Life

Two Conferences, Two Weeks

In Conferences, Geek, Life, Powazek on 25 July 2006 with Comments Off

A small collection of thoughts after attending two conferences in two weeks.

The US government is full of people who are really passionate about what they’re doing. In other jobs, you “work.” But when you work for the government, you “serve.”
Those of us who have been making webstuff since before the word “weblog” came around, myself [...]

My Dog is So Smart

In Fun, Life, Stories on 18 June 2006 with Comments Off

Yesterday Heather and I were walking the pups through Golden Gate Park when we came upon Stow Lake. Heather noticed that, if you rent a proper rowboat (instead of the little paddle boats), dogs are allowed. Why not? Before I knew it, we were in the mucus-colored lake, Heather rowing Bug, Chieka, and I around. [...]

Do What You Suck At

In Design, Life, Writing on 16 June 2006 with Comments Off

In Merlin’s latest 43 Folders podcast, The Perfect Apostrophe, he tells the story of the book he almost wrote. You should go listen to it - Merlin’s a stitch, as always.
For the uninitiated, 43 Folders is a “Getting Things Done” blog about how to be more organized in business and life. When he and a [...]

33

In Life on 16 May 2006 with Comments Off

Today I am 33 years old. 33 years of troublemaking behind me. Hopefully 33 more to go.
Today I find myself smack dab in the middle of the most amazing moment in my career ever (if I can even apply the word “career” to the list of antics and misadventures that make up my resume). [...]

What I’m Up To Now

In Design, Life, Powazek on 26 April 2006 with Comments Off

Two months ago, I posted about leaving Technorati and starting a design studio. I also lamented how hard it was to find a good domain name, and lots of you wrote in with fabulous suggestions and offers. I tried to reply to everyone, but please forgive me if I didn’t get back to you. They [...]

It Has Recently Come to My Attention that I am an Idiot

In Geek, Life on 14 March 2006 with Comments Off

We interrupt this conference-related revelry with an important announcement. It seems that in the haze of my cold medication, I made some adjustments to my email server’s settings which resulted in the last few days of mail getting unceremoniously rejected.
So, if you sent me mail in the last week, please resend. I realize this [...]

What I’m Up To

In Design, Geek, Internet, Life on 4 March 2006 with Comments Off

So I’m starting a design studio. Something small, specializing in participatory interactive projects - sites that do something. It’ll just be me and a partner, at first. We’ve even got a small office space already, and an ever-growing list of clients. There’s just one thing we do not have. A name.
I have spent the last [...]

Technorati, Favorites, and Moving Forward

In Life, Technorati on 22 February 2006 with Comments Off

As a designer, I like big challenges. Sure, you can pay the bills endlessly tweaking a pixel here and there, but it’s much more fun to be on the bleeding edge. In my career thus far, I’ve been lucky to have had a hand in some pretty major web happenings: HotWired, Electric Minds, Blogger. Some [...]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

In Life, Music, Stories, iPod on 4 February 2006 with Comments Off

I’m 32 years old. That means I missed reel-to-reel. I never owned an 8-track. But I remember vinyl. In this modern world of MP3s and iPods, there’s something romantic about records.
It’s the ritual that I miss. I remember flipping through my dad’s albums until the immense cover art of one drew me in. I remember [...]

“It’s So Big!”

In Fun, Geek, Life, Photos, TV on 12 January 2006 with Comments Off

I have to say, hearing my wife come into the living room and say, “Oh my God, it’s so big,” gives me a certain manly geek pride I’ve never quite felt before.
She also told me it was well hung.