December 15, 2014
This book helped. It’s concise. It teaches you how to organize messy information of all kinds, without using jargon like “information architecture” or “user experience” or “wireframe” or any of the other tricky-to-explain phrases I’ve learned over the past few months.
February 12, 2014
“People either want to go internationally or not. That’s not as big a part of the decision, it’s usually how to make it work and decide how you’re going to make it happen.”
I’ve been neglecting this blog for the past few months, so I’m making up for it now, with pictures, links, and more. That first collage is from a stroll through the neighborhood on a pretty fall day here in Santiago. The past few months have been busy! Here are a few snapshots, in no particular […]
Happy Chrismukkah! Yes, that word may or may not have been coined on The OC, and it’s what we celebrated here in Chile. With latkes and ornaments. And this amazing a capella parody song by The Maccabeats. A festival of lights. And I’m finally able to step back from everything I’ve been doing this year. So […]
This week The Daily Muse published my article on the secret to creativity and productivity. It’s probably the most useful tactic I’ve learned in the past few months. I invite you to read the full article here. Special thanks to The Daily Muse’s managing editor, Adrian Granzella Larssen, who helped me synthesize this big idea […]
For more photos of the park (and a map) check out ProviArte.
I hope this note finds you well. Summer is turning in to closed-toe shoe season here in Chile, and I’m looking forward to the domadura (like a rodeo) and Easter egg hunt this weekend. In my last post, I mentioned that Abby Kerr selected me for a Voice Profile. Her nuanced read of my blog is fascinating […]
Yesterday I tweeted: So far this link has been shared, retweeted, and favorite’d 15 times, which is a lot more than most of the links, pictures, and observations I share on Twitter. Why this tweet? I have some ideas. 1) Clear Audience. I addressed this tweet towards China-philes. This is a relatively broad, inclusive, and […]
I spent Christmas at home in San Francisco, and wanted to come back to Chile to ring in 2012. So I booked a one-way ticket on Aeromexico, which happened to be the cheapest one-way flight I could find, and included a 16-hour layover in Mexico City (roughly 7am-11pm). Despite the fact that I couldn’t get […]
