On my recent trip to Whistler, British Columbia, I attempted to pack minimally. I reduced shoes to 4 pairs — boots, Vans, flip flops, and running shoes — and I left my camera at home. That last was a big mistake. (As were the running shoes, but we don’t need to talk about that). I … Continue reading Where’s my brain?
When I was in Canada last week for the Automattic Grand Meetup, our company’s annual meeting, I used a SIM card for data on my phone. A coworker carried one of those little ejector tools in her phone case, so during the week, whenever anyone needed to switch SIM cards, Brie would provide the little key … Continue reading Travel tip: when you need to change a SIM card…
It’s that time of year again: time for the Automattic Grand Meetup. As a distributed company, with more than 450 employees in 45 countries, we all work from our home offices, coworking spaces, cafes, airports, airplanes, trains, RVs, and family and friends’ homes for 51 weeks of the year. But in this one week in … Continue reading On my way to Whistler
My camera and camera bag occupied nearly half the precious real estate of my carry-on luggage for a full week in Utah. Did I take the camera out and use it? No. I didn’t even crack the zipper on its bag. I was too busy hanging out with all of these awesome people — my … Continue reading I packed my camera, but…
When I looked out the plane window and saw the mountains of Utah, I saw saw-blade ridges that are wholly unlike the rounded green mounds of the Appalachians I’m used to. I couldn’t wait to get out into them, and after a nearly a week at our hotel, I finally took a gondola ride up … Continue reading Saturday hike in Park City, Utah
I generally photograph nature: hikes in the Appalachians, camping in Shenandoah, clouds in Florida, marshes in Georgia. This week, though, I am among talented creatives who organized a morning photo walk not on a hiking trail, but down Main Street in Park City, Utah. At 7:30 in the morning, before the sun crested the peaks … Continue reading A different kind of photo session
Butterfly Mind 