In case you actually follow this blog, just a note that I’ve pretty much consolidated my entire online presence to Google Buzz. Posts on this blog will be fed into my Buzz, and anything I tweet will also hit Buzz first. Some thoughts and links, additionally, will only live on Buzz.
Summer has announced itself in DC. Last week saw a string of muggy 90°F days, giving way this week to dry, cool breezes, plentiful sun, and clear skies. This took the edge off my nostalgia for Maine. But I have another kind of homesickness. It’s been five years since I last saw China, and of (More…)
What I thought my job would be like: Me: Hi, I’m the social media intern, and I’m taking a technology usage survey of the office. What do you use to organize yourself? Someone less hip than me: I use stickies. Me: Oh yeah, the Windows or Mac kind? Someone: No, like…stickies. Post-it notes. Me: Oh (More…)
In Boston again, for the second time in a month. Feeling the winter here cut through my coat collar reminds me of places even further north. Incidentally, I just came across this rambling bit, from a nondescript text file I left on my own desktop in November 2006. There are not enough stars in Boston. (More…)
It’s 9pm in San Francisco–12am the next day for my East-coast internal clock, but feels like it could be the year 2100 for my frayed nerves I’ve been waiting in this damn line for so long. The United customer service agent at the counter in front of me is expounding on his life experiences. “Let (More…)