yosemite

  • Hinterstoisser Traverse & Death Bivouac

    March 6 2010: Just watched NORTH FACE, a movie about two German climbers,  Andreas Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz, attempt to summit Eiger’s North Face. All drama and love aside, it was a very brutal and exposing reality of climbing a mountain in terrible weather conditions. Watching this film brought back the question which I’ve tried to answer many times: why…

  • @TheStartUpBus and SxSW

    A couple of weeks ago a crazy idea was brought to my attention by my friend Julie. She said “this is right up in your alley” and there was no hiding from that. After taking a look at the one-page website/photo -> www.TheStartUpBus.com I told myself “this is sooo freakin’ awesome!” (note: it says 12 strangers.…

  • You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.” -Henry David Thoreau

  • San Diego on Jan 2nd. Lovely place

  • The heavier the head of rice, the deeper it bows Japanese proverb

  • Only the good stuff for my friends (YOU that is). HBR IdeaCast: Episode 77. Tips: Always be on the edge, learn learn learn, think think think. Think like a great salesman. “They don’t have to buy. You have to SELL.”

  • I knew this would happen: in email replies to comments and posts. See my post from September 18, 2009. It took Facebook 117 days. Dear Facebook, would you like to hire me? I wouldn’t mind 🙂

  • Most under-utilized resource in the USA

    There’s a huge advantage that we, people living in the United States, have over many countries around the world: libraries. We have libraries almost in every neighborhood, and many, if not most, are incredibly well sourced with most modern magazines, books and even video and audio material. That’s great right? Yes, but take a look…

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  • A beautiful video about Chicago. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)