Flying over Chicago
At an air show in Chicago, August 2003.
The Buildings of Chicago
The famous Marina City Building Car Park, Chicago, 2005.
Singing at the A8CGM
At the Automattic Grand Meetup in 2018 the company hired out The Wizarding World of Harry Potter which was an amazing evening. Lots of over priced merchandise but also a fire breathing dragon and these fabulous entertainers!
Smiles behind the masks
Long before 2020 people were wearing masks. Some of them could be found at Folsom Street Fair in 2013!
Wake UP America
A protestor on the streets of San Francisco in July 2007. I wonder what that man thought of the Obama and Trump years? Edit: Alex posted a photo of the same man back in 2007 on his blog. That was a fun photowalk.
Broken Arizona Wheels
The 2008 Automattic Grand Meetup took place in a small ranch in the Arizona desert. It was mid January so it was nice and cool, maybe even cold at night!
Spinning Around and Around
All the fun of the fair at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida.
Richard Frances 1686-7
The gravestone of Richard Frances, in Cambridge, Massachusetts near Boston as photographed in 2003 when I visited Cambridge. I remember looking up his name back then but didn’t find anything but years later there are a few traces of him online here and here. The first resident of Massachusetts by the name of Francis that…
Surfing at Stinson Beach
A surfboard in the sand near the houses we rented for the 2007 Automattic Grand Meetup.
Hotel in Reflection
The Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Florida was the location of the last Automattic Grand Meetup in 2019. of course there wasn’t a Grand Meetup in 2020, and there won’t be one in 2021 either.
Solitary bird at the beach
Stinson Beach, California. July 2007 at the Automattic Grand Meetup that year. A much smaller affair than recent years.
Boston Chess
Playing chess in Boston, August 2003.












