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Weightshift Memo

·Jul 27, 2016

Soft-close hotel doors, please

During a recent stay at a major hotel in Chicago, my wife and I were headed to slumberland when we heard it. If you’ve stayed in a hotel, you know the sound. *click, THUNK* It’s the sound of hotel doors closing. Heavy hotel doors with cumbersome entry handles. The ones…

Hotel

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Soft-close hotel doors, please
Soft-close hotel doors, please
Hotel

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Weightshift Memo

·May 17, 2016

Pondering Prosumer Photo Services

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…

Photography

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Pondering Prosumer Photo Services
Pondering Prosumer Photo Services
Photography

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Weightshift Memo

·May 11, 2016

Twitter Core

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. …

Twitter

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Twitter Core
Twitter Core
Twitter

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Weightshift Memo

·May 8, 2016

A Body of Work

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. …

Design

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A Body of Work
A Body of Work
Design

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Weightshift Memo

·Dec 15, 2015

On rdio

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…

Music

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On rdio
On rdio
Music

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The Well Worn

·Dec 11, 2015

Jurassica

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…

Travel

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Jurassica
Jurassica
Travel

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The Well Worn

·Dec 10, 2015

Routed South

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. …

Travel

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Routed South
Routed South
Travel

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The Well Worn

·Dec 9, 2015

Kauai State of Mind

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…

Hiking

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Kauai State of Mind
Kauai State of Mind
Hiking

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Weightshift Memo

·Apr 27, 2015

Smartphones in Asia

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…

Smartphones

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Smartphones in Asia
Smartphones in Asia
Smartphones

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The Slow Web

·Jan 15, 2015

A Lack of Blue

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…

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A Lack of Blue
A Lack of Blue

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