Posts for "Lifestyle"

With a global pandemic, a disrupted economy and social turmoil, the year 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride without a seatbelt. But as it comes to a close, I am realizing that for better or worse, I am exiting the year a changed person from the one I was in

Every day across the tech industry, teams gather for daily stand-up meetings. While the structure varies by organization, the intent is the same: to efficiently provide status and identify blocking issues. While I have attended many stand-ups over the years, I have an odd footnote in my personal history: I

While there are many personal services and products I value and pay for, there are a few I do not. My Verizon Wireless service falls in the later category. While I value being able to have voice and internet connectivity wherever I go, I will confess to believing this should

I’ve made a few visits to Andreessen Horowitz over the last two years, and each time paid little attention to the books on the wall to wall bookshelves in the lobby. Arriving a little early for an informal coffee meeting last November, I spent a few minutes reviewing the

The end of last year I spent a day in the Silicon Valley talking with a few venture investors and entrepreneurs to get a better sense of the current market. This pre-dated the raising of our B round, so the discussions were informal, and mostly with people with whom I

I just spent the day at Yosemite. No, not Yosemite National Park, but Yosemite the OSX upgrade. I'm not exactly sure what I was thinking upgrading OSX the weekend before heading off to Vegas for re:Invent. I've never really had issues with an OSX upgrade, and figured this one

This morning while catching an early flight to Seattle, I was reminded of one of the things that always confuses me about Logan Airport: the road signs. I mention this from time to time to friends and colleagues, but get only blank stares, making me realize the issue must be

A few minutes ago I finished writing the first draft of a patent; Thursday I put the finishes touches on an eBook; and earlier in the week I wrote online product documentation. While writing patents, generating blog posts, and authoring user documentation are not among the more glamorous tasks I

Picture taken from Summer Street bridge as I walked to train last night.

A little more than 26 hours after it had started, the votes were tallied and the winners announced. The prizes for the winners ranged from Bose headphones to dinner at a local restaurant to stock options. Steve took home our top prize for his work on internal customer reporting, which

I regularly grab coffee with new & interesting people around the Boston area, and so am always on the look out for a new place to hangout. Here is a recent favorite. You have to bring your own coffee in the morning, but the view makes up for it. While

The founder & CTO of Sonian, Greg Arnette, recently suggested I read 10% Happier, the personal journey of an ABC correspondent who discovered meditation as a way to calm his “monkey mind.” I’d never heard of monkey mind before, which is a Buddhist term that means "unsettled; restless;

Fog over the Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the shoreline of the Presidio.

The other night while on the Cape with family, we got to telling travel stories. I've collected a fair number of travel stories over the years - including my recent experience being towed down a busy sidewalk in downtown Seattle. But this is one I had almost forgotten. A few

When my wife and I started planning our vacation in California, we were both surprised when our oldest son, Jake, said with great enthusiasm he wanted to “see the Silicon Valley.” There are not many things a 14 year old says with enthusiasm, so we knew immediately he must be

Yet another day of snow in Boston.

View of Fort Point Channel the morning after snow. Congress Street is straight ahead, Summer just beyond. I'm one of those crazy people who actually like snow in the winter. ;)

I should have known there was an issue when I started writing blog posts outside WordPress, pasting back in only after they were complete. It was an obvious sign that Wordpress had become a bottleneck in my writing process. So when a colleague recently suggested I try Ghost, a new

Having grown up in Upstate NY, I have been generally underwhelmed with the snow in Boston. But this winter is really starting to impress me.

It is with great regret I have said goodbye to my newfound cyborg part: Google Glass. I joined the Glass Explorer Program last month in hope of taking a step toward achieving my lifelong goal of becoming a human cyborg. When I signed up, I fully expected to see an

Okay, so there are a lot of deficiencies in the current Google Glass, some of which can only be worked around by Google (e.g. bluetooth A2DP support, better contact integration, improved web integration, etc...). But even with these deficiencies, there is a slightly addictive quality to Glass that I

Today was my first full day wearing Google Glass. While I purchased Glass a couple weeks ago, I showed uncommon restraint waiting until Christmas Day to open the box. After working through the initial setup and selecting my Glassware, I took Google Glass for an official spin today. Below is

Where would Boston technology be without coffee? Could our current and former technologists have created the telephone, venture capitalism, the Harvard Mark, the PDP-1, Visicalc, Lotus 1-2-3, or Facebook without coffee? Okay, the later might have been been more Red Bull and beer, but you get the sentiment. ;) A good

Looking back toward Atlantic from the Congress Street bridge. We had our first snow this weekend, making for a very icy walk.

I was walking through Quincy Market on way home from the Sigma Prime holiday party when the tree suddenly lit up. I'm thinking it was set for an 8 PM timer, but think the two women in lower left are convinced they turned it on.