I’m a father, husband, Mets fan, and officially, a lawyer. I’m a proud graduate of Tufts University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.   This site and the other personal ones linked off of it are reflective of my personal views, and not necessarily that of my employer.  Standard disclaimer, as it were.

Oh, my job?

I’m the Director of New Media Communications for Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization which brings Sesame Street to the world (and, of specific importatnce to me, Twitter and Facebook).   I am in charge of the organization’s use of digital media for corporate communications purposes, which is a more formal way of saying that if it involves social media and/or the corporate website at Sesame Workshop, I’m the guy to talk to.  As a fringe benefit, I get to work with Cookie Monster and Grover and Elmo etc.  It’s awesome.

Before Sesame,  I co-founded ArmchairGM, which I co-sold to Wikia.  And before that, I was a practicing attorney at EpsteinBeckerGreen, which coincidentally has another attorney in the same office named Dan Lewis.  (He is not me.)  All of this, and more, can be found on my LinkedIn profile.

Hobbies?

I’m a die-hard Mets fan and have been since the early 1980s.  I’m a sports enthusiast generally, in fact, and spent a good portion of the early 2000s trying (and failing) to become a professional sports writer.

I write a daily email called “Now I Know,” which you can sign up for over there on the right.   Every morning, I share something interesting I’ve learned over the last few weeks.   For example, did you know that George Carlin narrated Thomas and Friends; polar bears are almost invisible under infrared light; Google uses goats as lawnmowers; and carrots, originally, were purple?  You would have if you subscribed to my email list.   (The whole archive?  Here.)

In fact, the best way to reach me is by email — dan.lewis@gmail.com.   I typically respond to everything, but things fall through the proverbial cracks, so if you email me for some reason and I don’t, just follow up with me.

I’m active on Twitter as @DanDotLewis and occasionally, I’ll write a blog post.   My last five posts can be found on the sidebar, and once I figure out how to put the headlines here, consider it done.  I’m also active at Amazin’ Avenue, an excellent Mets blog/community as well.

More about me?  Really?  OK.

• I have been to three Mets games in 2010.  I’ve won the Designated Drive of the Game two of the three times.  The section is pictured here.  My brother won the other time.
• I sometimes use this Tumblr blog.  Comes and goes.
  
• Same with Digg and Google Reader.
• I can juggle.   Tennis balls, typically, and only three.
  
• Yes, I’ve really met Cookie Monster.   A few times, in fact.