What does it mean to be a Flickr in this day and age? — I read this post by Doc Searls: “Dear Adobe, Please buy Flickr.” The title sucked me in, and I wanted to read the argument for it. Searls makes some good points and posits his lament well. To my own dismay — I have well over a decade’s worth of photos…

Quick thoughts on the new mobile.twitter.com — Twitter recently released a new version of mobile.twitter.com. I applauded its redesign, and found it to be a breath of fresh air. There are obvious reasons upon first impression. It’s cleaner, the focus is on the feed and tweets, and it is comfortable in a mobile-first world. …

Every so often I think about the formative years of my career and the early influences — bodies of work. I’m tempted now and again, to put together a site that encapsulates everything I’ve ever done. …

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. — Plato. — Originally published June 8, 2010, after Rdio came out of beta. Given it’s demise, I thought it’d be nice to republish this here for posterity. Music is a huge part of many people’s lives. It seems odd that music is essentially sounds and noises put together to form something that…

The Garden Island of Kauai, Hawaii — Mahalo Life on islands requires a shift in both body and mind. “Island time,” as they say. You relax everything — time, your mental cogs, your movement. Perhaps it’s less about speed and more about finesse and smoothness. You find your groove. There’s no rush here. Patience is a given. You…

The road less traveled, to Hana. — Again We toured the Road to Hana once before. We never completed our journey — admittedly, the incessant one-lane bridges, switchbacks and lack of commitment on our part made the initial attempt a touch frustrating. …

Kauai, Hawaii. August 2015. It was our third time there. Being there felt harder—but I slowly let go. Meaning, I let go of the trappings of our regular life back in a city, back in San Francisco. We had little snippets of conversations with locals. It was a stark contrast…

Casual observations during travels in the region This was originally written for Weightshifting, a Tinyletter I keep, during a week whilst I was visiting family in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October 2014. People here love big phones. They prize big phones in the same way that the characters from the movie Her regard their devices…

I don’t have an account with the big blue F. It’s 2015. The social network is almost 11 years old. It’s remarkable — over a decade in existence and, mostly, still going strong. I read about it a lot. I have friends who work there. I have been recruited and…