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Designing Life by Location Independent Working – Pecha Kucha Speech
On Thursday August 26th, 2010 I was asked to speak at Houston’s 3rd Pecha Kucha event. Pecha Kucha is a mix of show-and-tell, open-mike night and happy hour, it has become the forum for ideas on design, culture and a lot more that has swept the world in just four years now having taken place in over 200 cities globally. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20
A new beginning and my decision to travel around the world.
I had always dreamed of traveling to far away places and living an adventurous unconventional life, far from the safe traditional upbringings of my childhood. I marched to the beat of my own drum and was always being reprimanded for my creative and adventurous outlook on life. I was worked like putty to fit into a mold already made for me since the day I was born. “Girls don’t do
SA 34: The search for the Macbook Pro powercord begins…
Today I awoke after sleeping in a long time… I was tired and it was nice to have a REAL BED! After taking my sweet-ass time to get up, I went to turn-on my laptop to check e-mails and make sure everything was good with work and what not when my laptop decided to stop working. I called in to Apple support and paid $50 to hear them tell me
SA 33: Ciudad Perdida Day 5 – Leaving the Colombian jungle
Today Jaime, Gabriel, and I awoke at 6am to get ready for our Cocaine Factory tour. We waited around for quite a while because the boy to pick us up was late… that’s just how it is in Colombia. “Colombia Time” I started to leave in my flip flops not wanting to get my shoes wet, but Jesus stopped me and told me that I should wear boots. He gave
SA 31: Ciudad Perdida Day 3 – The eternal rain continues…
We had talked to the guides about leaving extra early because we didn’t want to be caught in the rain again like yesterday. We decided on a 6:30 leave, but we didn’t actually leave until 7:30. They said that we needed to leave a little later for the river to go down… which I’m not sure if it was a legit excuse or just trying to buy more time for
SA 29: Ciudad Perdida Day 1 – The beginning of eternal rain
This morning I woke up at 6:00 am to get my things ready for the Ciudad Perdida trek. I packed up my large camera, clothes, toiletries, and a few other odd things I would need in my large backpack to take with me and put everything else in a large garbage back to put into storage at the hostel. I then waited outside the hostel with the two Irish boys
