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Continue reading →: John Hennessy Welcome Reception
John Hennessy was welcomed yesterday evening as the 10th President of Stanford University. The event was held in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, located at 170 South Market Street in San Jose. The reception was hosted and sponsored by a number of Stanford organizations, including: Bay Area Cardinal…
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Continue reading →: Pink Slip Party in Palo Alto
For starters, no, I didn’t go to the Pink Slip Party looking for a job, but for a great photo opportunity. I had heard about the party the day before from a co-worker, who heard about it herself from workIt. Thinking that it would be a good opportunity for shooting,…
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Continue reading →: PEF Organization Meeting
PEF began a few years back by Brian Hall, who is the head of Mark/Space Softworks, a software firm in the Bay Area. The forum caters to Palm entrepreneurs, allowing them to share ideas and ask questions such as methods to boost business or choosing the right software distributor or…
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Continue reading →: Cameras and Sushi in Oakland
On Saturday, March 3, 2001, I drove up to the Oakland area to attend a camera show that was being held at the Scottish Rites Temple at 1547 Lakeside Drive, in Oakland, right across from Lake Merritt. The last time that I went to this camera show, which is held…
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Continue reading →: WISE Japanese Lunch Party
On March 1, 2001, my group from Palm went to the Kobe Restaurant on El Camino Real, off of San Tomas Expressway, for a lengthy and scrumptious lunch. (Photos taken with a Canon D30 with 50 mm and 17-35 mm lenses)
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Continue reading →: Homestead Talent Show
On March 1, 2001, I attended Homestead’s talent show held at the Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto. I witnessed a group of Internet dot-commers enjoying a moment away from work, sharing their “other” interests in life. Afterwards, a great discussion with Randy and Jeff on the business and philosophy…
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Continue reading →: 1997: Jaron Lanier Distinguished Speaker
I wrote the following speech to introduce Jaron Lanier at the Symbolic Systems Program’s Distinguished Speaker event at Stanford University on May 15, 1997. The introduction was written over the course of a few days, during which I gathered my inspiration from the Internet, books and magazines that I had…
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Continue reading →: Friends and Deicing in Boston
On February 20-23, 2001, I flew once again to Boston, MA, for a series of meetings for my work at Palm. In the evenings, I met up with old friends from Stanford. At the end of my trip, I experienced the wonders of flight delays and learned about deicing airplanes.…
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Continue reading →: Life and Death
I was watching the Daytona 500 this afternoon, February 18, 2001, and I witnessed something that will stay in my mind for years to come, the death of a racing legend and the height of another’s triumph. Today was a reminder of the tenuous balance between life and death, between…
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Continue reading →: Tayne Kim
A week after my ultimate dislocation, I went to the house of little Tayne Kim, the newly born son of Dan and Woo-Young Kim, in Palo Alto. Joined by former colleagues and friends at DoDots, we celebrated the birth of this beautiful child with song, drink, and plenty of photos.…






