I finally got all packed and even cleared my inbox and task list. Ready for three weeks of vaca­tion now. London, Bath, Cambridge, the Lake District, and more are on the agenda.

Last day in Maui. 8 tur­tles swam with, 20 miles hiked, 4 frozen yogurt stops, and lots of sun­shine. Hoping to post more travel recaps and pho­tos soon.

I think I’ve finally set­tled in to an ideal flow with my dig­i­tal tools. Things, Mail.app, Basecamp, and nvALT/Simplenote are my happy places. It’s been a while since I’ve gone so long with­out tweak­ing something.

Hit my goal of a sub-25 minute 5k. Finished it in about 23 min­utes. Overall did 3.25 miles at a 7:55 clip. Sometimes impend­ing rain is the best moti­va­tion to keep running.

Took a bit of a break this after­noon and watched Linotype: The Film. Really great doc­u­men­tary about what was, for many years, rev­o­lu­tion­ary pub­lish­ing tech­nol­ogy. It’s a lit­tle crazy to real­ize that the gap between idea and mass pub­li­ca­tion used to lit­er­ally require liq­uid metal poured one line at a time.

Had a great day at UserConf and am tak­ing a late-night flight back to Portland. Long two days but so worth it.