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2013
/ Dec 2013

An Introvert’s Guide to Better Presentations

Improving your public speaking despite hating crowds
2013
/ Dec 2013

Using a prepaid Koodo iPhone SIM in Canada (as a traveling American)

Note: This is a guide aimed at getting a fast, semi-cheap, data/voice/text plan for Americans with unlocked phones
2013
/ Oct 2013

How to: doing time-lapse driving videos with a GoPro Hero3

A few months ago, I picked up a GoPro Hero 3 camera and I recorded a few bike races on
2013
/ Sep 2013

The Mini Maker Faire kind of blew my mind

I always wanted to attend the original Maker Faire in the Bay Area and the annual shows that followed, but
2013
/ Sep 2013

On Lanyrd, investing, and selling

Lanyrd blew me away from the day it launched. It's a way to track speakers and attendees of
2013
/ Sep 2013

San Francisco summer trip

I spent the last week of my daughter's summer vacation taking her to San Francisco to have fun
2013
/ Sep 2013

Glacier National Park, Montana

Last month, I took a family car trip over to Glacier National Park in Montana. I'd never been
2013
/ Aug 2013

1000 Cones, a video and Q&A with Jesse Thorn

I was a backer of 1,000 free ice cream cones, a Kickstarter launched by Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris
2013
/ Jul 2013

The future of airline sites

This video demo of a mocked-up airline website of the future is stunning. A lot of people are focusing on
2013
/ Jul 2013

Bikespike

There aren't enough bike theft deterrents out there in the world and bike locks are almost literally a
2013
/ Jul 2013

Dreams of cryptography

I had the weirdest dream last night. Apropos of nothing, I was meeting with Ev Williams, cofounder of both Twitter
2013
/ Jun 2013

Gmail's Organized Inbox is a life changer

Last month, Google's Gmail team introduced a new auto-organized inbox feature to little fanfare among my friends. I
2013
/ Jun 2013

Recent photos from rides

Ever since my favorite ride tracking site Strava added the ability to associate Instagram photos with rides, I've
2013
/ Jun 2013

Troubleshooting my tankless water heater

I'm blogging this in the hopes that anyone else doing Google searches while trouble shooting their tankless water
2013
/ May 2013

CNN's always breaking news

I've been an email subscriber to CNN's Breaking News alerts for over a decade. In the
2013
/ May 2013

Some ideas around Flickr sets

I wish @flickr set pages featured larger photos. So much untapped potential to wow. — Rion Nakaya (@riondotnu) May 1, 2013
2013
/ Apr 2013

Wired Anniversary Issue

So I'm in the new WIRED issue! It was a little weird to see myself listed alongside industry
2013
/ Apr 2013

Pulling off a surprise party in this day and age

Pulling off a surprise birthday party in this day and age isn't as easy as it seems, especially