It’s been almost two full weeks since my trip to DC. I thought I should share some of the more interesting pictures from the trip. Here is the Washington Monument, reflected in the (under construction) Reflecting Pool. This is from the steps of the Supreme Court looking back at the Capitol and all the protestors and media out front. It was a real circus. I have visited Arlington National Cemetery twice now. I find it a truly solemn place. Here is the door of the USS Maine memorial. And the rows of tombstones under the cherry blossoms. And just for Read more…

In an amazing bit of lucky timing, I'm going to be at a parks conference next week, just after the blooming of the cherry blossoms. Here are some great pictures. So looking forward to seeing that! I'll do a little travel blogging while I'm there, too.

Without a doubt, the most incredible part about having my books on the Kindle is that people are reading them. They’re reading what I wrote! It’s a wonderful and awesome thing to have real readers, and I can’t overstate how exciting and gratifying that part of this experiment has been. But the second most incredible part about having books on the Kindle is that I have these little engines out there making money for me while I do other stuff. Maybe not a lot of money, but some. Which is great. I’ll be working, or reading, or sleeping, and when I Read more…

This blog has been hosted by Posterous for the last 2 to 3 years. It's been a really great platform in all that time. Interestingly, Posterous was just sold to Twitter. Will be interesting to see what happens next! Maybe my posts will get really short. 🙂

The Tacoma Titans are a great success story. They're raising money to go to Colorado Springs at the end of the month to play in the national championships for Wheelchair Basketball. There's a great story about them in today's Tribune. Metro Parks has supported the Titans as part of our adaptive rec program. That rec program, which also includes archery, rowing, and acquatics, is one of our real highlights.

The South Sound Technology Conference was a real success (Tribune article about it here). More than 250 people came and packed UWT. Andrew Fry and the staff at the Institute of Technology have done a great job with the event. I've been volunteering for the last few years on the steering committee. When I started it was a free event. Interestingly, it never got that as many people as when we decided to start charging for it ($20 for the day, which also gets you lunch). There were some good panels, breakout sessions, and of course the keynote–Howard Schmidt, cyber security Read more…