I am suffering from severe blogger’s block. This tends to happen to me when work becomes really active or I try to take on too many things. I push the blog to the back burner. This time is different though. My mind has been preoccupied by the fact that my friend, colleague and noodad.com partner-in-crimeGregory Ng and his family, have made a life changing decision to move from Boston to North Carolina.

My problem is that I cannot understand why he would want to leave a city that fits him like a glove. I will now summon the power of Blogdar, the relatively unknown Norse god of blogging, to convince him that he should stay.

Mr. DM

In the direct marketing and interactive space(s), you will be hard pressed to find a person with more high quality, actionable ideas. My old boss used to say that he hated sales. He wanted to put a dollar in the vending machine and have a client fall out. We all know that that is a sales pipe dream, but if you were to ask for that sort of scenario for ideas, well that’s Greg.

Boston’s Got it Goin’ On

My question is whether the North Carolina market can offer enough to keep him occupied and challenged professionally.

• Boston is fast moving
• Boston has agencies that manage big, multi-channel campaigns.
• In Boston, Greg has insight into Direct, Digital, TV, Radio and Analytics projects.
• Greg has a huge client and colleague network in Boston and New York.
• Greg is a huge fan of the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics and loves to get to a game with his friends and colleagues
• Greg enjoys a good poker game now and then. There are no casinos in North Carolina (that offer anything beyond video poker), but Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are in his backyard since he’s practically living on the Cape right now.
• Greg’s friends are in Boston.
• Who will coach Boston in the newly formed World League of RB2000?

Blogging is a highly useful tool for formulating ideas and arguments. Sometimes when you get things out of your head and into a forum like this, you can see the error of your argument and it frees your mind from focusing on a particular topic. The variable that I have left out of the equation is that Gregory Ng, above all, is a family man and this move, for a lot of reasons, is really good for his family. Am I happy that he’s leaving? Hell no. Am I happy for him and for his new opportunity? Of course!

Good luck Greg. I will miss you.