What follows is a harrowing tale of airline incompetence, an abbreviated travelogue of our recent experience to West Virginia and back home to Vermont. I don’t much care for air travel to begin with, and this certainly makes me want to drop it as a transportation option all together. The short version: Customer service is […]
I think it’s safe to say at this point that my photo-a-day 365 Project that I set as a 2011 goal, has turned into a casualty of circumstances. It seemed like a fun idea when I started it but it didn’t take long for it to begin feeling like a chore. I want photography to […]
Fifth year in a row. Here goes… At F_D, they’re not “New Year’s Resolutions”, they’re goals. Good old fashioned “smart” 1 goals. In the interest of continued personal growth, I’m going to continue this tradition. But after meditating a bit on last-year’s outcomes, it is probably best for my sanity if I focus these a […]
Starting with the center, then left to right rows down from the top-left: 1. self-portrait #8615, 2. presents under the tree, 3. H. & S., 4. and inside… Spongebob!, 5. Merry Xmas from Industrial Avenue, 6. presents under the tree, 7. Papa and Holden, 8. H. and the fire-fighting Santa, 9. sledding (Dec. 18, 2010), […]
Apropos of this year’s goals… Where am I as of the end of September? SHORT VERSION: mostly slummin’ this year, actually. I hate to admit it but that’s pretty much the truth.
1. in the shadow, 2. looking out over Fort Williams Park, 3. ascending the spiral staircase, 4. lighthouse lamp, 5. through the porthole, 6. looking up into the lighthouse lamp, 7. sound powered telephone, 8. descending, 9. Portland Head Light against bluest sky And all the rest.
My favorite photo from our Moss Glen hike today:
What Google Could Learn From Pixar Harvard Business Review (via DF): Despite an unbroken string of 11 blockbuster films, Catmull regularly says, "Success hides problems." It's an insight Google should acknowledge and act on. Google's leadership admirably tolerates failure on side-projects (and big projects as well), but what Pixar has that Google does not is […]
I’ve been doing the “goals” thing on this blog for a couple years now and up until now, the check-ins have been quarterly. I missed 2010’s first quarter check-in. Why? Partly because I got so damn busy. Partly because I felt like I had nothing to show for my efforts. And I still don’t have […]
A little late, but a quick visual summary of our Maryland trip: