I wish they all could look like this.
Category Archives: Travel
Trips, destinations, and adventures around the world.
Torre Monumental
Casa Rosada
Casa Rosada
The Obelisk
Look inside the Palacio San MartÍn
What does that mean?
I took a few days off before the start of the 4.3 release cycle for WordPress and decided to explore Buenos Aires. These are only a handful of pictures that I took on that trip.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The day before WordCamp Mumbai, India celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors, to welcome the arrival of spring. Two other Automatticians, Prasath, Mahangu, and I were able to see a group celebrate it in a courtyard close to our hotel, so we decided to take a closer look and take a picture or two. On our way to the celebration we were stopped by a security guard unfortunately who would not let us enter, saying it was a private party and we were not allowed inside. We were a little disappointed but decided to walk around the block to see if we can find another group to take pictures.
We were almost back to our hotel when we saw a park with groups of people and took that detour. One of the groups were men who painted each others faces with India’s flag, taking pictures of one-another and having a good time. We must have looked sufficiently curious (and me unusual at 6’7″ and pale white), and as we were just about to walk past them one of the man took my hand and dragged me towards the head painter. And so this happened:
Holi in Mumbai
The Alamo
I was in San Antonio for their inaugural WordCamp last weekend and decided to explore San Antonio’s River Walk after Contributor Day. During the event on Saturday, everyone told me to go check it out and I’m glad I did! I was genuinely impressed by how beautiful it was, the pictures don’t really do it justice. It gives the city a European feel, with cafés and restaurants lining the river. I ended my walk at The Alamo where I learned more about Texas’ history and the role the siege played in it.
San Antonio, TX
I’m currently in Austin, TX for the inaugural team meetup of Apollo, the WordPress.org-focused team that I switched to when was created a few months ago. After five days of discussions, planning, and working on code, we took some time off today and went indoor skydiving.
It was a lot of fun, and surprisingly much less dangerous than jumping out of a flying airplane! It was exciting to be able to build on my Park City, UT experience and improve my body control in a way that I was almost able to steer myself.
2014 Travel
Automattic’s job page says that you should expect to travel four to five weeks out of the year, if you join us. That’s actually a really good rule of thumb. Of course it varies from person to person, but with meetups alone you’re looking at a minimum of three weeks. I ended up spending a bit more time on the road, so I thought I should write a short recap.
In 2013 I traveled about 79,000 miles which—not being used to that much travel—felt like a lot. So going into the new year, I planned on reducing it a little, only going to meetups and local WordCamps. That was not what happened however.
Who would have thought that Vegas also has beautiful snow-covered mountains?
Konstantin Obenland 