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"What sorts of neat startup attributes did he have?" That, I think, is a great question. To me, Russert exemplified the best of his profession without sacrific

by robg 18y ago

"What sorts of neat startup attributes did he have?" That, I think, is a great question. To me, Russert exemplified the best of his profession without sacrificing himself or his work. By all accounts, he was a great guy who did a great job (qualifications aside about the state of the American media, esp with regard to politics). If folks say the same of me when I'm gone, it will have been a life well-lived, indeed.

DanielBMarkham 18y ago
I remember in the 2000 election mess, Russet pulls out a whiteboard and on national TV starts sketching out some ideas about how things might play out. He was so absorbed in his work he was looking at "what's the best tool right now to get from point A to point B" not necessarily what the most or least telegenic thing to do might be. I believe he's the guy who gave us the entire concept of "red states" and "blue states" I'm sure he had a lot of faults, but it's obvious he was competing well at a national level, and having a blast doing it. If I remember, in the last year or two the network bought him some huge freaking interactive map to use on the air. He used it once and then went back to the whiteboard -- the whiteboard was just enough functionality to do what he needed and not any more. Lots of good startup lessons here -- or at the very least lots of good life lessons.
- robg 18y ago
  By all accounts, "having a blast doing it" describes him perfectly. And he managed to not make many enemies, if at all. That's a quite a feat. It was fun first. EDIT: Funny to me that this comment and its parent just got voted down. That's some spite. See, bemoan the state of the American media all you want. But Russert was one of its shining stars - a force of good where most is trivial. We should all aspire to stand out similarly.

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"What sorts of neat startup attributes did he have?" That, I think, is a great question. To me, Russert exemplified the best of his profession without sacrific

by robg 18y ago

DanielBMarkham 18y ago
I remember in the 2000 election mess, Russet pulls out a whiteboard and on national TV starts sketching out some ideas about how things might play out. He was so absorbed in his work he was looking at "what's the best tool right now to get from point A to point B" not necessarily what the most or least telegenic thing to do might be. I believe he's the guy who gave us the entire concept of "red states" and "blue states" I'm sure he had a lot of faults, but it's obvious he was competing well at a national level, and having a blast doing it. If I remember, in the last year or two the network bought him some huge freaking interactive map to use on the air. He used it once and then went back to the whiteboard -- the whiteboard was just enough functionality to do what he needed and not any more. Lots of good startup lessons here -- or at the very least lots of good life lessons.
- robg 18y ago
  By all accounts, "having a blast doing it" describes him perfectly. And he managed to not make many enemies, if at all. That's a quite a feat. It was fun first. EDIT: Funny to me that this comment and its parent just got voted down. That's some spite. See, bemoan the state of the American media all you want. But Russert was one of its shining stars - a force of good where most is trivial. We should all aspire to stand out similarly.