While I had been working for T. Rowe Price since last October, I was doing the work via a contracting company called Vision Technology Services. While Vision is a great company, my time at T. Rowe was limited to just the 2 year period on my contract.
Throughout my time with Accenture, I had the opportunity to do work for a wide range of companies across the financial services industry. While I had good and bad experiences at all companies, I immediately felt "at home" with T. Rowe. The working atmosphere is tremendous, and I finally felt that I have found a company that I could see myself with for a long time.
When that opportunity came up a few weeks ago, I couldn't turn it down. I'm very excited about the opportunity to stay for a long time and leave a positive impact on a company that I really believe in.
My "new job" starts April 14th!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Old and New
It has been awhile since I blogged, but as the weather starts to get warmer outside, I wanted to share what has been keeping Holly and I entertained over the past few cold months.
My Grandpa Mort had a record player that fascinated me as a kid. It sat atop of Grandma's piano in this beautiful but worn hardwood case and was crank operated. Even more impressively, it didn't play the familiar records that I was used to--flat LP discs that everyone thinks of when they talk about a "record player". Instead, it played these little blue cylinders. I loved hearing it play, growing up, knowing that the music and words spoken were from a time long forgotten.
I don't know the history of how my Grandpa came to own what I now know is an Edison Amberola Phonograph (which was manufactured in the 1910s, but gave way to the records we know today in the 1920s), but I've heard both Grandpa and other recount stories of how this record player was the only entertainment he could afford during the Great Depression.
Listening to the Amberola, you realize how much entertainment and technology has changed over the last 100 years. While the music and the technology certainly has changed, some things haven't. Some songs--mostly patriotic and folk songs--are still played today, while others have faded into history. Also, while the technology has advanced a thousand-fold, the Amberola has the distinction of participating in the first "media format war". When conflicting media formats are discussed, many people think VHS versus Beta video tapes, or the more recent HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray DVDs. However Edison and the Victor Talking Machine Company had different ideas of how audio should be captured and played (mostly to avoid paying Edison any royalties on his cylindrical recording patents). Edison had the cylinder, and Victor (of Victorola fame) had the records that we know of today.
Knowing of my fascination for this wonderful antique, my Grandpa and Grandma left me the record player. My Dad held onto it for a couple of years as we moved out to Maryland, and while he had it he restored it to the beautiful condition it's in today. He also built a gorgeous stand for it, where I can keep all of the records that my Grandpa played over 70 years ago. The stand, made of Oak, contains wood that my Dad harvested from my Grandpa's forest, and is a gorgeous piece of furniture itself. They compliment each other perfectly, and I hope that the pair stay in our family for many more generations.
You can see the pictures of the Amberola in its new home below. Also in the set of pictures is the other piece of equipment that has entertained us this year, our new Samsung 1080P 47" LCD HDTV. While the LCD TV in our family room is truly beautiful to watch television on, the Amberola still draws us to the living room almost as often... something that I don't think our Grandchildren be able to say of any LCD TV in 100 years.
My Grandpa Mort had a record player that fascinated me as a kid. It sat atop of Grandma's piano in this beautiful but worn hardwood case and was crank operated. Even more impressively, it didn't play the familiar records that I was used to--flat LP discs that everyone thinks of when they talk about a "record player". Instead, it played these little blue cylinders. I loved hearing it play, growing up, knowing that the music and words spoken were from a time long forgotten.
I don't know the history of how my Grandpa came to own what I now know is an Edison Amberola Phonograph (which was manufactured in the 1910s, but gave way to the records we know today in the 1920s), but I've heard both Grandpa and other recount stories of how this record player was the only entertainment he could afford during the Great Depression.
Listening to the Amberola, you realize how much entertainment and technology has changed over the last 100 years. While the music and the technology certainly has changed, some things haven't. Some songs--mostly patriotic and folk songs--are still played today, while others have faded into history. Also, while the technology has advanced a thousand-fold, the Amberola has the distinction of participating in the first "media format war". When conflicting media formats are discussed, many people think VHS versus Beta video tapes, or the more recent HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray DVDs. However Edison and the Victor Talking Machine Company had different ideas of how audio should be captured and played (mostly to avoid paying Edison any royalties on his cylindrical recording patents). Edison had the cylinder, and Victor (of Victorola fame) had the records that we know of today.
Knowing of my fascination for this wonderful antique, my Grandpa and Grandma left me the record player. My Dad held onto it for a couple of years as we moved out to Maryland, and while he had it he restored it to the beautiful condition it's in today. He also built a gorgeous stand for it, where I can keep all of the records that my Grandpa played over 70 years ago. The stand, made of Oak, contains wood that my Dad harvested from my Grandpa's forest, and is a gorgeous piece of furniture itself. They compliment each other perfectly, and I hope that the pair stay in our family for many more generations.
You can see the pictures of the Amberola in its new home below. Also in the set of pictures is the other piece of equipment that has entertained us this year, our new Samsung 1080P 47" LCD HDTV. While the LCD TV in our family room is truly beautiful to watch television on, the Amberola still draws us to the living room almost as often... something that I don't think our Grandchildren be able to say of any LCD TV in 100 years.
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