Early morning drizzle in Taipei, Taiwan

A drop-out designer in Portland, OR via Campbell, CA
Early morning drizzle in Taipei, Taiwan

A rainy night in Taipei, Taiwan

We’ve been at this a long time, but damn.

Two things I never imagined I’d be able to say: Today marks 12 years of business for a tiny freelance design studio I started when I was 17-years-old. And I’m writing this from Taiwan.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
— George Bernard Shaw
Looking out the office window in Taipei, Taiwan

Previously at the intersection of Cats & Work: On Tuesdays, I stay at home and Cat & mouse
Waiting to take off from New York to Taipei

15.5 hours nonstop.
Kristina Morales with Akashic Soul at Cafe Negril in New Orleans


Blessed: Visiting New Orleans each year and listening to my favorite live musicians from previous trips.
Sarah McCoy & The Oopsie Daisies at The Spotted Cat Music Club in New Orleans

Last year at The Spotted Cat: Solo break
Hanging out at Bacchanal in Bywater, New Orleans

Britney Chauntae at Blue Nile in New Orleans

Saw her perform a few songs at Kermit Ruffins’ show. Way too short of a set. Can’t wait to see more.
If bad ideas
were an Olympic event,
this would take the gold.
—Found haiku in The Walking Dead (Season 1, Episode 2)


Ina reading at the dinner table in Crozet, Virginia
We have a paradox about progress: many people complain about how stuck in the past their organizations are, yet point to the lack of adoption of remote work as an indicator of it’s uselessnesses, rather than a reflection of their organization’s fearful grip on the status quo.
— Scott Berkun in his article Why Isn’t Remote Work More Popular?