As it were…

Starting last fall I’ve been traveling quite a bit more than usual. I had every intention of blogging it all like crazy, but blogging is like any other habit. If you don’t do it it’s not a habit.

So I’m going to make this a roundup post and try to do better in the future.

Sydney, Australia

I started my current job last summer on my birthday. Four days later I was in Sydney. It was a bit of a surprise and very exciting. We have an office there, it was the week of WordCamp, and there were two other conferences happening that week. So I went for a week and had a GREAT time. I got to know some of my new co-workers and interact with some from a previous job.

I took lots of pictures, but here are just a couple.

The Opera House

The Bridge. At night.

This building is covered with green, dripping plants

This was the name of the restaurant. Crispy Chicken and Cold Beer.

Omaha, Nebraska

In August Cate and I went to WordCamp Omaha.  She’s always wanted to go, and I enjoyed Oamaha the other time I’d been there, so away we went. We rented a car and drove, which was a good time all by itself. Cate spoke at the camp but I did not.

Here are a couple pictures.

People getting ready to watch Cate.

The cutest puppy in the world was also there.

Pittsburgh, PA

In September Cate and I went to WordCamp Pittsburgh. We’d never been to the city and there were some friends there we wanted to see.  We rented a car again and still enjoyed it. Again, more pics:

WordCamp People

WordPress Buttons

Super Hero

Philadelphia, PA

In October I went to WordCamp Philadelphia for work.  It was kind of our kickoff event, but the plugin wasn’t QUITE ready, so we just talked a lot. I really enjoyed traveling with co-workers and showing them what WordCamps are like. I got a little HeroPress love while I was there, some fans were excited to meet.

Shadow…

Philly at Night

First public display of our Wapuu

Austin, TX

Since we have an office in Austin I’ve been there four or five times in the last 10 months or so. I won’t talk a lot about it since I’ve already blogged about it.

Dallas, TX

We have a bunch of friends in Dallas as well, and made a bunch of new ones. I cam along with Cate on this one, she spoke again, to great success as always. The most impressive thing about Dallas was the free range beer.

Nashville TN, WordCamp US

This one was for work again, but Cate came again of course. Several co-workers from BigCommerce came along as well as a couple representatives from Modern Tribe. We had a great time all around.  Matt stopped by the booth and we chatted, and he even talked about how cool we are on stage at the State Of The Word.

We raffled off one of these boards. A surfer who lives near the beach in SoCal won it.

This is an art installation that can only be seen with flash photography. It was almost plain white just looking at it.

HeroPressers!

A random surfer.

This building was built to look like Batman.

This plastic penguin was brought to our table to eat with us.

Philly Again

In February the Philadelphia meetup folk asked me to come back and present about BigCommerce. It was a lightning trip, 24 hours on the ground, but hugely successful in my opinion.

Phoenix, AZ

Also in February Cate and I went to WordCamp Phoenix. The weather was great, about 45 degrees and a bit rainy. BigCommerce sponsored and a couple co-workers came with us. I got to speak about HeroPress, Cate was on a panel, and our friend Tracey spoke about ecommerce.

This huge chess board is in the kids area at the Phoeinx airport.

Cate had alien legs for dinner.

Our awesome booth

WPMUDev went all the way to the top with their booth.

Cate on a panel

Dayton, OH

In early March Cate and I went to WordCamp Dayton. We had a really good time, but I forgot to take pictures.  🙁

Orlando and Miami, FL

In mid-March I went to Orlando to their WordPress meetup. It went well, and I was able to get some sweet Disney and Potter swag for my family. I was in Orlando for less than 24 hours, and then flew south to Miami for WordCamp. I got there a couple days early and got to sit by the pool in the sun for one whole day. Then it was back to work.  Since I was in town early I was able to help out the organizers with moving camp stuff from a living room into a big truck.

We were sponsors, so we had several people from BigCommerce.  I spoke about ecommerce once and HeroPress in a lighting talk.

What better place for chocolate covered churros than a kids play land?

Apparently Mario Kart drivers are allowed to park in handicapped areas in Miami.

WordCamp Miami!

GoDaddy gave away airplants as swag.

The BigCommece booth.

An actualy ThinkGeek store!

A full size Iron Man suit.

Washington, D.C.

When I was done in Miami I flew directly to D.C. I got there one day early and had a chance to look around. I was there for their meetup, which went very well.

This monument is about 100 times bigger than I thought it was.

So many stones…

This is just a cool builder.

Without the sun this was almost impossible to see.

Austin and London

At the end of March I went to Austin for a few days in the office, and then flew from there directly to London England. I was there for WordCamp, but got there a week early. We have an office there, so I worked with co-workers for a couple days.  I hung out with a friend one evening and walked around town taking pictures. I spoke at WordCamp and met MANY new friends and talked with many old friends.

This is a place in Austin where we went for drinks one evening. The public area is up the stairs you see on the left. The people out front here are the regulars.

I was on the 4th floor of this bar, this bridge stuxk out from the 3rd.

British Airways has baby cans of pop

This plane was nearly dark, I used the night vision lense on my Pixel3

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Also St. Paul’s

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

This buiding is called The Shaver

Foosball in London has lights.

Half of the room I presented in.

You can be called Cockney if you’re born within the sound of the bells from this church. I had a Cockney cabbie.

Thames at night

I love these cargo bikes.

This is a full-width street in London. It’s one-way, granted, but big trucks go down it for deliveries.

A still-sailing reconstruction of the Golden Hind, containing parts of the original.

The Tower Bridge.

Platform 9 3/4.

Dr. Who’s favorite treat.

That’s it for now.  Detroit is next, with possibly Santa Clarita in there. Berlin is in June. I’ll try to do better at posting once per trip.