2011

A look back at a whirlwind year: graduation, European travel, a move to San Francisco, and a job (and acquisition!) at Google. Plus, music charts!

Trunk Club sends clothes picked by a stylist for free! Try on, send back what you don't like, and only pay for what you keep. A personal review.

Lessons learned building a reputation system at iFixit: rewarding quality content, community moderation, scaling votes, and avoiding user assumptions.

A look at Levi's "Go Forth" ad and the power of poetry in advertising. Plus, Tom Waits reading Bukowski.

A dispatch from London in the summer of 2011: art museums, cultural insights, and coffee discoveries on a trip up to Edinburgh.

A look back at my college graduation: earning a Computer Science degree from Cal Poly in 2011. Includes photos from the commencement ceremony.

A recap of Marissa Mayer's "Innovation at the Googleplex" talk at Cal Poly. Comparing corporate innovation with Cal Poly's "Learn by Doing" ethos.

A daughter's photographic minimalism meets her mother's vibrant paintings. Exploring different artistic perspectives and appreciating diverse visions of beauty.