Hanging out at the Cafe Pergolesi, Santa Cruz.
Hearing an older man chat with a younger lady. Clearly he is mentoring her, by the sounds of it she is an up and coming college student about to get into a career in government.
They discuss urbanisation, the conflict between building …
This airbnb is unlike any other I've visited.
The instructions seemed simple enough, "Your key is in the door, the code is ….". I find myself fumbling with the padlock that is hooked around the front door, the clanging gets the attention of a resident, and they approach the door just …
Everyone complains about public transport in the Bay Area, but I think that it's actually not that bad.
I'm writing this from a comfortable, WiFi enabled bus that is taking me from San Jose to Santa Cruz. I have enough space, get to see a nice view out of the …
Last night the Bay Area public transport system failed me, leaving me stranded at Millibrae station with only a thin hoodie and a 1 hour wait for the next CalTrain. So I ordered a Lyft.
Daniel picked me up and offered me the use of the AUX cable. I showed …
Until I get some SOUNDelve cards made up I'm going to be giving out my EMU cards.
I just wanted to let you know that if you've got one of these, you have something that is quite special to me. The EMU logo, is the logo I made for my …
So I've decided that Starbucks is now my go-to coffee place. The coffee is poor, but cheap compared to other shops, and the internet is reliably good and fast. What I didn't expect was to sit down and start overhearing more conversations:
Across from me, a man and a lady …
Here I am again at the Red Rock cafe. I really like this place. Today I sit here researching my competitors as I wait for a few meetings that I have lined up at this place. Meanwhile...
Across the room from me two young men drink from oversized coffee cups …
On an unimposing corner, only 5 minutes walk from the Mountain View Caltrain station stands the RedRock cafe. Wooden finishings and liberal lick of red point is the theme. The coffee is good (by my Australian standards too!) but the best thing is the conversations that you overhear.
Behind me …
What approach links Jeremy Howard and Elon Musk? I recently watched Elon's interview on TEDx, and I've also been watching Part 2 of the Fast.AI course by Jeremy Howard, in particular, lesson 9.
Elon was talking about building a 10x solution to boring machines. He broke it down into …