Truman Capote once said, “Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.” It’s ageless, magical, and if you can escape the tourists (go to the outlying islands) you’ll see time stand still. Continue reading →

A selection of photos taken in Munich with a Leica Monochrom-M. Continue reading →

The river had listed on all sides. To the east, it was suffocating the grassy banks of Brooklyn Bridge Park; a mile across the water, the concrete roadways that surround Manhattan had been buried at sea. Yet amid the howls of the wind and and wickedness of the storm, there it stood: A magical island of horses, floating in place in what was now the middle of the East River. Continue reading →

A few shots taken with the new GoPro Hero 3 at Pacifica Beach. Continue reading →

The fog cuddling with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge this morning. Continue reading →

The fog and the trees above Muir Woods, Calif., at midnight. Continue reading →

Imagine trying to explain Disneyland to a child? Quite a challenge; they need to see it to even slightly understand it. It’s nearly as absurd a challenge trying to explain Burning Man to an adult. Yet here’s my attempt in a series of photos I took while attending the arts and music festival for the second time. A magical, altruistic, dusty wonderland, in photos. Continue reading →

“There’s been a race to the bottom that has made the public cynical, and I worry that that cynicism may in fact undermine the public’s belief in the value of The First Amendment and freedom of the press. The bottom line, to me, facts desperately matter, and they’re hard to get, and that’s what we do. That’s our calling.” Continue reading →

Everyword is a “bot” Twitter account that is currently using a collection of 109,229 words that are slowly dripping into the Everyword Twitter feed. It’s rare that a word on the account gets a lot of Re-Tweets or favorites on Twitter, most people just watching them trickle by, but the “P” section of the dictionary — which apparently contains a majority of NSFW words — seems to be getting a lot of attention. Continue reading →

I’ve signed a deal with Penguin/Portfolio to write a book about Twitter. I’ll keep this short as I don’t want to spoil the ending. The book is set to be published in late-2013 and will chronicle the story of Twitter from its inception to today, looking at the the ideas that fostered Twitter, along with the business, societal and human aspects of the company. Continue reading →