Meme time again

I tend not to tag others in memes but I did receive one from Steve Betz today, and thought it would be rather fun when I can’t think of anything else to write.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Expanding Lucire, most likely. In June 1998, Richard Spiegel and I decided we would start covering New York fashion, at least on the street. I am proud to note we are one of the few dot coms from that first wave still around today.

2) What are five things on my to-do list for today?
It’s already 11 p.m. here. Emails. Tomorrow I do have a few phone calls to clients to make and chase up a few things from other parts of my company that need to be sorted. Pay my credit card. Pay a couple of personal expenses. Help my team on layouts.

3) Snacks I enjoy.
Potato chips of various flavours. I snack on one type for two weeks, then get bored of it, then move on to another.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire.
A few options. First is to give $995,000,000 of it away to various causes. Second is to give less of it away but retain enough to set up some philanthropic foundations, while having a small amount for the security of my family. If we are talking about a billion as the British once understood it—$1,000,000,000,000—then setting up a model community or society within a country might not be a bad idea. How about buying Baja California from Mexico and doing it there?

5) Places I have lived.
Hong Kong, New Zealand, New York, California, Sweden, France (the last few for under-90-day periods). Plus a lot of places here and there for a few weeks.

6) Jobs I have had.
Always been self-employed but among the jobs I have had to do to make a few bucks include calligrapher, typeface designer, web designer, graphic designer, publisher, brand consultant, author, marketing strategist.

If you wish to participate in this meme, please go ahead, and let me know if you have or put in a link in the comments. (Sorry, Steve, for changing the rules.)