One of my hobbies is landscape photography. Over the years I've shot on a Fujifilm, a Leica, and a handful of iPhones, and I have hundreds of photos from hikes, road trips, and photo walks scattered across hard drives and camera rolls with no good way to organize or share them. Fort Mason / Leica Q When I lived in San Francisco, one of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning was grab my…
The Texas Water Safari is a 260-mile canoe race down the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers from San Marcos to Seadrift, Texas. This year I was a team captain, providing land-based support for friends paddling in boat 7203. Here's my journal from the 2025 race. Day 1: San Marcos to Palmetto State Park Miles 0-60: Aquarena Springs to Palmetto State Park The race started at 9:00 AM at Aquarena Springs…
I finally visited Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. The Zion Canyon Drive is very scenic. I need to return to hike Angels Landing. View from the Zion Canyon Drive in Zion National Park.
I thought to start a reading list of my favorite books relevant to day-to-day digital product design—here it is so far. Universal Principles of Design Grid Systems The Elements of Typographic Style Interaction of Color The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Tiny Habits Creative Selection The Pragmatic Programmer Zero to One If you have any recommendations, let me know on Twitter (…
The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 172.5-mile loop trail around Lake Tahoe with 29,744 ft of elevation gain. This August, I started clockwise from Tahoe City, took a zero day in South Lake Tahoe to resupply, continued through Desolation Wilderness, and finished in 11 days. It was a challenging adventure with amazing views. Highlights were seeing a bear on the trail outside Tahoe City, camping on Mount Baldy…
On July 4th, I hiked from Tuolumne Meadows to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley on the John Muir Trail. Here are some excerpts from my journal. Day 1: Tuolumne Meadows Amtrak from San Francisco to Merced, YARTS to Tuolumne Meadows. The Tioga Pass didn't re-open until until July 1st due to record snow this year. The ranger station in Tuolumne Meadows didn't have phones or internet service, so I had to…
This past weekend I went skiing with some friends in Tahoe—here’s a photo of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly. Lake Tahoe from Heavenly Ski Resort.
Fort Mason is one my favorite spots in San Francisco. On a clear day you can see Sausalito and Angel Island. Gashouse Cove near Fort Mason. Fort Mason.
Since launching Chatdog on Product Hunt earlier this year, a popular feature request has been to add subreddit chats, and here it is! Reddit is a popular news aggregator website ranked #3 in the U.S. and #6 in the world. Subreddits are sub-communities within reddit dedicated to different topics and moderated by users. What's New Here’s what’s new: Visitors are automatically added to the rooms…
I started reading Ken Kocienda’s Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs over the weekend and it’s great so far. Ken worked on the iPhone, iPad keyboard, Safari browser, and email parser at Apple in the early 2000s. He demo’d to Steve Jobs and has a unique perspective as an IC during this era. Here’s an excerpt I highlighted: “7 Elements Essential to…
On July 5th I went on a 5-day backpacking trip from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley on the John Muir Trail—here are a few photos and excerpts from my trail journal. Day 1: Tuolumne Meadows Amtrak from San Francisco to Merced, then YARTS to Tuolumne Meadows. At Tuolumne Meadows I met a fun group of 16 or so PCT thru-hikers. Most of them were from Canada, Australia, France, UK, and Israel and…
Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand is quite scenic despite having receded over the years. The cloudy blue-green water is caused by the glacier erosion and is unique to this region. Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Walk. Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Walk. Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Walk. Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Walk. Franz…
Sydney is the nicest modern city I’ve ever visited. I was especially impressed with how clean and safe the public transit and streets were. Highlights include the New Year’s Eve fireworks, ferries, espresso, cricket, flying foxes, beaches, and Daryl Braithwaite . Sydney from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay. Royal Botanic…
This past weekend I went on a short backpacking trip around May Lake in Yosemite National Park with my friends Curt and Shohil. We reserved wilderness permits earlier this summer and were surprised to be snow camping in 20° weather—it was quite the adventure. I would definitely go again in warmer weather. Curt and Shohil on the May Lake Trail. May Lake Trail near the trailhead. Fallen tree on the…
I created this reading list from the Harvard Business School course catalog while it was available online. I figured I’d post it to my blog. Accounting & Management Accounting: Texts and Cases Cost Accounting Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy Business, Government & International Economy New Perspectives on…
If you’ve ever used Typekit to serve webfonts, you’re definitely familiar with the Flash Of Invisible/Unstyled Text problem. While googling “why doesn’t typekit cache,” I discovered Typekit Cache , a script that stores your Typekit webfonts in localStorage to eliminate the Flash Of Invisible/Unstyled Text. It’s easy to use, simply copy the contents of typekit-cache.min.js before your Typekit…
This week my family toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater house in Mill Run, PA, just outside of where my dad grew up in Pittsburgh. We were all together for my grandmother’s funeral sadly. The Pennsylvania countryside will always remind me of her calm presence. Fallingwater / Leica Q / Summilux 28 / f 16.0 / ISO 6400 Fallingwater / Leica Q / Summilux 28 / f 16.0 / ISO 6400 Fallingwater…
After a 12-hour, snow-delayed Amtrak trip from Truckee to Merced, I picked up an AWD SUV and tire chains to venture into Yosemite National Park in the snow with my trusty Fuji X-E2. Ribbon Fall and El Capitan, Yosemite Valley. Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley. Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley. Royal Arches, Yosemite Valley. El Capitan and Bridalveil Fall from Valley View viewpoint. Bridalveil Fall from…
Tahoe is having a record year for snow this year, and last week I was able to hit the slopes at Squaw Valley. Squaw Valley is one of the largest ski areas in the U.S. and was the host of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Members Locker Room covered in snow. Red Dog lift to Snow King (7,550'). Skiers near Red Dog. KT-22 Express heading up to the top of KT-22 (8,200'). KT-22 base area. KT-22 base area. Gold…
This weekend I went camping in Yosemite Valley with some friends. Yosemite is a magical place. A buck casually crossing a bridge near the Upper Pines campsite.
I played Stardew Valley ( 88/100 on Metacritic), an RPG-style farming game with beautiful pixel art, earlier this year and absolutely loved it. The creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone recently tweeted the game is set to be released on Mac and Linux Friday, July 29. I can’t wait.
It’s been nearly a year since I’ve touched this weblog. The other day I started on a redesign — here it is so far. For this redesign, I wanted to optimize for readability and approachability. The single-column layout is mostly unchanged from the early designs of last year. I switched to the familiar San Francisco and Gotham (via Hoefler & Co. ) after trying a few other pairings. If you’re…