Category: Travel Log

On a recent series of work trips to Tokyo, a Japanese colleague introduced me to the magical world of jazz vinyl listening bars in Tokyo. Its customary for patrons to subtly ask the bartender to play various records with minimal discussion that allows those present to focus on simply listening to the music while smoking … Continued

These are some highlights during the day and night from the absurdly expansive two-week SXSW conference, which as actually about 10 normalish-sized conferences mashed together into one. I presented within the AR/VR track of programming and was intrigued by some of the VR artists that were exhibiting their work. Re-animated was a high fidelity naturalistic … Continued

We visited Denmark for Christmas and had the opportunity to visit some of the recent and notable architecture and exhibits. At the new Danish Architecture Center building a video entitled The Danish Model (below) explained how and why design is integral to Danish culture and society. Denmark’s view on design and architecture has made it … Continued

I was hired by frog SF in the middle of 2014, after living in NYC for eight years and starting our family it was time to move. We took two weeks to drive across  NY, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, SD, WY, CO, UT, NV and CA visiting friends and family along the … Continued

I visited Johnson Space Center in Houston TX during a research trip for the Shuttle Atlantis project to help interview astronaut instructors and test out the official NASA Shuttle training simulators. It was humbling to be among all the staff and astronauts that have kept NASA’s manned space flight program running since the 1960’s.