Category Archive Encounters

FITC People: 8/17-8/19

Every time I go to FITC or that FITC comes to me, I feel the need to collectively stalk each and every talented and perfectly nerdy developer and designer speaking at or attending the event. They’re a great bunch of people and I feel lucky to have had them here in San Francisco for a [...] Read More…

Four Words

So there is this boy at my work. Stop right there. This isn’t going where you think. Anyhow, there is this boy. And he is lovely – smart and precise, kind and witty. And not bad looking. The boy works with spreadsheets and gets nervous in front of cute girls. I’ve seen it – he [...] Read More…

After it Ends

When you have your sights on someone it’s normal to find yourself daydreaming about chance encounters with them. You fantasize about bumping into each other on street corners. In the grocery store. Your local coffee shop. And, of course, your doorstep. Well this almost never happens. That would be too perfect. The reverse occurs once [...] Read More…

The Negotiation – 11:15pm

When you decide to do a “low key” New Year’s is it by choice or because you don’t have a better offer? I pondered this as I rode to meet AQM at one of our local watering holes for a “low key” evening. (Our choice of course.) We toasted goodbye to a year that seemed [...] Read More…