After a month of going nowhere, we piled into a car and headed to California. I had two conferences to attend in San Diego and one in San Francisco. We drove (partially because road trips are fun and partially because airline travel is expensive). I hadn't need to San Diego in over a decade, so there were lots of new places to see there. And even in San Francisco, which I'm finding more and more dull and draining, we were able to find a new restaurant to check out... [...]
Sit, Stay
Looking back at the travels I've recorded here throughout the year, Kin and I have largely stayed in motion. Not so for the period from mid-May to mid-June, where we were stuck (again) in Eugene. A few thoughts on sitting and staying (and on the struggles of freelancing...) [...]
San Francisco, May 19 - 23
I took Isaiah to San Francisco for the weekend. Maker Faire. His first trip to the Bay Area. What a great time, we had. And now he's considering moving there. (I hope he does.) [...]
Eugene, May 4 - 18
We've been in Eugene a lot lately. It's not much fun. And there's really not much to report. The same. The usual. But I think things will change soon... [...]
Victoria, May 2 - 3
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Vancouver, take the ferry over to Victoria. That's what Kin and I did -- just an overnight getaway as part of our return trip south. We ferried to Victoria (and from there the next evening to Seattle). It poured rain the whole time we were in Victoria, but the trip there was beautiful. And the whole thing -- the getting back to Eugene part -- was definitely an adventure. [...]
Audrey Watters is an education writer, rabble-rouser, rambler, recovering academic, lifelong learner, serial dropout, part-time badass, mom.
Kin Lane is the API evangelist, an engineer, an entrepreneur, a hacker, a writer, a tech gypsy, a beer snob, and a father.
Hack Education
- Hack Education Weekly News: A MOOC Master's Degree May 18, 2013
- Google Play for Education Versus... May 17, 2013
- The Comments Are Closed May 16, 2013
- On 'Viral" Education Videos May 13, 2013
- Hack Education Weekly News: MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs May 10, 2013
API Evangelist
- APIs in DFW May 15, 2013
- Adding API Broker Under Monitoring for API Aggregators May 13, 2013
- The Dark Matter That Make APIs Work May 13, 2013
- Potential for API Aggregators to Provide Valuable Industry Data May 13, 2013
- My Talk Tomorrow Night at the Dallas-Forth Worth API Professionals Meetup May 13, 2013
