Chumdinger

At the driving range

More beach volleyball.

My niece and nephew are adorable!

What better way to celebrate our country’s 235th year of independence than with good friends on the the beach!

Designing well is like making good guacamole. Content(s) first, then balance, color, and composition.

Google resets social agenda with Google+
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20075124-17/google-resets-social-agenda-with-google/
*Google takes on Facebook

Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/inside-google-plus-social/all/1
*In depth look at Google+

MySpace Sold for $35 Million
http://mashable.com/2011/06/29/myspace-sold/
*In 2005, News Corp. bought the site for $580 million from its original owners…

Groupon For Nightlife ‘Poggled’ Expands, Hits Up New York And Denver First
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/27/groupon-for-nightlife-poggled-expands-hits-up-new-york-and-denver-first/
*Poggled sells discounted drink deals and party packages to bars and nightclubs that aren’t available anywhere else…

LivingSocial Expands Daily Deals Empire
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/27/livingsocial-expands-daily-deals-empire-buys-ensogo-gonabit-and-dealkeren/
*they’re getting bigger

Stop The Hate: Daily Deals Aren’t All Bad, And Here’s Why
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/25/stop-the-hate-daily-deals-arent-all-bad-and-heres-why/

Foursquare Closes $50M at a $600M Valuation
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/24/foursquare-closes-50m-at-a-600m-valuation/

Foursquare shifts its focus into the real world
http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/28/foursquare-shifts-its-focus-into-the-real-world/

Spent a couple days at Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch. All I can say is wow!

I’ve been meaning to blog everyday while traveling on All-You-Can-Jet but it hasn’t worked out that way. I have a bunch of pictures so I’ll start posting them. Here are some of the best shots from DC.

The Nationals Game

The Library of Congress

The Capital Building

The Lincoln Memorial

Ok, there it is. I finally made some decisions and planned out a schedule for the All-You-Can-Jet Pass. There’s room to adapt – I’m not sure if I’m being too ambitious or not.

Flights have been booked, and I found a local airline to connect from Puerto Rico to St. Maarten to Aruba without going back and forth from JFK. Though I do have to fly through JFK to get from Aruba to Costa Rica. I can live with that one. Here’s the plan (updated 8.26.10):

Starting in Burbank to New York on September 7th.

9.7 Burbank 7:00am > New York 3:24pm

9.9 New York 12:31pm > Austin 3:35pm

9.11 Austin 12:26pm > JFK 5:04pm – 8:40pm  > Chicago 10:16pm (I have a 3.5 hour layover in JFK. Dinner anyone?)

9.13 Chicago 3:42pm > JFK > West Palm Beach

9.16 Fort Lauderdale > Long Beach x:xx pm – 5:25pm > Oakland 6:42pm

9.18 Oakland 11:57pm > Washington, DC 7:55am next day

9.21 DC > FLL > Puerto Rico

9.24 Puerto Rico > St. Maarten (via Insel Air)

9.29 St. Maarten > MCO (via AA)

9.30 MCO 10:20am > Costa Rica 11:28am

10.5 Costa Rica 12:25pm > MCO 5:38pm – 7:10pm > JFK 9:50pm

10.6 JFK 7:55pm > LAX 11:09pm (one of the last All-You-Can-Yet flights)

I’m sure there’ll be changes along the way. If you’re gonna be where I’m gonna be at the same time, hit me up!