This week we collectively experienced the culmination of years of design, planning, engineering and re-engineering through the arrival of multiple spacecraft around Mars. For me, it was a very personal … Continue reading Learning from Mars: Fail Fast Isn’t an Option
My day job has been off the charts in 2021. Barely six weeks into the year and I’ve engaged in as many projects as I had in 2020, which then … Continue reading Simplifying
View this post on Instagram A post shared by smaedli (@smaedli) Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last … Continue reading Remembering Monterey, 2020 (Party Lion)⠀
View this post on Instagram A post shared by smaedli (@smaedli) Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last … Continue reading Remembering New York, 2020 (NYPD Horses)⠀
The neighborhood cat that mysterious appears and disappears without notice. Originally posted on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQg1Nqlq3n/
Originally posted on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQc1Wijo3b/
After literally years of reading specs, analyzing images, pouring over reviews and, well, dithering, I finally picked up a long lens for my Sony A6600 to capture the distant beauty … Continue reading Sigma DN 100-400mm
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Harlem, 2019 #lookback
Systemic political Pyrrhic victories won upon extremism, regardless of ideology, are tearing down this nation. With basic civility vaporized, checks-and-balances laid waste, and the fourth estate’s credibility deconstructed, we have … Continue reading American Politics 2020
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Notre Dame, 2019 #lookback
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Monterey, 2019 #lookback
February 2020 seems like a lifetime away in a low travel, COVID-19 world.
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering the Little Car Show, 2019 #lookback
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering London, 2019 #lookback
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Star Wars, 2019 #lookback
Loyola New Orleans, freshman year: My first work-study job was as a student office assistant in the English department. In my spare time, I fixed the Apple ][ personal computers … Continue reading What drives me? Mission.
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Paris, 2019 #lookback
Since the turn of the millennium, drawing conclusions from tried and true experience doesn’t always result something expected. We live in a world of options, change and constant acceleration, so … Continue reading Rigid thinking? Disrupt yourself
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Las Vegas, 2019 #lookback
The camera and lens combination for this experiential review is my Sony A6500 mated to a Nikon AF-S DX 17-55mm f/2.8 IF-ED zoom lens adapted via a Fotodiox Pro Fusion … Continue reading Perspective: Nikon AF-S DX 17-55mm f/2.8 + Sony A6500
I stumbled across this piece entitled “How to be productive when everyone you work with is in a different time zone,” and found it an interesting read. Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading Getting things done across time zones