Enroute to Nashville for WordCamp US. I’ll be in town tonight through Saturday morning at 5:30 am. If you’re around this year, say hello! I’ll share a pear chip with you if I have any left.
Highlights from the American West
We spent two weeks this month on an awesome road trip through Eastern Oregon and Idaho.
Our first stop was Joseph, where we stayed for four nights (VRBO). If you’ve ever been to Jackson Hole, Joseph is a much earlier version of it: gorgeous mountains, one touristy main street, and a bunch of farmland otherwise.
One fun adventure was the Joseph Railriders. Invented by a bike shop in La Grande, they designed two- and four-seat pedal carts that sit on top of train tracks. It’s a great re-use of abandoned railroad. Ava and Charlie got a total kick out of our two hour trip to Enterprise and back.
Continue reading “Highlights from the American West”Sunriver, June 2018
Our vacation in Sunriver last weekend was far too short. I climbed the cinder cone twice, once with a Burley and once without. Ava took her first bike ride to the marina. And we regained all of our calories from ice cream at Goody’s.
Daniel’s rules for travel
Drafted last time I flew and to be revised next time.
- Board the plane last, to maximize your use of airport wifi and minimize sitting in the plane seat.
- Walk everywhere you can, because you’re probably sitting otherwise. If the opportunity comes up to walk two miles to your next destination, take it without hesitation.
- Drink water at every opportunity. You are more likely to get dehydrated while traveling, and dehydration can ruin your trip.
- Minimize alcohol and sugar consumption. The golden amount is zero / zero. If you need to consume one, you’ll probably want alcohol for the social occasions over sugar.
- TSA Pre is the easiest way to not hate the airport. I’m typically through a security checkpoint in under two minutes.
- Bring lunch from home for your first day of travel. If possible, also bring non-perishable snacks from home for throughout the trip.
Memorial Day marathon
Not quite, but almost.
On Saturday, I ran the Spray Half to the tune of 1:48:22.
It was a great event and I was really happy with my performance. Notably, I hit faster and faster splits in the last five miles: 8:19 (mile 9), 8:02 (mile 10), 7:44 (mile 11), 7:51 (mile 12), and 7:23 (mile 13).
We left Spray on Sunday but we weren’t done yet.
On Monday, Leah and I subjected Ava and Charlie to a grueling ~14 mile hike around Timothy Lake.
For better or for worse, this is the epitome of our marriage — “should we turn around now?” is left unanswered and we keep going. Fortunately, our kids are more hardcore than we are.
An A+ Memorial Day weekend for the year in review book.
Upcoming travel
Where I'm headed over the next month and a half:
- Big WP Meetup NYC – April 12th.
- International Symposium on Online Journalism – April 13th & 14th, Austin.
- MicroConf Starter Edition – May 1st-3rd, Las Vegas.
- WP VIP Workshop – May 14th-17th, Napa.
Do our paths overlap? Let's hang out!
rtParty 2018
Enjoyed India last week, both at rtParty (rtCamp's annual company bash) in Goa and hanging out at the Pune office earlier in the week.
San Diego, March 2017
Our good friends Shane and Angela are moving to Boston this summer, where Angela’s been accepted into Harvard’s planning and public policy program. To celebrate the occasion, we took a fun vacation down in sunny San Diego. Highlights included:
- Walking to the beach from our amazing Airbnb home.
- Everything happening at Balboa park.
- Four varieties of grilled pizza (no pictures except the raw ingredients, unfortunately).
Down to SF for WONTFIX Cabal
Flying down to SF for the day to attend WONTFIX Cabal, an unconference on open source project maintenance. The topics I’m struggling with most right now are: support burden (where to draw the line helping end users), and new feature development (how to decide what gets built). Even though open source has been around a while, it still feels very much like the early days.
Pressnomics
Off to Pressnomics in sunny Phoenix for my first time ever. Looking forward to a couple days packed with thoughtful conversations about doing business with WordPress.