It's kinda strange (and thrilling) to browse through the many alleyways and avenues of Flickr and suddenly unearth a photo of ... yourself. Just now I came across this picture of myself and a shadowy figure, who I suspect is UX it-guy Jan Chipchase taken last summer during UX Week. My hazy recollection: We met and hung out during a late-night trek through the Mall to the Washington Monument, a epic walk that included UX Week speakers, the entire event staff, and the multi-talented Maggie Mason of Mighty Goods (and, more recently it seems, Mighty Junior), who recorded the journey here. We left late, got back *really* late, and somehow Jan looked none the worse for wear during his keynote the next morning; epic, indeed.
24 Apr 08 · filed under: flickr, ixd, the ancient past, travel · 
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This is an incredible mosaic in the bathroom of the New Museum of Contemporary art in New York. It is also EASILY the most impressive thing in the whole museum.
New York was filled with good times, as usual, but a couple of the things that totally blew my mind (and that are link-friendly) were Jamaican beef patties at a place called Christie's in Flatbush and an offshoot of San Francisco's Blue Bottle juggernaut that recently opened in New York, Abraco [a nice NY mag review]. Yoshi insisted that we stop at Christie's even though we'd just eaten a big brunch, and we got a couple of warm, spicy patties to share on a walk through chilly Prospect Park. The first thing I noticed is that they're not really "patties" in the sense of hamburger patties. They're like hot pockets, but freshly baked, with an amazing crust and filled with super-spicy beef. Pretty much the perfect walking food.
On an unrelated note, last week's This American Life was the best I've heard in a long time. Every segment ...
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05 Mar 08 · filed under: architecture, new york, travel, urban · (1) ·
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It started in London. I was there for, wow, how long? Three days? Seemed like three weeks. Cold, rainy, dark at 4pm, transcontinental travel, Ambien, fish & chips, trucks unloading just outside the window the Radisson all night long. I wasn't sure if I was sick, tired, both, half-awake, or what. Good times, as always. Thanks, London.
On to Paris, where there was a rail strike going on. We were here for a total of 24 hours, maybe, but it was AWESOME. Amazing light, cool old people, and insomnia just meant that I got up early enough to get some good pictures of the sunrise. Is it impossible to take a bad picture here? Champagne bottle on the curb. A not-so-interesting subject, unless it is backed by the winter light of PARIS. I took like 500 pictures on the trip, 5 of which were good and they were all in Paris. ...
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Inspired by the list-makers here and here.
San Francisco
Kailua, Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
Hamburg, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Munich, Germany*
London, England*
Cardiff, Wales
Washington DC
(A small town in the Italian Alps)
Alicante, Spain
Hong Kong
Sydney, Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Warsaw, Indiana
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas City, Missouri*
Leawood, Kansas
Asheville, North Carolina
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Buffalo, New York
Niagara Falls
Toronto, Canada
Detroit, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Portland, Oregon*
Seattle, Washington
Austin, Texas
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Sayulita, Mexico
Peoria, Illinois
Gainesville, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Minneapolis, Minnesota*
Newark, New Jersey*
Basking Ridge, NJ
Springfield, Missouri
Las Vegas, NV
Holy crap. I had no idea that there were so many. Qualifying cities had at least one overnight stay, except Hong Kong, Pittsburgh and Detroit, where I spent most of a day and then escaped before night fell. Actually, I'm kidding; I really loved both of those cities, which is why I wanted to put them on the list. * indicates that I visited the city multiple times, usually in totally unrelated contexts.
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