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.
I finally visited Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. The Zion Canyon Drive is very scenic. I need to return to hike Angels Landing.
I thought to start a reading list of my favorite books relevant to day-to-day digital product design—here it is so far.
The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 172.5-mile loop trail around Lake Tahoe with 29,744 ft of elevation gain.
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.
This past weekend I went skiing with some friends in Tahoe—here’s a photo of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly.
Fort Mason is one my favorite spots in San Francisco. On a clear day you can see Sausalito and Angel Island.
Since launching Chatdog on Product Hunt earlier this year, a popular feature request has been to add subreddit chats, and here it is!
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.
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.
Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand is quite scenic despite having receded over the years.
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.
This past weekend I went on a short backpacking trip around May Lake in Yosemite National Park with my friends Curt and Shohil.
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.
If you’ve ever used Typekit to serve webfonts, you’re definitely familiar with the Flash Of Invisible/Unstyled Text problem.
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.
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.
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.
This weekend I went camping in Yosemite Valley with some friends. Yosemite is a magical place.
I played Stardew Valley (88/100 on Metacritic), an RPG-style farming game with beautiful pixel art, earlier this year and absolutely loved it.
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.