three and a half months out of Cornell and one week from starting my new job in NYC as a consultant for Ernst and Young. For the first time since the summer between high school and college I literally have had nothing much to have to do. After four years of nonstop [...]
Tags:Andrew Ross Sorking·books·Cornell·Ithaca·Kyle Scott·Paul McEuen·Robert Trent Jones·Spiral·summer·Too Big to Fail·vacation
Start Me Up
July 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This summer has exposed me to a whole new aspect of the work world that I never knew about before: startups. Although Silicon Valley is still the hot spot for startup companies, a growing number of entrepreneurs are taking their ideas to New York City to get things rolling. Silicon Valley has been huge since [...]
Tags:corey belaief·NYC·san francisco·start up company·startup
Get Ready for Homecoming 2011
July 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I know it’s still a long way off, but when a friend of mine told me he’d be crashing on my couch from September 16 through the 18th, it got me excited for Cornell Homecoming Weekend. Then today at lunch, my boss (and fellow Cornellian) brought up the subject again and we chatted about how [...]
Tags:big red·corey belaief·homecoming·homecoming weekend·schoellkopf·spirit
A Day in the Life: A Recent Cornell Grad’s First Month in NYC
July 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I was skeptical to work in New York this summer. I’m from the suburbs of Massachusetts, and the previous times I visited NYC, I hated it. I always left here congested, stressed, and sweaty. However, after my first few days actually living here, New York grew on me. Now I have no problems falling asleep [...]
‘Tis the Season for Concerts
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve learned that in NYC, summer means a few things: temperatures on the street will hover at a cool 90 degrees, it’s absolutely essential to follow 3-5 slushie trucks on Twitter (@KelvinSlush = delicious), and concerts are plentiful. There are a ton of different venues to catch a show, and a lot of them are [...]
Tags:band·concerts·corey belaief·music·NYC·paul mccartney·ratatat·soul rebels
Three Tips for Working in Tech
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With technology constantly improving, new companies are popping up every day to take advantage. You don’t have to be an MBA or a coding prodigy to start your own company in 2011 — you just need the right idea and enough motivation to make it happen. Even if you just want to work in tech [...]
Tags:code·collaborate·corey belaief·startup·tech·technology·tips·user experience