At the NMC Summer Conference this year, Larry Johnson, Alan Levine and I tried something different: we actually attended a preconference session. Crazy, I know! It was a photography workshop led by Bill Frakes (Sports Illustrated) and Don Henderson (Apple), with Bill Hanson (Apple). The session was planned and organized by Larry and the three [...]
Posts under ‘travel’
SXSW Interactive 2008
A week ago today I was wrapping up a delightful three-day soak in the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival… what a treat! I’m putting it on my list for next year’s professional development opportunities. Highlights for me were seeing one of my idols, Kathy Sierra, give a knockout talk that made me want to take up [...]
somewhere in Vancouver
“Please remember, this is a nonsmoking flight. If we find you are smoking, we will ask you to kindly step outside.”
– Flight attendant on very, very delayed Alaska Airlines flight, successfully trying to lighten the mood
Hello from lovely Vancouver, where it is at least a time zone I recognize (or did, before last week’s [...]
want Zen? try traveling
laptop, wireless, hot coffee
morning sunlight moves through the lobby –
my luggage is in Newark.
at the Faculty Academy
I'm sitting in a lovely auditorium at the University of Mary Washington, reveling in being at a conference where I am not a host (and reveling no less in the power outlet right here in the arm of my seat and the no-fuss wireless access… cool… if I had a tropical drink it would be [...]
I’ve Got the Flu in Texas
Sounds like a country-western song, doesn’t it? Actually I’m almost over the flu, and also almost out of Texas. It’s been an eventful week of sickness and travel since the last long-ago post, but in ten hours I’ll be home (a fact that elicits mixed feelings, given that it’s already almost six pm in Dallas). [...]
1001 Texas Miles / Home Again
I’m safe at home once again. During the ride from the airport Friday evening, the North Bay delivered on its promise of being a welcome sight after a day of travel. It was the dark-and-foggy version, one of my favorites.
As Larry pulled into his driveway Thursday evening at the offical end of the road trip, [...]
The Adventure Continues
We drove from New Braunfels to Houston today. On the way we passed through Seguin (pronounced “Seh-GEEN”), self-proclaimed home of the world’s largest pecan. There is, however, another contender for the title. Interestingly, it does not appear that a pecan has to be an actual pecan (i.e., the natural nut of a pecan tree) to [...]
Dr. Pepper Museum, Waco, TX
Dr. Pepper Museum, Waco, TX,
originally uploaded by Rachel Smith.
One of those photos I mentioned… More soon. This is the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas, where we frittered away a delightful and nostalgic 45 minutes or so. For more Waco pix, browse my Flickr entries. I’m new at that, too, so most of them are [...]
Lunch in Waco
Texas, that is. This week I’m on a road trip (emphasis on trip) with Larry and Peter (Johnson & Samis). It’s sort of a whirlwind tour of Texas – parts of it, anyway – that began in Dallas, takes us through New Braunfels, Houston, and Austin, and will end with me and Peter flying out [...]
