Travel

My first trip to San Francisco

My first trip to San Francisco

In the March of 2003 I took my first ever trip to San Francisco to go to a party my friend Joi Ito was throwing and to finally see what all the fuss was about. As soon as I got off the plane I hooked up with Chris Pirillo who was letting me crash at [...]


It’s going to be a strange year…

It's going to be a strange year...

I arrived at my new temporary home (ie. my Dad’s place) earlier today. It was a smooth drive except for that little bit past Flagstaff where I almost died but every trip has it’s little adventures. Mine was due to darkness, a flash snow storm, tail-gating semi’s going way too fast, an unbalanced and overloaded [...]


I’d rather be in Bangkok

I'd rather be in Bangkok

As the year is coming to an end I keep reflecting on my all too short trip to southeast Asia in September. I think the one thing that I loved about that trip above all else is that you are completely anonymous over there. No one knows who you are and no one really cares. [...]


60 seconds: San Francisco

60 seconds: San Francisco

I shot this with my new Kodak Zi8 on a rainy day in San Francisco.


Do Not Disturb – Heisenberg & Schröedenger had a baby

Do Not Disturb - Heisenberg & Schröedenger had a baby

Some of the worst interaction design I’ve ever encountered can be found in almost every hotel around the world. Those ubiquitous “Do Not Disturb” door hangers are, without a doubt one of the best examples of poorly thought out and widely adopted standards that can be found in meatspace.
The standard door hanger is 2 [...]


On the road in Asia

On the road in Asia

I’m currently in Hong Kong decompressing from a hellish 14 hour flight that left LAX at 1:50am and got us in at 7am local time. The first day was a blur of exhaustion and basically landing on another planet. To get to our hotel room we took 2 trains from the airport at basically rush [...]


Toronto

Toronto

Last weekend I made my first trip up to the Great White North to the fine city of Toronto. I’ve been to Europe a few times and even Mexico but I’ve never visitied our neighbors to the north. Sean and I took the opportunity of WordCamp to make the trip and it was incredibly worth [...]