Nicholas White
I live in Austin where I'm Co-founder and CEO of The Daily Dot. I'm married to author Louisa Edwards, and I was born in California, but I grew up in New York. Contact me at nick [at] dailydot [dot] com.
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Mashed potato bar. I went with Boursin potatoes topped with pulled pork, bacon, mango salsa, fried onions, cheese, and sour cream. It is good.
oh jeez now I’m on the news
We have a tradition in my family of inaugurating summer by having strawberry shortcake for dinner. Summer has begun!
- Why I won't trust you
(And you shouldn’t trust me either.)
Working together is all about trust, and yet when someone says that I should just trust them about a certain choice or decision, that’s the last thing I want to do.
I’m a journalist and I believe in the writer-editor relationship. I’m also a filmmaker and I believe in the actor-director relationship just as strongly. I’m a social scientist, and I believe in the client-coach relationship.
All you can ever know is the view outside your own little porthole. When someone else brings their own perspective and their own experience to bear on a situation, the effect is often not a minor improvement—it’s exponential.
The truth is we often do not know why we’re doing what we’re doing, so simply explaining ‘why’ can be an important way to learn some of the wisdom we don’t know we have. Sometimes just saying something out loud, you think it through better.
But the kind of relationships that I’m talking about produce more than just saying something out loud. When two or more people come together to explore a choice and engage in a sincere exploration for the truth, something amazing happens. Answers can emerge between them—answers that neither of them have.
The truth is most of the time we’re rehashing and remixing the same crap gleaned from our own meager experience. These relationships are one of the very few places where humankind can find anything truly new.
So I will trust you with my checkbook or my wife. I will trust you to do what you say you’re going to, but I will challenge you on every decision to tell me why—even if the answer is, “because my gut tells me to.” And I will ask you to do me the same favor.
- Go Play Outside
It is *never* too cold or inclement for Wasp parents to send their children outdoors to play. Stop complaining! Run around and you’ll get warm! I’ll call you when dinner is ready!
I so heard this when I was a kid.
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
Winston ChurchillThis is the true joy in life: The being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. The being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is a privilege to do for it whatsoever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
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Status
- First newsletter went out today: http://bit.ly/hR9Fhf The team totally rocked it!
- I like radiohead as much as the next guy, but who plays it to get the crowd pumped up?
- WHERE AM I, FACEBOOK?!? (check ins still don't work...)
- Fb places never works on my phone. I feel failed by technology, the Internet, GPS, and social media.
- "I don't babysit, I kick ass." - Carin
- "the death of positive psychology will be a surfeit of earnestness." -Dan
- White dog, still great. And you know what else are awesome? Bar flies...
- Point of clarification: does gluttony include drinking? It doesn't seem like it fits in any of the other six... Can't be a freebie, could it?
- Gourdough's: Porkey, Dirty Berry, and Cherry Bombs. Does anyone know where I can get a vial of insulin on short notice?
- You know what word I like: dandle. It should be used more. It's double-plus good.
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Tweets
- @kaplogic I do not doubt your seriousness for one second. My bro's wedding. ;)
- @JasonSchmid it was A LOT of potatoes... I'm afraid I did not do it justice...
- Photo: Mashed potato bar. I went with Boursin potatoes topped with pulled pork, bacon, mango salsa, fried... http://t.co/WDgTgZSb
- Photo: One of my favorite foods. You must be able to get this is #Tejas too… http://t.co/OUY9OQko
- Photo: Break into your brother’s house and what do you find? http://t.co/gMzYTiQH
- Link: http://t.co/vVWIntnq
- Allow me to be a cranky editor for a minute: "Zagat, WHO was acquired by Google back in September" in an email about my sub. Srsly?May 30, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Politicians' cover ups on Twitter are way more boring than you'd think http://t.co/MjK260tq
- Is @jayleno reading this? Romney wants "A Better Amercia" http://t.co/HSUTq4vR via @dailydot cc @jordan327
- Anyone who is not following @blodget_ebooks is not getting half the value of Twitter today.May 30, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Lower return, but avoid "schmuck factor": "That's a trade-off most VC's will happily make," @allenmorgan http://t.co/ehfMBssu
- It's not about how hard you work, it's about how effective you are http://t.co/6ISH6hUF via @GOODMay 30, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- And strawberry shortcake for breakfast! #summer is here!
- Photo: We have a tradition in my family of inaugurating summer by having strawberry shortcake for dinner.... http://t.co/TFnAVxQ0
- Photo: A blood and sand is not an especially beautiful drink… But it IS tasty. http://t.co/qJRoGUYX
- @PolygraphMedia launched this week! Game changing analytics for #facebook, check it out! http://t.co/4KLaRWm3
- @bruce1971 truth!
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Info
- Experience
- Sept 2010 - PresentCo-founder and CEO / The Daily Dot
The Daily Dot is the hometown newspaper of the World Wide Web.
- May 2008 - PresentDirector / Sandusky Newspapers, Inc.
- 2006 - PresentBoardmember / Mack Rau Foundation
- 2003 - PresentCo-President / Eighty-Watt Cinema
- 2008 - 2010Vestry / St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Oct 2005 - Aug 2010VP, Audience Development — Midwest Division / Sandusky Newspapers, Inc.
Education-
2010 - 2011University of PennsylvaniaMAPP in Positive Psychology
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2009 - 2010Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of ManagementProf. Certification in Management
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2003 - 2005Columbia University in the City of New YorkM.A. in American Studies
Activities: Journal of American Studies -
2002 - 2002New York UniversityProf. Certification in Film Direction
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1997 - 2001Haverford CollegeB.A. in English, Creative Writing, Philosophy
Activities: Lighted Fools, Theater.
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Honors:Coined the term "Karaover"
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Bio
- A little more about me.
I recently moved to Austin, TX to co-found a new media startup, The Daily Dot, along with co-conspirators, Josh Jones-Dilworth and Nova Spivack.
Previously, I was Vice President of Audience Development for Sandusky Newspapers, Inc. Midwest Division and a reluctant futurist. Before that, I was the company’s Interactive Media Director.
Sandusky, a private company, was founded in 1822 and has newspaper and radio holdings in major markets across the US. The company has its roots in Sandusky, Ohio, where the same family has owned the Sandusky Register since 1869, making it one of the longest continuously owned daily newspapers in the nation.
I was born in California and since leaving home I've lived in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York City, and Norwalk and Sandusky, Ohio. I currently reside with my wife, Louisa Edwards, the romance novelist, and our two dogs, Hunter and Oscar (as in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta) in Austin.
In my spare time, I learn stuff. I have a bachelor's degree from Haverford College, a master's from Columbia University, and I hold professional certificates from New York University and Case Western Reserve University. I have also taken courses at the New School and Oberlin. I'm currently a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Most importantly, I coined the word "karaover."
Before starting in the newspaper business as a reporter, I had a spectacularly unsuccessful career in the film business in Los Angeles and New York City.
