down the avenue: Conde Naste's Portfolio

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Only Those Who See the Invisible, Can Do The Impossible
The Age of your Heart is the Age of what you Love - Marcel Prévost
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us. -Helen Keller
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. -Carl W. Buechner
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The foolish reject what they see, the wise reject what they think
Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao-tzu
The world surrenders to a quiet mind
It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it - Somerset Maugham
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Goethe

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April 30, 2007

Conde Naste's Portfolio

Conde Naste had their official Bay Area celebration for the launch of Portfolio, the new magazine that combines business, finance, technology, entertainment, art and advertising. BusinessWeek meets Vanity Fair and more.

It was refreshing to attend a schmooze event in San Francisco where laptops were not opened or encouraged and the venue (held at Jack Falstaff in SOMA) housed a large number of New York suits with creative ties, agendas and lives.

People I had not seen 'out and about' in awhile made an appearance, such as former BrandWeek's Diane Anderson, former CNBC's Cory Johnson, Craig Newmark, Wired's Chris Anderson, Dan Farber, Caryn Marooney and of course Portfolio Managing Editor Blaise Zerega, who I managed to catch up with a bit post event. A few TED pals, advertising buds and consumer marketing folks were also there -- women even wore dresses, a rarity at technology only events.

Dan Fost & Media Buds