I started today in the Grand Canyon area. Did a bit of sightseeing there. What a view. Got some solid karel the dog photos there. Drove to the four corners, which is surprisingly underwhelming. It is kind of in the middle of nowhere, and then there is this small pavilion with an “X” on the … Continue reading Day 11: Grand Canyon -> Four Corners -> Cortez, CO
Today, I started in Phoenix (scottsdale, really)–got to play a bit of tennis with a friend, and then stopped by the ASU/GSV Education Innovation Summit before leaving. I had a meeting with a superintendent later in the day before heading out on the road to the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately had a bit too much fast … Continue reading Day 10: Phoenix -> Grand Canyon
Today was a day in Phoenix, and I went to the Education Innovation Summit. I had a chance to speak to a crowd of attendees and investors about CodeHS, as well as meet a number of other companies and people involved in education technology. We got some good pictures of Karel the Dog with some … Continue reading Day 9 – Phoenix
Today was a Sunday, and a travel day. Had brunch at a place called “Eat” in downtown Las Vegas. Met with a friend who is working on the Downtown Project, which sounds really exciting. Seems like there is a lot that is going to happen in Las Vegas over the next few years. Hit the … Continue reading Day 8 – Las Vegas to Phoenix
Went to a day pool party, then took some photos along the strip. Met up with a friend of a friend and went to the Zappos yearly picnic–quite an extravaganza. From there I went to go see Jerry Seinfeld perform before playing a bit of Sigma Derby, an old school mechanical horse-racing betting game with … Continue reading Day 7 – Las Vegas
Today I started off the day by working at a coworking space that is part of the Downtown Project. I got to walk around Las Vegas a bit and take some photos during the day, and then got the chance to meet up with a friend. Saw some of the casinos, some of the shows, and … Continue reading Day 6: Las Vegas
Today was a day on the road. I needed to pick up a few things to improve my road trip setup (mainly aux cable for the music and a bluetooth headset for safe phone calls), and then I was on the road. Unfortunately this detour got me started a few hours late, and instead of … Continue reading Day 5: LA -> Las Vegas
I started today off by working in a coffeeshop called Intelligentsia in Venice Beach. My computer died there, and they also had blocked off all of the outlets, so I needed to go somewhere else. A guy a met who was working next to me (he was a writer) recommended that I drive up the 1 … Continue reading Day 4: LA
Today I was in LA. I started off the day by doing a workshop at Compton High School. We had about 40 students at the workshop, and it went really well! I got all of the students started with Karel, and I think everyone was surprised by how much they enjoyed it. Even the teacher gave … Continue reading Day 3: LA
Today was a day in LA. I started by visiting the Snapchat offices, and then headed over to El Segundo, CA to do a workshop at El Segundo High School with the programming club. It was the first workshop of the trip, so I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to go–but it went … Continue reading Day 2: LA