Part III of "Tucson after the Coronavirus" First, let me add a link that I found after posting Part II earlier this week: Tucson Ranks #1 in U.S. in Google Search for “Homes for Sale” Since COVID-19 I suspect some of those Google searches are from professionals beginning to explore the Pandemic Diaspora. There will be more of … [Read more...]
The Pandemic Diaspora
May 24, 2020 by
Part II of "Tucson After the Coronavirus" When I left my office on March 11, I had no idea that I wouldn't be returning for months. It's now been 74 days since I had a normal schedule… 74 days since I've shaken anyone's hand... 74 days since I've swapped business cards with anyone. It's disorienting, and I can't believe this will remain the … [Read more...]
Tucson After the Coronavirus
May 23, 2020 by
Back when I was blogging regularly, one of my rules of thumb was: if I have the same conversation with three different people in a week, it's worth blogging about. Maybe I can try that again. One conversation I've had a lot over the last seventy days of quarantine is "What does Tucson look like after this?" I have a few different directions … [Read more...]
Surplus Domains Available
April 23, 2020 by
Well, it's time to start blogging again. Twitter has robbed much of the time and mental energy that I used to devote to this blog, but maybe the Great Coronavirus Pause is a good opportunity to add some new content. In the meantime, though, I decided to log into my domain management account and bozhe moi! … [Read more...]
Scary Error Messages
October 2, 2017 by
Apple literally wrote the book on Human Interface Guidelines. I have a copy of the original paperback, published in 1987. It's still worth reading. But the current version lives online. Check out the guidelines on alerts. … [Read more...]
Happy Blogiversary!
May 25, 2017 by
Ten years ago today, prodded by some of the more-connected folks in the Atlanta technology community (hi, Jeff!), I secured the "academicvc.com" domain, pestered Mike Schinkel to teach me a minimally-viable subset of WordPress, and began blogging. It's been an interesting ten years. Ten years ago today, I still carried a Palm Treo phone; I … [Read more...]
Go West, Young Man!
January 12, 2017 by
About a year ago, I left Georgia Tech and embarked on a new journey as an innovation consultant by launching Boostphase. It's been a fun and successful year — I've met some great people, visited some fascinating places, and paid the bills. But I've found that I miss being part of a team... and I miss working on the sorts of projects that only a … [Read more...]
Beltline Lantern Parade 2016
September 11, 2016 by
One of the best things about living within walking distance of the Beltline... The "official" parade took a full hour to pass our spot, but there were plenty of illuminated revelers before and after. … [Read more...]
Back to the Moon
September 4, 2016 by
DragonCon is enormous. If you haven't been there, you have no idea how big it is. But, over in the Hilton, is a small (but overstuffed) set of conference rooms that host the "Reality Tracks." These tracks are for a different kind of fan… those who want to build science fiction, not just read about it. … [Read more...]
My Talks at DragonCon 2016
August 24, 2016 by
My annual post in response to the people asking me "What are you talking about at DragonCon this year?" … [Read more...]
