Category Archives: Personal

What do i want to do when i grow up?

Where are the cool innovations of the next decade happening so i can find a job working on them? I am starting to look for a job and for the first time in many years i am not sure what sort of job i want. I have made a good career being on the bleeding [...]

Well that was unexpected

I am no longer with GitHub. Working at GitHub was a pretty amazing experience. I enjoyed every single minute of it except for the last half hour or so. However, impermanence is — so i am back on the market. If you need someone who knows a fair bit about web API design, SOA (of [...]

Au revoir Paris

It has been a great trip but it now it is time to head home. Don’t cry that it’s over. Smile because it happened. — Dr Suess

Bonjour Paris

Good friends

Elliot and Audrey with their friends in the old section of Basel.

Basel

We are spending a few days in Basel, Switzerland with friends (and uncle Joshua). Playgrounds are fun no matter the language.

Hallo Frankfurt

This evening we enjoyed a nice – if a bit soggy – walk through central Frankfurt with my brother Joshua. All’s well that ends with frozen yogurt.

Good bye iceland

Iceland has been amazing. I keep finding myself saying “when we come back …” which is always a good sign.

“life elevated”

That is utah’s slogan, apparently,which is where we are today. We spent the last few days at the grand canyon and lake powell. Both are awe inspiringly beautiful. So much so that I will skip posting the completely inadequate pictures my phone captured. Elliot and Audrey are keeping travel journals. So far Elliot has ended [...]

Petrified forest

Today we visited petrified forest national park today. We started in the painted desert area of the park. What desolate, beautiful landscape. After that we moved on to the petrified wood portion of the day. That stuff is just cool. It is amazing how wood like the permineralize type is. The fully petrified type is [...]