My first Japanese business cards
During my time with myGengo, it was frankly hard to describe exactly what I did: there was a bit of core engineering, a bit of developer relations/outreach, and more. Business cards ("meishi", 名刺) still have more use in Japan than the west, and so when the topic of mine came up, I just told them to give me the title of "alchemist" because I couldn't think of anything else.
Some bar, somewhere
Thanks to my buddy Tim for this photo.
A long birthday night
I was exhausted. Credit for this photo goes to my buddy Tim.
Birthday burritos
Coworkers surprising me with burritos from Libre Burrito in Tokyo (the original Omotesando one, when it was good). Since I moved to Tokyo from San Francisco, I was still on a massive burrito kick... but good burritos are tricky to find in Tokyo. When Libre Burrito started, they were in a metal container in Omotesando and were much closer to what you'd find in San Francisco... but they eventually changed, like most places in Tokyo do. Great memories here.
Rainy day in Omotesando backstreets
Tokyo in the rain has always been a weirdly comforting vibe for me. This is one of the earliest photos I have where I attempted to capture it. It's nothing particularly special to most people, but it definitely places me in a specific frame when I look back.
My old running path
Spent a lot of time running up and down this stretch. Back in ~2010/2011, it was filled with tons of smaller shops and cafes.
Presenting on Wii.js
Yeah, this photo is archaic - but I kept it around for sentimental reasons. Was by no means my best presentation, but it was cool to showcase a JavaScript library I'd written for a somewhat unconventional device (at the time).
REMAX Bravo iPad prototype
Prototyping real estate searching experiences with one of the first iPad models.
Developer Evangelist
At one of the litany of developer events I attended to evangelize the company I was working for.
Sunrise in Sasazuka
After a long night of drinking. For whatever reason, we were blown away by the sunrise.
Post-quake, letting off steam
The 3/11 quake was a very strange experience to live through. While we certainly had nowhere near the rough experience in Tokyo that others did up north, it was still... confusing. So friends and I did what young idiots do and drank all night, and then snuck up to the top of my building to watch the sun rise.