Coffee Meets

I love catching up with blog readers, friends, colleagues (past and present), and students when you’re in town. If you give me a little heads-up, we can grab a coffee somewhere near the central district and chat about… well, pretty much anything under the sun.

Old Town White Coffee and Toast
Old Town White Coffee and Toast

Some ideas to get us started

  • Tech & Making – open data, civic tech, self-hosting, privacy, AI experiments, workflow automation, startups, side projects, mapping, GIS, sensors, IoT etc.
  • Travel & Outdoors – motor cycling, road trips, slow travel, nature walks, food.
  • Life & Philosophy – parenthood, adoption, pets, making friends later in life, mindfulness, democracy, Buddhism, Indian philosophy and history, etc
  • Creative & Personal Projects – my daily square photo project, building my wiki, decades of blogging, archiving history.
  • Community & People – teaching, mentoring, and organizing events.
  • Anything else you like?

Rules of Engagement

  • Best way to reach me? Send me an email/XMPP message. If you have my number you can message me, you can also message me on XMPP if you use one.
  • I prefer central district, but can change.
  • Ideally an hour to max two hours.
  • I prefer public coffee places where we can sit and talk. Ask me if you like me to suggest
  • I don’t mind taking pictures.
  • Coffee’s on me if you bring good conversation. ☕


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