June was a bit of a very packed month, so I split up the #monthnotes into two parts. (Read part 1 here.)
I’m sitting at SFO, using a little downtime at the airport before heading back to Berlin after about six weeks on the road. And what a time I had on this trip. So much input, so many great people.
Enjoy part 2 of June’s monthnotes…
We wrapped up in Portland after a delightful month. M went off in one direction, I off to another. My trip led me south, by car, for a long weekend mini-vacation drive along the scenic coastal road along the 101 / 1. Some 1.500km or so of the most gorgeous coastline.
Along the way, I hiked in redwood forest…
…attended a recording of This Week In Tech…
…and saw this sign, which I find hilarious:
Back in SF, I got to catch up with a bunch of friends before joining SolidCon.
Visited Facebook HQ for a little tour, thanks to [Jasmine Probst](http://jasmineprobst.com). It’s great to see smart folks like Jasmine working on some questions there that truly matter, like how to design for compassion. It’s a super interesting angle on which to look at designing communication and social interactions online
While in SF, [Matt](http://twitter.com/mattb) & [Tom](http://twitter.com/tomcoates) kindly gave me a little demo of the new service they’re building, [Thington](http://thington.com). On their website they describe it as “a new way to interact with a world of connected things”, which it is, but I won’t give up any details. Let me just say I found it very convincing, remarkable even, and I can’t wait to see it get to market.
### SolidCon
Had a blast at [SolidCon](http://solidcon.com) and catching up with all the folks.
I took some (really rough, quick & dirty) notes throughout the conference ([day 1](/2015/06/25/solidcon-notes-part-1/), [day 2](/2015/06/25/solidcon-notes-part-2/)).
Happy that SolidCon [comes to Amsterdam](http://solidcon.com/internet-of-things-eu-2015) in the fall, and will be back in San Francisco April 20-22 next year.
### Also…
Also, I was invited to join the [Open Data Incubator Europe](https://opendataincubator.eu) (ODINE) evaluation committee as an independent expert. More on that soon.
That’s it for June. Have a great weekend.
