2021-07-19: According to my 3-year-old, my Aaron Neville impression is spot-on perfect, even to those who have …

2021-06-20: 5 weeks from a year of sending my PEN weekly. It’s the most important step I’ve taken …

2021-06-04: That thing when your office is in the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station in Wilmington so you back …

2021-06-01: Me with 8 hours 11 minutes of sleep: Life is full of possibilities. Proud to know you all. 7 hours …

2021-05-20: Youtube Timestamps and Looping in RoamJS David Vargas (@dvargas92495), the creator of RoamJS, has done it again. We can now do a whole lot …

2021-05-19: Zettelkasten for Fiction A quick little Zettelkasten fancy… Let us whisper of a dream… What if bottom-up …

2021-05-18: The Nervousness/Excitement Trick I don’t remember where I learned this, but there’s a trick that sometimes works when …

2021-05-17: The Filmomat automatic film processing machine.

2021-05-17: Pop Lullaby List Wendell (my 1-year-old) has had a 104 fever today, and though it looks like it’s broken …

2021-05-16: Fires and the Perception of Grossness In my old age I’ve become pretty intolerant of anything dirty. Like, if any one of an …

2021-05-15: Abandoned Projects Came across a shot of my desk 10+ years ago at the coworking space where I started out. I was …

2021-05-14: Top-down vs. Bottom-up This culture likes to turn everything into top-down structures. A top-down structure has its place …

2021-05-13: Take Everything Bad, Make It Good Drug addicts (who for reasons use the term “alcoholic” primarily/interchangeably) are …

2021-05-12: Fleeting Note Formats One of the implications of Beau Hann’s take on Fleeting Notes that I’m super excited …

2021-05-11: Tom's Studio My friend Tom was looking for a place to set up a serious recording studio, and I think he’s …

2021-05-10: Non-Coercive Perseverance One of the only things that has felt incongruous with the non-coercive self-discipline regime …

2021-05-09: This woman I shot some slow motion iPhone video of a few years ago didn’t know she was about to …

2021-05-09: Processing Film At Home I’ve fallen in love with photography again thanks to shooting film, but there are some …

2021-05-08: Profile Photos I’m generally not proud of my work (not being melancholy, I think it’s fine, some of it …

2021-05-07: Short-term Incentives Are Better I have developed an unhelpful habit of eating before bed. At the end of a long day, often a …

2021-05-06: Bicycle Awareness I took my first bike ride through the city in a while last night. I liked it so much, today I biked …

2021-05-05: Low Key Reaching Out I think that, on some level, these daily posts I’ve been writing for the past 135 days and the …

2021-05-04: My three-year-old requested Star Wars tonight, reminding ME what day it is. Huge win. After the …

2021-05-04: I Was Wrong Admitting you were wrong is harder the longer you’ve been wrong. This is true even if you …

2021-05-03: Film Editing Endurance Though I barely edit film now (hope to get back to it in a little bit), it was my primary job for a …

2021-05-02: Optimizing Sickness Perhaps the least optimized way to spend your time is evaluating whether the present moment is …

2021-05-01: Falling Back in Love With Photography I can’t tell you how nice it has been to fall back in love with photography after getting …

2021-04-30: Globe and film processing capabilities have arrived.

2021-04-30: The Alarm Clock Fallacy For years, I tried to use workflows, software (and people) to get me to do things that, for whatever …

2021-04-29: I Love Storms It just stormed really hard here in Philadelphia for like 5 minutes. I love storms. Particularly …

2021-04-28: Losing a Mother at 5 Years Old My mom died when I was 5 years old (33 years ago). I think I’m doing okay with it but …

2021-04-27: Capturing Fleeting Thoughts “Capturing” is itself an illusion. All expression in the embodied world is simply …

2021-04-26: Better Thinking Through Technology I joined Beau Haan’s Roam Book Club because even though I read Söenke Ahrens’s book back in early …

2021-04-25: Blackmagic Design Brand Photography Blackmagic Design is a company that I’ve always made fun of, usually unfairly. They’re, …

2021-04-24: Over and Over and Over Watching Raya and the Last Dragon for the 146th time since it came out a month ago. This is how my …

2021-04-23: No Reasons How can you make it so that everything you do is for no reason at all? In my case, I’ve needed …

2021-04-22: I Love to Argue It turns out, some people don’t like argument. Worse than that: Argument makes them feel …

2021-04-21: The Failure of AOL Instant Messenger I don’t want to represent that I have a comprehensive understanding of the history of …

2021-04-20: This Version of Capitalism Is Terrible Game Design Every time I bring this point up to economically-minded friends, they respond with some version of …

2021-04-19: Hardware Is Good, Now It's Software's Turn It’s one of the three annual Apple holidays tomorrow. Holidays I used to celebrate. I used to …

2021-04-18: Knob Feel I’m asked this once a week: “Which microphone|camera|lens|mixer|etc. should I …

2021-04-17: Fake Company Logos One thing that’s been fun in the creation of these first Markee videos is making up five fake …

2021-04-16: High Street Hoagie Packaging I really love when extra attention to detail has been put into something where no one asked for it. …

2021-04-15: Creative Attention in Production I’m on a real film set today for the first time in quite a while. Two years ago, I transitioned to a …

2021-04-14: False Horns on Real Unicorns An archetype from the 1982 movie The Last Unicorn: The witch Mommy Fortuna (played by Angela …

2021-04-13: What looks cool but has no business looking cool? The first answers that come to my mind are …

2021-04-13: A Photographer's Business Card If you’re a photographer, I have the best business card for you. It reuses beautiful things …

2021-04-12: Reading Doesn't Have to Be a Thing I picked up a few books yesterday and looked at them, nothing more. I opened the books and saw some …

2021-04-11: Kintsukuroi One of my very favorite concepts in the infinite ocean of metaphor is kintsukuroi, the Japanese art …

2021-04-10: Subvocalization I was almost 35 when I found out that all of you voracious, fast, “good readers” have …

2021-04-09: My "12 Favorite Problems" (One Year Ago) A year ago I took Tiago Forte course Building a Second Brain. If you’re ready to be done …

2021-04-08: The First Step It has begun. I did the first short walk today with my friend and colleague Newton. I have a …

2021-04-07: The Original Recipe: Authenticity Here’s some more detail on the second core ingredient of story that we measure in my …

2021-04-06: Sensations and Stories of Sensations I sometimes worry that I’ll never be able to reconnect with bodily sensations. I shut them …

2021-04-05: Practical Paradoxes A growing list of practical paradoxes. The human fixation on bad things is strong evidence of our …

2021-04-04: A Twitter Thread of Threads All of my daily microblog posts are also posted to Twitter as threads, and while I hate the …

2021-04-03: Gently Ignoring The Rules The drive from Center City to Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia is one of the prettiest drives in any …

2021-04-03: A 28mm lens is for capturing moments. A 35mm lens is for snapping pictures. A 50mm lens is for …

2021-04-02: Workflow Second Building a system before you have the stuff to go into the system can be fun but it’s not an …

2021-04-01: 101 Days, 101 Posts This is my 101st post in as many days. I started on December 22nd, 2020 and have not missed a day. …

2021-03-31: When I Know I'm Doing Well I’ve spent most of my life with an extreme attitude toward myself: Either I’m the …

2021-03-30: Children's Medicine I got my second vaccine this morning. There’s a part of me that still thinks of medicine the …

2021-03-29: Ping-Pong I could play ping-pong for a whole day, and with some opponents the game gets straight-up physical …

2021-03-28: Baby Wendell's First Haircut Today was like a lot of recent days when I’ve been preoccupied with BIG DEAL things that cause …

2021-03-27: My Daily Posting Method I’ll probably change how I’m doing this soon, but here’s a thread/post on the …

2021-03-26: Practice and Self-Judgment I’m pretty sure that 100% of what makes practice seem hard is self-judgment. Get rid of “I’m bad at …

2021-03-25: I Want to Hurt You! We aren’t there yet, our daughter is 3 years old and our son is 1, but I’m anticipating a moment in …

2021-03-24: Farewell Floor I’d like to report a crime. When we renovated our apartment, we made the tragic decision to …

2021-03-23: The Creative Urgency Demon Previous me, more coercive, more giddyup, thought that publishing a daily post would take IMPORTANT …

2021-03-22: A Tickling Dilemma Tickling is a highly controversial thing. The recipient’s reaction is pure laughter and joy …

2021-03-21: The Freedom to Work Some results from the universal basic income study in Stockton: Those who received unconditional …

2021-03-20: I’ve been posting one medium-length post a day for… 89 days in a row! Seems like a lot. …

2021-03-20: The Outliner: Where the Human and the Computer Meet I’ve been in love with the outliner since I first met OmniOutliner (later Workflowy, Dynalist, …

2021-03-19: The Awkward Age of The 35mm Adapter I love awkward little in-between moments in technology. One of the funniest was a two-year period …

2021-03-18: I'm a Software Fan I’m currently on a team making software and I spent four years as a …

2021-03-18: For me, the value of writing is 8% expressing thoughts and 92% discovering them.

2021-03-17: 1Yes = ∞No Saying yes to a thing is exactly equivalent to saying no to everything else. 1 YES equals INFINITE …

2021-03-16: Keep Moving Me, a pedestrian, approaching a street corner. You, a single car, approaching the same intersection …

2021-03-15: Walking Philadelphia I’ve gotten very consistent with exercise but I’ve never liked doing it for its own …

2021-03-14: The Girl Squirrel I’ve been showing favorite childhood movies to my kids (as you do). Man, they sure are …

2021-03-13: Thermostatic Unintuitiveness My friend Mike texted me: “My wife doesn’t understand thermostats. Maybe my biggest pet …

2021-03-12: Open Closed Source The assumption is that the way to monetize is by locking everyone into your walled garden “for …

2021-03-11: Giving a Fuck Over my first 5 years as a creative director I closed 95% of the jobs I wrote a proposal for. While …

2021-03-10: The Economics of "Free" It’s Basic Economics™. For The System™ to be sustainable, when you buy a thing, you must …

2021-03-09: How They Getcha “They don’t build them like they used to.” The idea that materials used to be …

2021-03-08: Looking For Horse Movie Recommendations A question for horse people who like horse movies (I would not presume that all horse people like …

2021-03-07: Relentfulness In the past I have celebrated “relentlessness.” Here is the first-listed definition of “relent”: …

2021-03-06: False Dependencies One trick I’ve frequently played on myself is “since THIS isn’t good enough yet, …

2021-03-05: Premature Automation Working on automating a thing before you’re already doing the thing regularly is almost always …

2021-03-04: I Got My First COVID Vaccine Yesterday morning, I got my first COVID vaccine. The fact that tears well up in my eyes when I say …

2021-03-04: Did anyone else do the thing as a kid where you mash and stir your hard icecream until it’s the …

2021-03-03: Power Puttering Yak Shaving isn’t always bad. Most of the skills I have were cultivated in the process of Yak …

2021-03-02: My First Few Screenwriting Tips First: Screenwrite however you like. Aside from formatting, there really aren’t rules. There …

2021-03-01: Writing for One Person One probably-helpful-to-lots-of-people-but-not-to-me piece of advice: “If you’re having trouble …

2021-02-28: Slowing Down Almost everything is possible when you slow down. The only reason it seems hard to slow down is …

2021-02-27: We've (finally) Reached Peak Camera Most people don’t know this, but we reached Peak Microphone more than half a century ago. Most …

2021-02-26: My Commitment to Learning in Public Today I am making a solemn commitment: Going forward, I will do as much of my learning as possible …

2021-02-25: Creative Tool Choice & Quality A creative intention necessarily includes tool choice. Without “putting pen to paper,” …

2021-02-24: People ≠ Brands One person may have many brands, but no brand may have a person. Our culture and economic system …

2021-02-23: Top 5 Bad Companies I Give Money To Here are the Top 5 companies I willingly give money to, ranked by how against my values it is to do …

2021-02-22: My Favorite Clickety-Clackety Keyboards Clickety-clackety keyboards are the best keyboards, but they annoy other people. So you need to be …

2021-02-21: Hamburgerification I don’t remember where I heard this, but something like “If you want the best chance of …

2021-02-20: Writing Exactly Wrong I offended some people I care about with this post from last week. I’m sad because the way …

2021-02-19: The formula for how much I will like an old broadway or movie musical is equal to the number of …

2021-02-19: Italics for World Peace Creative constraints are helpful, but for platforms like Twitter or Facebook not to have italics is …

2021-02-18: Character Craft When writing stories, at least for me (and maybe I’m doing it wrong), I’m usually …

2021-02-18: I often find myself copying things from Roam into the Substack editor just to copy them back out. …

2021-02-17: Lost Words: Multimedia There are many examples of words that are ruined long before they actually become useful to describe …

2021-02-16: The Original Recipe™ Process: Purpose Today I’ll be going into some more detail on the first ingredient of story we measure in the …

2021-02-15: Being My Own Client I’ve written thousands of pages of messaging for clients, fighting for what I think will be …

2021-02-14: Poems and Flowers I don’t do enough special things for my wife. I know this isn’t a rare problem, particularly when …

2021-02-13: The Lonesome Valley of Change Yesterday, a day “off,” I elected to reorganize my office. REALLY reorganize it. I …

2021-02-12: Teach a Man to Fish (but really) The “teach a man to fish” thing has been claimed more often by a conservative …

2021-02-11: How Do You Know How You Feel? I’ve spent my life incredulous of people who can state “how they feel” with confidence. I realize …

2021-02-10: Introducing The Yaklog Yak shaving has a presumed negative connotation, but most in the Eternal Order of Yak Shavers truly …

2021-02-09: Security Theatre and Evidence That People Are Good Warning: This thread is intended to make you feel better about humanity, but it could have a …

2021-02-08: A Commitment to Publishing and Why Tomorrow I’m speaking to the current cohort of James H. Gilliam Jr. Fellows. Presumably …

2021-02-07: The Want/Must Matrix Today I had this perfect set of tasks that fit neatly into all four quadrants of an idea I’m …

2021-02-06: Filmmaking in Public: A "Zombie" Series Concept I’m fascinated by the implications of free will (and whether it is in fact just the last …

2021-02-05: The Netflix Envelope and Removing Friction Netflix had to make lots of good decisions to get to where they are, but the most critical—the …

2021-02-04: Getting Real Value from Walled Gardens As we move to destroy monopolist walled-garden “web” vampires (don’t worry, we win …

2021-02-03: Which song do you like that is most off-brand/out-of-character? For me it is, without question, this …

2021-02-03: Intro to the Original Recipe™ After a dozen years working on creative ideas for people who don’t think they’re …

2021-02-02: Home Movies in the Age of the iPhone The quality of old home movies is more than nostalgia. The constraints of the capture media, VHS and …

2021-02-01: Some 35mm pictures of Wendell with Agnes.

2021-02-01: Inbox Zero Sickness (and Mailman) Inbox Zero is a sound concept, but even the term’s coiner (@hotdogsladies) came to learn that …

2021-01-31: Ten Things My PEN (Personal Email Newsletter) Has Done For Me I believe this is officially the 26th week in a row that I’ve sent out a Personal Email Newsletter …

2021-01-30: Why I'm Not A Programmer Anymore This morning I was reminded why I quit software development 5 years ago. My experience, always: …

2021-01-29: Michael Ashcroft Has Been Coaching Me Just want to take a moment to say how great it has been to meet weekly with Michael Ashcroft over …

2021-01-28: Healthcare, Childcare, and Entrepreneurship If US leaders were actually interested in talented people starting businesses, they would implement …

2021-01-27: Failure Mode As someone who has frequently felt like a failure, I’d like to talk about the importance of …

2021-01-26: "No Pain, No Gain" Is a Lie “No pain, no gain” is a lie. At least in the way it’s conventionally presented. The truth is more …

2021-01-25: Learning Dvorak and Learning in General I didn’t (really) learn to type until I was almost thirty. I was always a fast typist but I …

2021-01-24: How I List Things on ebay Since the beginning of eBay (mid-90s), I’ve consistently gotten MUCH higher prices for items I …

2021-01-23: Google: Driving vs. Bicycling I’m going to attempt to explain one of many reasons I have a dead-inside feeling when I use …

2021-01-22: Computer Brain vs Bonfire Brain I’m very excited! I figured out why pretty much all “frameworks” can never spark …

2021-01-21: The Fully Mechanical Bolex I love mechanical things, both for their objective coolness and their implications for a green …

2021-01-20: My Wilmington/Philly Experience with the 2020 Election Now that @JoeBiden is safely inaugurated, I want to talk about how crazy it has been to be a …

2021-01-19: My Friend Cameron Made Me A Guitar My friend/twice-roommate Cameron told me he was building guitars. I’m an acoustic player, …

2021-01-18: A Reason Martin Luther King Jr. Moves Us As someone who spends a lot of time writing words for other people, I’m very interested in why …

2021-01-17: A Mechanical Writing Device That I'd Like To Exist There’s a product that I want to exist. While it possibly could exist today, it wouldn’t …

2021-01-16: Transcendental Meditation™ for Beginners I’ve practiced many forms of meditation over the years. While my current practice …

2021-01-15: The Filmmaking Creative Feedback Loop The most important difference between “thinkin’ about stuff” and a generative …

2021-01-14: Paper and Pen There are several things I’m ashamed to have discovered way too late in life. One of them is …

2021-01-13: Idea Accessibility One lesson from design is that there’s no downside to focusing on maximum accessibility. If a …

2021-01-12: Being Earnestly Wrong The most offensive thing to most people is having their views “misrepresented,” sort of. …

2021-01-11: My Sister Liz's Baby Pattern Gift My sister Liz is a genius. In addition to being a dance instructor, a composer who plays all …

2021-01-10: Political Games I can’t get away from games/sports analogies when discussing democracy and economics and …

2021-01-09: The Cobbler's Dilemma “The cobbler’s children have no shoes” is a phrase that rings true for most …

2021-01-08: Social Media Monopolies as National Parks It might be a fun few years for antitrust. The monopolies who control everything and who govern with …

2021-01-07: Fans Are Not Players, Voters Are Not The Opposition There is nothing interesting or helpful that I, a Blue team voter, can say that shames, insults, or …

2021-01-06: Airtable's Missed Opportunity One of the things that bothers me most (I often can’t sleep at night thinking about it) is a …

2021-01-05: Unjustify Your Next Action I’ve been using todo lists/task management systems, in every form, for years. I’ve spent …

2021-01-04: Bean Dad Defense I’ve witnessed people I know get “cancelled” and we’ve all seen celebrities …

2021-01-03: How To Roll Your Rs Are you an English-speaking grown-up who never learned to roll your Rs? Do you avoid speaking …

2021-01-02: A Complete Photography Course in 5 Tweets I’m going to attempt to deliver a complete photography course in 5 tweets. I originally made …

2021-01-01: My First Three Silent Meditation Retreats One of the (relatively) minor things that I’m losing to COVID is my annual silent meditation …

2020-12-31: "Content" Here’s a post in which I will attempt to destroy the word “content.” First, I …

2020-12-30: Volunteer Creative Work Creative workers are, for some reason, the one class of workers that lots of people think it’s …

2020-12-29: The Year of Just Ring The Bell Again My Theme for 2021 (per the Theme System from Myke Hurley and CGP Grey) is The Year of Just Ring The …

2020-12-28: 24 Frames Per Second Here’s a why 24 is the best number of frames per second for everything but sports and gaming. …

2020-12-27: 99 cents Pricing everything at $19.99 or $149.95 or $1,999.99 is just one of many blaring markers that our …

2020-12-26: Quoteblock: A Spec for the Open Web The most exciting implication of Roam Research block references is the design of a protocol for the …

2020-12-25: Obsolete Christmas Gifts Since the 80s, the most expensive Christmas gifts are usually the ones that get to the landfill the …

2020-12-24: Two Pomodoro Tweaks For people who’ve tried the Pomodoro (decide on task, set timer, work on for length of timer, …

2020-12-23: Conversational Compression This post is my response to Nat Eliason’s tweet: I think for like 95%+ of books that have come out …

2020-12-22: Baby Personal Studio Prototype In his newsletter, David Perell asked for “the Sonos for home audio-video setups—without the …

2020-09-21: 94% of trips to HomeGoods are about finding a reasonably priced mirror. They should rebrand as …

2020-09-10: Even if my horizons expand to include the whole world, I doubt that “any porch on a rainy day” will …

2020-09-07: I’m suspicious of and intimidated by people with emotional certainty, who seem to know exactly …

2020-08-22: Ways to address me in order from least to most offensive: #5 Sonofabitch #4 Asshole #3 Chief #2 …

2020-08-14: We started these letter generations pretty late in the alphabet so I guess the next generation will …

2020-08-11: Analogies for the Utility of Plain Text Syntaxes like Markdown I find it really hard to explain the (life-changing) utility of plain text syntax for writing, so …

2020-08-01: The official religion of the establishment ruling class can be summed up in this one central article …

2020-08-01: The jury is officially in: America’s leaders would rather shovel most of our citizens and the …

2020-07-25: Wendell's First Birthday This baby Wendell is no longer zero years old. These were also the most astonishing chocolate …

2020-07-17: Angry Gratitude List: Anti-Masker Edition I write gratitude lists most days that I share with friends. Sometimes they aren’t all nicey-sweet. …

2020-07-07:

2020-06-26: I was on a podcast: overcast.fm/+TWOsK1h3…

2020-06-21: ‪John Bolton is one of the four or seven worst people currently living on the planet. And …

2020-06-18: The Racial Wealth Gap A common delaying tactic that we all employ is: “Let’s think about this. It’s …

2020-06-18: ‪To the memetic legend who fashioned and spread the idea that you must bathe in tomato juice after …

2020-06-17: As a young teenager, I sailed tall ships, which sounds a lot better than “I went to Sailing …

2020-06-12: Privilege is non-transferable. The imaginary act of “giving up privilege” itself affirms …

2020-06-11: Vinyl is the best pomodoro timer you can buy.

2020-06-10: This podcast that I made a few years ago is still relevant and still one of the only things …

2020-06-06: The Racial Wealth Gap Isn't Complicated A common delaying tactic that we all employ is: “Let’s think about this. It’s …

2020-06-01: Has anyone here on micro.blog set up any “unofficial” way to do threads? I understand we …

2020-05-31: When individuals blame society for their problems, it’s usually a cop-out. When a society blames …

2020-05-31: Confessions of a Looter I need to admit something: I am an active participant in looting. As a business owner (or, as the …

2020-05-18: “You can’t connect all the yaks you’ve shaved looking forward; you can only connect them …

2019-11-17: Snuggling before bed, Louisa, 2, leans back and with explosive force smashes her disproportionately …

2019-10-31: This year’s Halloween photo did not go as well as last year’s…

2019-10-31: First blurry Polaroids of Wendell

2019-10-13: When you forget it’s picture day and send her to school in a Snoop Dogg shirt.

2019-10-06: Louisa’s first time at Sesame Place with special appearances by Wendell and Mae. First three are …

2019-10-05: Of all the years to pick for the first time to forget my dad’s birthday, this one was simultaneously …

2019-08-01: Dreaming Wendell.

2019-07-29: Louisa clearly has plans for her baby brother. Wendell has questions about those plans.

2019-07-26: Wendell Brooks Phillips, 7 lbs. 11 oz.. He doesn’t have much to say but he seems nice enough. …

2019-07-25: About to have this baby… UPDATE: Success! Stay tuned.

2019-07-20: Enjoying her last weekend as an only child.

2019-07-20: The @omega Speedmaster all dressed up for its special day on a dressy NATO from @havestonstraps. 50 …

2019-07-06:

2019-06-23: Today is World Typewriter Day. If you or any of your associates ever come across a typewriter in …

2019-06-21:

2019-06-16: From a while back.

2019-06-14: Profiteroles are top 5 among most overrated desserts.

2019-06-13: Been a while. I have so many photos to post. Feels too late now though… Cobblers’ children …

2019-06-08: Started shooting film again.

2019-05-07: The Champions League concept of an “aggregate victory” is antithetical to the very idea of a …

2019-05-06: This is it for me, and there’s still a ways to go. But along with this blogging foundation, …

2018-12-31: Couple more Louisa portraits.

2018-11-14: Gettin’ crisp outside.

2018-10-30: I dressed up for Halloween. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

2018-10-03:

2018-09-30: The first thing Louisa does each day: Find all the necklaces and put them on. I blame @alymakintosh …

2018-09-14: This baby is 1.

2018-08-18: Finally going through the last year of photography. Apologies in advance for how many Louisa photos …

2018-07-04: Louisa had her first Hofmann’s hot dog today (correctly, with mustard). Also, she’s …

2018-06-28: Progression.

2018-06-23:

2018-06-14: Louisa got another new dress. Taking her first train ride today.

2018-05-01: Louisa gets her hat-wearing skills from her mother.

2018-03-31: Louisa’s first time in Wegman’s. She can’t even believe it.

2017-12-26: Louisa’s first hike.

2017-09-15: Baby Louisa at 2 hours old.

2017-06-17: Allison and the baby at Thornden Rose Garden.

2016-12-31: Happy New Year’s Eve from @alymakintosh and me. (Early dinner at Kimo’s in Maui)

2016-02-14: Allison made an apple pie because she’s fancy and America.

2015-09-15: The guys built a set for this one.

2015-07-24: The Word warming up in front of the Philly skyline

2015-07-19: Vespa

2015-07-19: Allison made me post one selfie from our favorite place in Taormina

2015-07-16: Peacefully sleeping man, detail

2015-07-16: Peacefully sleeping man

2015-07-16: Obligatory resting baby goat

2015-07-16: More Greek temples by the sea

2015-07-16: More Greek temples

2015-07-16: The most well-preserved Greek temple on earth

2015-07-16: More Turkish Steps

2015-07-16: More Turkish Steps, hard to describe, definitely one of the coolest natural structures I’ve …

2015-07-16: As a Syracuse nerd, I had no choice but to wear the most Syracuse shirt I had to Siracusa

2015-07-16: Inside a castle in Siracusa (yes, Siracusa)

2015-07-16: First time I’ve lain down on a rock that was comfortable like a pillow

2015-07-16: My wife

2015-07-16: Climbing the Turkish Steps with Alex and Mauro

2015-07-16: The Turkish Steps in Sicily

2015-07-16: The Greek theatre in the daytime

2015-07-16: My wife

2015-07-16: A couple of guys live broadcasting the the opera, Carmen, outside the Greek theatre.

2015-07-16: Opera in a 3000-year-old Greek theatre above the sea. Fully acoustic.

2015-02-03: Every sunny morning the Philly skyline turns golden for about 5 minutes.

2015-01-24: We’re South Philly homeowners.

2015-01-10:

2015-01-09: Everything is lies.

2014-11-28: Don’t look like Black Friday here.

2014-11-22: You can’t tell here, for obvious reasons, but the color is stunning.

2014-11-21: 35mm taco party

2014-11-16: 70mm film you guys

2014-11-11: Last day in olive land.

2014-11-10: Professional oil tasting with scientists wearing lab coats.

2014-11-09: Visigoths, Romans, Moors, Catholics. A church within a mosque within a church. Pretty neat.

2014-11-09:

2014-11-09: Same dumb boring window.

2014-11-09: Regular boring window.

2014-11-09: No climbing.

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2014-11-09: Olive oil tasting.

2014-06-29: Spoon selfie.

2014-02-20: Horace Mann

2014-02-09: BBQ line

2014-02-02: Clever naming

2014-01-03: Allison under the train tracks

2013-12-17: An @andyhensler camera cart.

2013-12-17: Man in pickup truck.

2013-12-17: Producing today. Much less stress than directing (for me).

2013-12-08: People playing with dogs.

2013-12-06: My receipt (@ House Industries New Store)

2013-12-05: Some new Philips Hue light strips in the equipment cage. Fun for everybody.

2013-11-16: Solo shoot with my buddy riding shotgun

2013-11-06: There’s always this place

2013-10-31: Harbor sunrise. Leaving Italy today. It’s been insanely great.

2013-10-30: It has truly been a spectacular viaggio di nozze. Thanks for encouranging us to take pictures, as we …

2013-10-30: Hills.

2013-10-30: More boring Tuscan sunsets.

2013-10-30: Fashioning leather things.

2013-10-29: The Arno at night, from Ponte Vecchio.

2013-10-29: Il Davide. Can’t be captured.

2013-10-28: The keepers of the meats and cheeses.

2013-10-28: “Whatever you need to talk to me about… Can it wait?”

2013-10-27: Dead tree on the side of a hill.

2013-10-27: Pecorino Toscano. With honey. The cheese I’ve looked for the last 8 years in the states. …

2013-10-27: Been really impressed with the iPhone 5S camera.

2013-10-27: Smooth gradient sunset.

2013-10-27: Grape leaves in fall.

2013-10-26: Sorry for the selfie. It’s just that there aren’t many pictures where we are both okay …

2013-10-26: Manicured.

2013-10-26: Kids play.

2013-10-25: Olives.

2013-10-25: Good weather.

2013-10-25: In case any of my fellow Americans were wondering, this is the color of olive oil.

2013-10-25: Most brilliant restaurant tagline, for so many reasons: “Closed Wednesday”

2013-10-25: Hamburger. Fork and knife.

2013-10-25: Roof.

2013-10-25: Toscana. The countryside.

2013-10-24: Back in the ‘hood.

2013-10-24: Room keys.

2013-10-23: Is this enough pictures, @hannahdelwaterman?

2013-10-23: The spread.

2013-10-22: Nicest hotel I’ve ever stayed in, by far. From or room.

2013-10-22: Fruit in hotel room. Not fake.

2013-10-22: Positano up close

2013-10-22: Positano from afar

2013-10-21: Tiny convertible taxi that holds eight passengers. I need one of these.

2013-10-20: From the chairlift above Capri

2013-10-20: Tiny people in a tiny car.

2013-10-20: Trees in the fog atop a mountain in Capri.

2013-10-20: Approaching Capri

2013-10-20: Mmhmm that’s the moon from our hotel. Photo credit to my lovely bride.

2013-10-20: And here’s the sun from the same window.

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2013-10-12: A little pre-wedding quiet time. #zachandallisongetmarried

2013-10-05: Well this birthday just got considerably mo’ better.

2013-10-02: Our drycleaner is a serious drycleaner.

2013-09-29: We’re on the radio. This is the big-time.

2013-09-29: CDs you guys!!!!!

2013-09-27: Because the world needs more photos of the Golden Gate Bridge

2013-09-26: So many bonus points if you know what this desk is…

2013-09-26: Tree sprouted during Charlemagne and the Muslim conquest of Spain

2013-09-26: Say I won’t hug this tree

2013-09-26: Allison’s aunt and uncle grabbed this from a set they were catering

2013-09-25: Seems like a lot of wine

2013-09-25: Goat cheese and tomato croquettes with lavender-infused honey

2013-09-25: Everywhere you look

2013-09-25: Seems like a lot of wine

2013-09-25: Sea lions

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2013-09-25: Alcatraz and a big-ass boat

2013-09-25: Even the showerheads in San Francisco. Even the showerheads.

2013-09-24: My old iPhone sadly gazes upon my new iPhone before going into a plastic bag, forever.

2013-09-24: Presidio

2013-09-24: Allison doesn’t like her natural curly hair because basically I don’t know she wants the …

2013-09-23: Wat

2013-09-22: Desert oasis

2013-09-22: Nice day.

2013-09-22: Smokers on a hill.

2013-09-22: Shuttle through the desert.

2013-09-22: Smokers on a hill.

2013-09-21: Not a bad spot to get some work done.

2012-09-09: Just the sun with some clouds but it feels kind of intense.

2012-09-09: Apples at Beak & Skiff

2012-09-09: Apple picking with Allison.

2012-09-09: Sad day.

2012-09-09: Delaney’s Silverqueen for the last day at camp.

2012-04-17: dinner in grand central with allison, who gets sworn into the new york bar tomorrow

2012-01-26: Aqua Notes! You better recognize!

2012-01-07: our lemon tree worked hard on these three.

2011-12-28:

2011-12-28: big east!!!

2011-11-26: aboard Old Ironsides

2011-10-31: my halloween costume. cousin eric got it at the company picnic. love that guy.

2011-10-30: our lemon tree is killing it. huge lemons.

2011-10-29: cousins

2011-10-20: my aunt’s puppy. extemporaneous.

2011-10-17: rubber stamp = inexpensive branding

2011-10-13: liz and grandpa

2011-10-12: summer dreams, ripped at the seams. @coINLoftDE fail.

2011-10-11: my sister acting strange

2011-10-11: Delaware.

2010-12-15: il pomodoro