POST TRAUMATIC MILTON DISORDER

January 20th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.

Wow. I just video-chatted with THE Milton Glaser… I will repeat… I just video-chatted with THE Milton Glaser. I’m a little shocked right now for a couple of reasons. First, he told me this was his first ever video chat. It may sound a bit lame, but I think there’s sort of a responsibility that comes with that. But I guess there’s a responsibility any time you can get Milton Glaser on record. I was honored and a bit surprised that he accepted my invitation to appear on the show. Although his presence in our forum creates the interaction that I had always hoped for DesignChat. The idea ANYONE can have first-hand access to the greats. Three people from the chat room got to ask question of Milton tonight. This could have NEVER happened 5 years ago. There’s a big difference between reading an interview with Milton in a magazine or on a blog, and being there when it happened. And there’s no way to transcribe that for someone in a way that can compare to experiencing it in real time. Our audience is international, including participants from China to Brazil. I shiver with excitement when I think about the possibilities of interaction in this forum.
The second reason that I’m left a bit flustered is that I know I was out of my league. I feel no shame in admitting this because almost anyone who converses with Glaser would feel this way. He is the most intimidating communicator I have ever met. I’m both scared of him and enamored by him. I’m scared to look back of the video because I know I look like a mumbling moron in contrast to the swift charismatic dismantling of any question I could have proposed. DesignChat is really meant to be a conversation, but I feel I more or less failed at creating that environment this evening. Again, I’m not upset about it. I’m just glad it happened, mumbling mess and all.
Glaser’s parting words were, “Good luck guys, keep it going.” And that we will, Milton. I think this party’s just getting started.
-Ryan