The Archives - 2022
2022 (10 posts)
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In my mid-20s I was involved in the production of several cookbooks behind the scenes. That helped start a love for food. I helped to write and photograph a cookbook for an international hotel chain's Dubai restaurants, which had all types of cuisines (their Thai chef also taught me how to cook the…
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My friend Javad Tizmaghz, an excellent photographer and even better woodworker, took our photos for our wedding. It's important to note that queer marriage is not recognized in our home countries. We took these photos, and then we went to Auckland, New Zealand, for the actual ceremony. It was only…
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I have always loved film photography. I love everything about it. From the moment I was given a disposable film camera as a child, to collecting old cameras and taking them on my travels, I love the whole process of waiting to see what photos I come back with. Like so many others, I have been mostly…
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Almost exactly 16 years ago I signed up for Twitter, curious about what it might be. The social web was so young then. I was still in university. The hashtag had barely been invented. Technology seemed like it might change the world, and I was excited to be a part of it. 16 years later, I am midway…
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Sometimes I think of countries as restaurants. Every country has a different concept. Every country has something to offer. Some have menus, some do not. Some are large multi-concept food halls, others are exclusive white tablecloth places where people have to fight for the scraps—outside. My…
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Two days after the Supreme Court of the United States took this country backwards, with one of the more extreme justices stating that he wished to also examine the constitutional right to same-sex marriage and contraception, I found myself having the same conversation over and over. As a newly…
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In a previous life, I had to use VPNs extensively. I was traveling all the time and often found myself needing to do online banking tasks in one country while I was in another. I also frequently visited some countries that blocked most commercial VPNs. For that reason, I have been figuring out how…
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Screenshot of a YouTube video of someone playing the saxophone When I was a child, I immersed myself rather deeply into the world of orchestral music, especially in the woodwinds section. But the saxophone always felt too... large, for me. I am no longer a child, so it is no longer too large. I…
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In case you have not heard, Spotify sucks. A lot. Here's a summary of my post-Spotify exploration of music. I'm still trying to decide how I want to consume music in the future, but what I'm currently thinking about is: Apple Music for 'all you can eat' music streaming and music discovery…
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It feels like not very many years ago that hackathons, free beer and drunken nights out with startups were, for a brief moment in time, cool. Perhaps it was even normal. It was in this environment that I came of age, so to speak, in my work. It was therefore no surprise to anybody that I soon…