I spent last weekend at the Community Leadership Summit up in Portland. My second CLS and my first trip to Portland.
Good conference. Nice town too.
UPDATE 7/26: I posted a few thoughts about the conference on my new work blog.
I spent last weekend at the Community Leadership Summit up in Portland. My second CLS and my first trip to Portland.
Good conference. Nice town too.
UPDATE 7/26: I posted a few thoughts about the conference on my new work blog.
Taking two weeks off of work is a LOT more relaxing and stress-relieving than just taking one week off.
And now…. back to work.
The release of Android 2.2 (Froyo) and going on vacation inspired me to try dumping my Crackberry altogether and just using the Nexus One fulltime. All in all it’s been working out quite well.
I’ve also been adding apps like a demon. Here’s the current list:
Adobe Flash
Adobe Reader
Advanced Task Killer
AIM
ASTRO File Manager
AT&T myWireless
Barcode Scanner
CaltrainDroid
CardioTrainer
Compass
DoubleTwist
Dropbox
Foursquare
Gowalla
Last.fm
NewsRob
OpenTable
Photoshop.com Mobile
Ringdroid
Shazam
Shopper
The Weather Channel
Tripit
Urbanspoon
WordPress
And for fun:
Android LightSaber
Bubble
Bump
iVuvuzela
Jewels
Magic 8-Ball
Even better? Every single one of those apps are free (note that DoubleTwist is currently “free for a limited time”, YMMV).
Plus there’s the built-in apps, some of which are new or significantly improved in 2.2, including the email and gmail clients, calendar, Navigation, Voice Search, and the Google Sky Map.
The only things I miss from my Blackberry are the battery life and the real keyboard, and with any luck there’ll be more Androids with keyboards out this fall.
I’m just back from a 10-day trip back East and don’t go back to work until next Monday. What a luxury, having so much time off!
While back East, I was privileged to spend time with ~70 members of my mother’s family in our first-ever clan reunion. Approximately 100 years ago my great-grandfather came to the USA; a typical story of immigration – bit by bit he brought his 10 children over, and established a new life for the family here. A few generations later, the cousins have scattered across the USA. My uncle took it into his head to reunite us all for a weekend and the result was a fantastic event.
Here’s a sample of the photos taken:
Quite a few of the cousins have ended up out here in the Bay Area – it’s a nice feeling to know I actually do have family nearby.
I also spent three days up at a spa in the Catskills with my sister and a long weekend with Scott in Connecticut, celebrating the Independence Day weekend with sailing, food, friends, family, and fireworks.
As much as I love my job, it’s been really nice to slow it down for a bit, stop obsessively reading my work email, and relax.