Staying in touch

So, why have I renewed my interest in writing under this Observations & Insights banner? Well, as usual with me… there’s a story.

I’m recently back from my first trip to Tokyo, and in a way, that trip represented a professional bookend of sorts… or more optimistically, I’ll call it a bookmark–an opportunity to pause and reflect on what has come before.

For those who don’t know me, it’s worth noting that the reason I was in Tokyo was for the EPIC 2010 conference (which I’ll write about at length in a later entry). At the conference, I had the opportunity to see and catch up with many old friends and former colleagues whom I haven’t seen or corresponded with very much in the past few years. Upon returning, I find myself at a moment where a few of my closest colleagues are now moving on to new challenges and new surroundings.

My hope is that writing here may provide this as a venue for:

• continuing the conversations with people who I have (and wish I had) spent a significant amount of time with over the past few years, and
• engaging in conversation a bit more often with the larger design and research community I’m happy to be a part of.

So, there it is… Welcome to the refresh. Whether I know you or not, I hope to talk to you soon… 😉