Back into something resembling a chronological sequence: blogging from the front row of the ITC Window hotel meeting room, where we’ll host the Bengaluru employee Town Hall later this morning. I arrived in Bengaluru after a semi-redeye that left Johannesburg and deposited me into Mumbai airport a few minutes after midnight. [...]
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Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg
It’s so rare for me to have an “off day” while traveling on business that I’m remarkably lazy about preparing an itinerary. My usual plan includes: find some entertainment in a local casino and/or Hard Rock Cafe, if they exist (I’m a creature of habit); look for local Jewish historical culture (I’ve been [...]
No Natural Barriers
Despite my luggage trailing me by twelve hours, the Johannesburg leg of the trip got off to a good start. My hotel was adjacent to a casino, and where there’s a casino there’s usually a men’s clothing store amidst other shopping adventures. Sure enough, I arrived at the door of a popular South [...]
Headlines and Hockey
Logistics for the 2nd leg of this trip required that I leave Mexico City about half a day after arriving, although that was enough time for me to exhaust my (primarily food oriented) Spanish vocabulary. I believe I ordered fish tacos and hot peppers for lunch; sadly I can’t phrase the gradations [...]
Changing Traffic Patterns
For the past 15 years, I’ve driven into New York City the same way: up the New Jersey Turnpike, off at Exit 16E, a stop and go skip-hop from the Turnpike tolls through the Route 3, US 1 & 9 and southbound ramp merge, and then through the Lincoln Tunnel. I park in [...]
Not So Wild Blue Yonder
Five thoroughly marginal tips for flying cross-country on a regular basis:
1. Pack an extra t-shirt in your carry-on. Several times, I’ve been thankful that I had a clean, dry shirt to swap out for one that was covered in coffee, soda, or something worse (only once, but it was really vile). If [...]
Raising the Roof: Sustainability Through Two Centuries
Spent a vacation weekend in Montreal (and honestly, truly did no any work for four days, including blogging, reading email, or even texting friends from work). A work de-emphasis didn’t stop me from thinking about architecture and sustainability, however, and those thoughts were front and center as I toured the Basilica de Notre [...]
Random Thoughts En Route to Berlin
There’s very little glamorous about business travel. Continental has managed to maintain a perfect batting average in the past three weeks: five out of five flights have been an hour or more late. I’m going to spend about 24 hours in Berlin, and while it’s the second time I’m visiting the city on [...]
Bit Errors
I encountered trio of bit errors this weekend on a family trip to Cincinnati. Each had me thinking about scale and context in different ways, and I only noticed the similarity while cropping photos of those things I found anomalous to roughly equal degrees.
First up was this advertisement for Dunkin’ Donuts souvenir Mets [...]
Stars & Stripes Forever
I’ve loved sailing and sailboats since the early 1970s, when my family would spend Sunday afternoons tooling around the Shrewsbury river in our day sailer. My father and I crewed for one of his friends on a 30-foot boat, competing in a summer race series that taught me (at the age of 12) [...]
