Postcard 052 - Gracious Innkeepers

November 26, 2024

I’m traveling this week, as I imagine many of you are. When I travel, at least solo, I tend to prefer the consistency and security that comes with staying a...

Postcard 051 - Unclogging the Brain*

July 24, 2024

Of course the first real photo of a person is a bathroom selfie. Over the last few weeks, and especially in the last few days, I’ve felt like my brain has...

Postcard 051 - Overstimulated

July 23, 2024

Sometimes more is, indeed, more. ——— I spent last weekend with my family and some of my family’s family. It reminded me that a strong dose of close contact...

Postcard 050 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being Trusted

April 23, 2024

It’s been a minute. I’m sitting on a mountain of images from my recent trip to India for a friend’s wedding that I’ve told myself I can’t share here because...

Postcard 049 - Writing

February 6, 2024

The full title of this post is "what writing actually looks like." Over the past 24 hours, I've had a few friends send me this article about the tyranny of...

Postcard 047 - Early Sunsets

November 17, 2023

I only somewhat apologize for yet another photo of a window. I don't really know when "the holidays" begin, but Friday, November 17th really does feel like...

Postcard 046 - A Return

October 18, 2023

I was here a year ago, a different person. I felt anchored, but was adrift. I felt confident enough in being here, but was weighed down by imposter syndrome....

Postcard 045 - Inward

October 2, 2023

Fall has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. As much as I appreciated our sun-soaked summer, I'm embracing the cold. Somehow I'm waking up earlier in recent...

Postcard 044 - Morning Rituals

September 12, 2023

Over the past few weeks, I've started my mornings with games of chess. After I make coffee, I head over to the couch and open the Chess.com app and will play...

Postcard 043 - The Path of Most Resistance

September 4, 2023

In Postcard 040, I mentioned that Whistler is perhaps my favorite place in the world, and I was fortunate to spend this past weekend there alternating...

Postcard 042 - Environments As Amplifiers

July 3, 2023

"What does Seattle bring out in you?" It was a really beautiful question. I was walking downtown with a friend of a friend, running a quick errand to the...

Postcard 041 - Computer Vision

March 17, 2023

Yes, this is about AI. (I know you’re tired of reading about AI, but please don’t delete this email.) I haven’t written one of these in a while because...

Postcard 040 - Home Away From Home

January 20, 2023

I'm up in Whistler, British Columbia — perhaps my favorite place in the world — by myself for the first time. Whistler is a place that means a lot to my...

Postcard 039 - Blah Weather

December 7, 2022

I am unabashed in sharing my love for the Pacific Northwest, especially our weather, but we're in the time of year that gets tough. It's that in between...

Postcard 038 - Shared Meals

November 14, 2022

I've been fortunate to have a friend in town for the past few days. It's her first time in Seattle, and amidst the work sessions that we've been having...

Postcard 037 - The Waves Keep Coming

November 8, 2022

I haven’t sent a postcard in over a month, even though I’ve written dozens of them in my head. The last month or so has been full — of good things, new...

Postcard 036 - Walking and Talking

October 13, 2022

I was first introduced to walking meetings at Facebook. My family had gone on evening walks for many years growing up, but I had never really considered them...

Postcard 035 - Nothing Special

October 12, 2022

In the broader landscape of all the chaos and uncertainty going on in the world, I find myself continuing to turn to the people that matter most to me. I've...

Postcard 034 - Haze

October 10, 2022

(I'm doing my best Om impression here, capturing two ferries amidst the haze.) I've re-written this postcard a few times because each time the tone about...

Postcard 033 - 80' in October

October 5, 2022

I remember Thanksgiving 2013 — my first one in the Bay Area. I was visiting my then-girlfriend's family in Fremont and baffled by the fact that the...

Postcard 032 - Going Farther, Together

October 4, 2022

This past weekend, I drove from Seattle to the Bay Area and back. While I grew up doing road trips, and still very much enjoy them, 15+ hours in the car is...

Postcard 031 - Food & Family

September 26, 2022

I'm heading back from NYC tomorrow, grateful for food and family time. The last few days have been enriching and not just because of this Adjaruli Khachapuri...

Postcard 030 - The Academician's Room

September 20, 2022

London loves its members clubs. Growing up on the West Coast, I didn't really understand what purpose these served, since country clubs seemed kind of stodgy...

Postcard 029 - Coming Back

September 19, 2022

In the days that I've been back from London, one conversation has continued to live rent free in my head, popping up unexpectedly in the strangest places. I...

Postcard 028 - Jet Lag

September 14, 2022

London has both been a breath of fresh air and a massive brain fog. I left Seattle last Wednesday around 1:30pm, flew about 10 hours, and landed at 6:30am on...

Postcard 027 - Backseat Views

September 6, 2022

Tis the season of taxis. I'm off to London tomorrow and actually looking forward to riding in one of their cabs. For whatever reason, I've had some...

Postcard 026 - Fighting Off Naps

September 5, 2022

I have not been sleeping well. It's probably a mix of things, but I'll blame the overactive brain and my definitely-later-than-noon coffees that have crept...

Postcard 025 - Light Fixtures

September 2, 2022

Travel starts again next week. I'll be in London for almost a week, shortly followed by New York City, and then three separate trips to San Francisco in...

Postcard 024 - Sauron, is that you?

September 1, 2022

These sunsets don't get old. I was out walking last night with a friend and we caught something that wasn't quite a blood moon, but had an eerie red glow...

Postcard 023 - Seattle Center

August 31, 2022

I was cognitively tapped out today. I’m in the middle of writing two case studies for Reforge, working on a keynote for User Research London, and putting...

Postcard 022 - Airstream

August 30, 2022

I took this photo outside of Yakima, Washington on a family and friends day trip into Washington's wine country (or one of them anyway). I'd never been to...

Postcard 021 - Sailing

August 30, 2022

I love sailing. I've always loved water (as I've mentioned) and I enjoyed boats growing up, but I have to give credit to my father for introducing me to...

Postcard 020 - Proof of Life

August 27, 2022

You know that feeling where you start to think about something and then it becomes a lens through which you see the world and it starts to show up...

Postcard 019 - Traffic

August 25, 2022

Today I sat in traffic for longer than I probably have in weeks. Part of it was trying to stack a few errands together and the other part was doing the...

Postcard 018 - The Perfect Camera Roll Photo

August 24, 2022

I look at this picture and see summer — it has warmth, water, and things that are in my life because of friends. I used to really struggle in the heat, but I...

Postcard 017 - Solace

August 23, 2022

I just got back from a walk in Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park, an area that I'm in so often it feels like my backyard (yay shared spaces!). I don't know...

Postcard 016 - The Magic of Flight

August 22, 2022

No matter how many times I get on a plane, it still feels magical to me. I step on in one city or coast or country and step off in another. I'm being whisked...

Postcard 015 - Together

August 21, 2022

The past few days were overwhelming in the best way. This is the second year in a row that I've celebrated my birthday by getting a group of my closest...

Postcard 014 - A Selfie

August 18, 2022

I rarely enjoy being in front of the camera. That isn't to say I don't like pictures of myself, but I think that in many parts of my life I prefer being a...

Postcard 013 - Blur

August 17, 2022

"How are we already in August?" I've probably asked that question a dozen times over the last few days, slowly coming to grips with where we are in the...

Postcard 012 - The Warmth of People

August 16, 2022

In a number of previous posts/essays/newsletters that are public, I've mentioned how much I attribute the best things in my life to being in good orbits —...

Postcard 011 - Crossing Paths

August 15, 2022

I've misjudged the length of New York City blocks enough times in my life that my plan when I'm walking to meet a friend is to arrive about 15 minutes early....

Postcard 010 - Night Lights

August 12, 2022

Yes, this is the view from my bed. I'm about three months into living in my new space, though I've spent less than half of that time actually in this bed due...

Postcard 009 - Reflections

August 11, 2022

Over the last year and change, I've spent a lot of time examining myself and the way I move through the world. The initial period was mostly watching —...

Postcard 008 - Fall Layers

August 10, 2022

It's easy to love the Pacific Northwest in the summer. (Heck, it's probably easy to love most places in the summer, save New York City, which is a swampy...

Postcard 007 - Bainbridge Island Ferry

August 9, 2022

Continuing on our ferry theme, I found this image from late March on a trip to Bainbridge Island with some friends. Looking at it, my fingers started to...

Postcard 006 - Lens Blades

August 8, 2022

One of the joys of being back in Seattle after so long in San Francisco is revisiting many of the places I visited at earlier points in my life, but seeing...

Postcard 005 - New York

August 5, 2022

This is what New York always feels like to me. No matter how long I'm in the city and no matter how much I space things out, the entire trip is a blur. But...

Postcard 004 - True Hospitality

August 4, 2022

In a MAEKAN briefing intro last November, I wrote the following about reacquainting myself with Seattle restaurants: “I’ve become a regular at a nearby...

Postcard 003 - Shared Spaces

August 3, 2022

I had the pleasure and the privilege of moving one of my best friends from Austin to Los Angeles earlier this summer, a trip from which I'm sure you'll see...