This week I really got to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Five long days sitting in a lab in Orlando with 20 professional hackers has opened my eyes to just how insecure the systems and connections we trust every day really are. The experience was nothing short of mind-bending. Passwords were pulled [...]

We all eat, but some of us enjoy it more than others. Sometimes a lot more. Eating with someone who truly appreciates not only food, but everything that goes into the experience of eating, can be a total joy.
Last night I went out to dinner with a “foodie” friend of mine, Kevin, a staff [...]

I just spent a fantastic 4 days at ETech08 in San Diego. A special and heart-felt thank you goes out to Fraser and Alex at AdaptiveBlue, not only for their generosity and kindness for their help getting me in to the conference, but for the stellar sushi and conversation on Monday night. What an absolutely [...]

I’m a Starbucks fan, but I’m not a die hard. And that’s a subtle, but critical distinction. I realized this morning that I’ll never reach die hard status. Not many people do. It’s reserved for the truly elite - The ones that require a completely different level of all-hands-on-deck customer service that is a joy [...]

I went surfing with the guys this morning before work for the first time this summer and it was perfection. 4 ft, perfect, consistent A-frame waves - 71 degree bathwater - cloudless sky. Being out in the water at La Jolla shores and looking back on the green hills and the beach and being in [...]

I had an amazing experience last night walking home from the train stop by my house. It was raining a bit and I was doing the flipped up collar, elbows tucked in, hands in pockets at 1.5X speed walk. In the rain I passed a blind woman who seemed a little bit distressed. She had [...]