July 02, 2020

Zion National Park

I finally visited Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. The Zion Canyon Drive is very scenic. I need to return to hike Angels Landing.

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February 11, 2020

Product Design Books

I thought to start a reading list of my favorite books relevant to day-to-day digital product design—here it is so far.

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September 14, 2019

Tahoe Rim Trail

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August 01, 2019

John Muir Trail

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March 21, 2019

Heavenly

This past weekend I went skiing with some friends in Tahoe—here’s a photo of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly.

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February 23, 2019

Fort Mason

Fort Mason is one my favorite spots in San Francisco. On a clear day you can see Sausalito and Angel Island.

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December 06, 2018

Chatdog Subreddit Chats

Since launching Chatdog on Product Hunt earlier this year, a popular feature request has been to add subreddit chats, and here it is!

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September 18, 2018

7 Elements Essential to Apple’s Software Success

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.

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August 11, 2018

Yosemite National Park

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.

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January 29, 2018

Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand is quite scenic despite having receded over the years.

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January 28, 2018

Sydney

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.

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September 26, 2017

May Lake

This past weekend I went on a short backpacking trip around May Lake in Yosemite National Park with my friends Curt and Shohil.

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September 17, 2017

67 Books from the HBS Course Catalog

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.

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September 08, 2017

Typekit Cache

If you’ve ever used Typekit to serve webfonts, you’re definitely familiar with the Flash Of Invisible/Unstyled Text problem.

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June 30, 2017

Fallingwater

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.

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February 02, 2017

Yosemite in the Winter

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.

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February 01, 2017

Squaw Valley

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.

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September 07, 2016

Yosemite Valley

This weekend I went camping in Yosemite Valley with some friends. Yosemite is a magical place.

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July 26, 2016

Stardew Valley for Mac

I played Stardew Valley (88/100 on Metacritic), an RPG-style farming game with beautiful pixel art, earlier this year and absolutely loved it.

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May 27, 2016

Weblog Design With Jekyll

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.

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