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The WiFi at San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley, is broken today. Four hours, no internet, in a...

Sep 28th

I have eight days, from Oct 1 to Oct 8 where I have no flights booked. Where should I go? What...

Sep 28th

At JFK after six hours writing half a new article. Why did I think I could update the site every...

Sep 28th

Just paid $4.25 for a 20oz water bottle. “I feel like shit every time I sell someone one if...

Sep 28th

Couple leaving for their honeymoon are sitting next to me in the bar. For 20 minutes, all they have...

Sep 28th

Today is LGB => JFK => Charlotte => BOS => Baltimore => BOS. Long day. Going to spend...

Sep 28th

I might be going to Bogota, Columbia tomorrow with @30daysonjetblue. He’s doing the all you...

Sep 28th

On a brand new train from SeaTac to downtown Seattle. It just opened 2 weeks ago and still has the...

Sep 26th

Dinner at JFK http://post.ly/6IEz

Sep 26th

What is the point of 1-ply toilet paper?

Sep 26th

Yeah, this is good. http://post.ly/698P

Sep 25th

I’m going to Fort Lauderdale beach. Thanks for the suggestions.

Sep 25th

New Jersey: it looks like a post-apocalyptic dystopia http://post.ly/67GL

Sep 25th

What should I do in Ft Lauderdale with 7 hours? What is the most Ft Lauderdale thing to do in Ft...

Sep 25th

I don’t ever want to leave http://post.ly/69k5

Sep 25th

A JetBlue guy in Newburgh just gave me 10 water bottles and said, “Don’t drink the water...

Sep 25th

I’m going to be in Seattle tomorrow night at 10:30PM. Then Portland, OR on Saturday at 8PM.

Sep 25th

“If it were not for the great variability among individuals, medicine might as well be a science and...

Sep 25th

Just landed in Rochester, NY. Going to be here for 9.5 hours. What should I do?

Sep 24th

The design of the teaser page for Lettercase is so beautiful I have to spend a tweet to show you:...

Sep 24th

Landed at Newark, heading into Manhattan. Everything I’ve heard about New Jersey now makes...

Sep 24th

I sat next to a lawyer this morning who commutes into Manhattan from Rochester every day: “It...

Sep 24th

JetBlue has good designers. The attention to detail and overall visual consistency, especially in T5...

Sep 24th

Wow, I really appreciate the attention to detail from whoever coded up jetblue.com:...

Sep 24th

Today I’m redesigning JetBlue.com.

Sep 24th

Fell asleep before the plane took off at JFK and woke up after it landed in San Diego. Felt like...

Sep 23rd

Dear $PALM, I love you. Your friend, dcurtis.

Sep 23rd

Going to dinner in San Diego tonight with two random twitter followers. This will be fun.

Sep 23rd

My freelance UI design rates have just gone up: now $10,000 per pixel.

Sep 23rd

“Once you’ve tasted the sweetness of a dedicated purpose, it’s impossible to be content just...

Sep 23rd

Amazing sushi dinner with Twitter followers and @lukebrdn in San Diego http://post.ly/5s33

Sep 23rd

Hangover. Almost missed my flight to Rochester. San Diego was fun.

Sep 23rd

Something about Rachel Maddow’s condescening tone makes her repulsive. At least Glenn Beck is...

Sep 23rd

Fun airport game: try to guess the destination of a plane by looking at the people in the waiting...

Sep 23rd

Traveling alone, surrendering to the passage of time.

Sep 21st

In Fort Myers, FL tonight. I’m going to the beach at 1AM to watch the sunrise, then heading to...

Sep 21st

The Sky http://post.ly/5jc9

Sep 21st

Tempted to steal someone’s boarding pass and force my way on this British Airways flight to...

Sep 21st

The airport at night http://post.ly/5mfz

Sep 21st

Boarding passes so far: each of these pieces of paper represents a flight. http://post.ly/5mKp

Sep 21st

As a company grows, agility is perceived to be lost. But this is an illusion. There is only a tiny...

Sep 21st

Today is called ‘San Diego’: http://30dayflight.com/day14.html

Sep 21st

Welcome To Laguardia http://post.ly/5fCL

Sep 20th

Apparently, if you mix Armenian, Dutch, and Scottish ancestry, you get a family of ridiculously...

Sep 20th

Had a great time in Chicago last night. Today’s itinerary is called Orlando^2:...

Sep 20th

Feeling very lightheaded today.

Sep 20th

What is there to do between right now and 11am in Orlando? Is Disney World open 24 hours?

Sep 20th

Headed to Salt Lake City. Every seat on the plane is full. I think it’s the first 100% full...

Sep 19th

I was trying to accentuate how expensive little improvements can have a big impact. Should I have...

Sep 19th

Stayed up all night and wrote another article. Now I just have to code it and push it live, within...

Sep 19th

Good morning, here’s a song to wake up to http://post.ly/5VdZ

Sep 19th

Spending tomorrow in Chicago with @sachinag: “The essence of Chicago is in our beer gardens,...

Sep 19th

I’m in Salt Lake City. Nothing to do. But @dooce is nearby, and thats awesome. I followed her...

Sep 19th

Boarding my flight to Long Beach from SLC. Going to be away from the Internet for 1.5 hours right...

Sep 19th

Hello, Chicago http://post.ly/5ZU3

Sep 19th

Woo, I did it! Just published the second real article: To Fasten Your Seatbelt, Insert The Flap Into...

Sep 19th

Posterous just released theming! http://bit.ly/1NxgOQ

Sep 18th

All my clocks now automatically change when I enter a new time zone. I find myself forgetting that...

Sep 18th

FInally! Just published the first real article to 30dayflight, called How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion...

Sep 18th

I’m going to be in Tampa most of today. What is there to do in Tampa?

Sep 16th

I need to rent a one year old child so I can pre-board all these flights. The time savings would be...

Sep 16th

Please scratch that last tweet from the record. I’ll always love you, @jetblue.

Sep 16th

Just posted the itineraries from the past few days to http://30dayflight.com, will be posting them...

Sep 16th

Finally convinced a JetBlue employee to give me his #aycj pin http://post.ly/5FY5

Sep 16th

How to buy a private jet: http://bit.ly/fTAEJ #motivation (via @zenmatt)

Sep 16th

Tampa International Airport is amazing. Beautiful, and one of my favorite airprts yet. Feels like...

Sep 16th

This Windows 7 ad leaves me speechless. Kittens and unicorns? With Microsoft, I think CP+B bit off...

Sep 16th

Superlative adjectives are dangerous weapons. Wield them carefully. (Note to self.)

Sep 16th

When I say I want a room for an hour to take a shower, they start whispering suspiciusly and talking...

Sep 15th

As the number of wheel chairs required during boarding increases, the likelihood of the destination...

Sep 15th

Wow, Mint.com sold way too early. It could have been worth far more than 170mm. And is there even a...

Sep 15th

Tennis is a beautiful game.

Sep 15th

“Return toggle switch to normal,” a helpful and friendly ATM error message...

Sep 15th

Spent a beautiful day in West Palm Beach. Now headed to White Plains, NY.

Sep 15th

Breakfast in Westchester http://post.ly/5CBh

Sep 15th

Argh. I finally have writing inspiration, but my plane is stuck in traffic on the way to the gate at...

Sep 14th

Just met an awesome retired theme park designer. Though he doesn’t want me to profile him, he...

Sep 14th

“We are basically just making random changes and then rebooting the airplane to see if we...

Sep 14th

In Long Beach. This airport is a shocking pile of crap. The JetBlue terminal is a prefab building...

Sep 14th

My flight to SFO is delayed due to a faulty pitot tube. They fixed it, but the computer still...

Sep 14th

Interesting: “We’ve been looking at the auto industry. Computers have become an emotional...

Sep 14th

Incredible sushi dinner at The New York Times building http://post.ly/4t1r

Sep 14th

Milestone: all my credit cards and bank accounts are now fraud locked. Schwab lasted the longest....

Sep 14th

There is something magical about a 747 taking off http://post.ly/4t1Z

Sep 14th

By the way, I have been posting some photos to http://blog.dustincurtis.com

Sep 14th

When you’re so sleep deprived that your dreams start communicating with the riff of reality...

Sep 12th

Alaska just missed our first flight today. This is very bad.

Sep 12th

The personality of an airport is in its signage.

Sep 12th

Alaksa just made it on the plane! Today: JFK => Richmond, VA => Fort Lauderdale, FL =>...

Sep 12th

Just arrived in Fort Lauderdale. Beautiful day here. Wish I was staying longer, but leaving for...

Sep 12th

For those of you asking how long it takes to get on the TSA watch list: apparently 12 flights in 5...

Sep 12th

I am absolutely amazed that the only public shower at JFK costs $50. It is both prohibitively...

Sep 11th

Landed in Pittsburgh. Exited the plane, turned around, then reboarded the same plane back to where I...

Sep 11th

Wonder what the TSA guy was thinking when I couldn’t remember where I was going after 16...

Sep 11th

Thank you so much @jeremymims, for letting me use your shower and sleep on your couch. Now back to...

Sep 11th

Hello, New Orleans! Spending 22 beautiful minutes with you, then heading back to NYC....

Sep 11th

I just spent 12 dollars and travelled on the Subway for 1.5 hours for this…...

Sep 11th

I saw a JetBlue pilot feeding the T5 bird some bread yesterday, @alaskamiller. Kind of funny that a...

Sep 11th

Just went through security for the 7th time. They changed the rules since last night— shoes...

Sep 11th

I suck at email. I’m at least two weeks behind.

Sep 11th

Leaving Sarasota, FL. Going back to NYC. Anyone want to get dinner in Manhattan?

Sep 11th

I just published Day 4: Short Day to The 30-day Flight: http://bit.ly/Ic6tR

Sep 11th

Every time I use a Q-Tip to clean my ears, I feel a wave of intense happiness flow throughout my...

Sep 11th

Today: BTV > JFK > MCO > JFK > PWM. Working on the site right now through one bloodshot...

Sep 10th

Back at JFK. Feels like Groundhog Day. On the plus side, T5 is a beautiful work of art. I could live...

Sep 10th

The very last thing I want to be watching on a plane: news reporting of a plane hijacking...

Sep 10th

I have always felt the iTunes store to be the ugliest thing Apple makes. Glad to see the beautiful...

Sep 10th

After eight years of unwavering refusal, Apple today randomly added tons of crazy features to the...

Sep 10th

When Cisco was buying Pure Digital, I wonder if anyone said “but what about Apple doing...

Sep 10th

I’m in Portland, Maine for the next 6 hours. Insomnia. I’ve slept a total of 2.5 hours...

Sep 10th

Day 2: I managed to code a brief article for today called One Bloodshot Eye http://bit.ly/P8eMP

Sep 10th

Anyone know if there’s a shower at JFK or the Portland Jetport?

Sep 10th

Met the first interesting person: a multimillionaire hedge fund manager who flies jetBlue and drives...

Sep 10th

I would respect Zappos even more if they would put some time into not making me want to gouge my...

Sep 10th

Here’s today’s (the 10th) itinerary: http://30dayflight.com/day3.html

Sep 10th

In one second, our sun produces enough energy to meet the current needs of the entire earth for...

Sep 9th

I just posted the first article to 30dayflight.com, called Developing a Process for Visualizing the...

Sep 9th

I’m at JFK. The check-in kiosk immediately crashes when I enter my TrueBlue number. Off to a...

Sep 9th

A girl at the Puma store somehow convinced me to buy shoes with neon orange laces. I don’t...

Sep 9th

Perfection is an animal. It slowly creeps up, peeks around the corner, and then, when you least...

Sep 9th

This is what Photoshop calls a “1 pixel solid line”. Sorry, but no. This is a three...

Sep 9th

This is awesome: a company that makes 27-hour MacBook Pro batteries has loaned us a couple for our...

Sep 9th

This is the company that makes the 27-hour batteries: http://bit.ly/NRcB4

Sep 9th

Due to a… mistake… in our planning, we’re going to have to jump in a rental car...

Sep 9th

I’m about to board a plane Burlington, VT. I have no reason to go there. It is a very odd...

Sep 9th

Just landed in Vermont. I have 7 hours here, and then back to JFK. Interesting fact: no 3G here for...

Sep 9th

Flying to 45 cities. 42 domestic and 3 int’l. Bummed that we can’t hit all 13...

Sep 7th

The atrophy of ebay.com is obvious and sad. That company is terrible. It might as well be run by...

Sep 7th

On one flight, I want to give everyone something free, Oprah-style. Anyone have any ideas of what...

Sep 7th

When you do something remarkable, you become remarkable.

Sep 7th

Investment strategy. Step 1: Buy Google stock. Step 2: Hire monkeys to click hundreds of...

Sep 6th

I saw this odd button in an elevator earlier. I wonder what happens when you push it?...

Sep 6th

Red Bull Mimosa http://post.ly/45ex

Sep 6th

Three liters of IV saline would be good right about now.

Sep 6th

The iPhone keyboard is remarkably hard to use while drunk.

Sep 6th

How NYC does In-N-Out http://post.ly/40WX

Sep 5th

If you could see my biological clock, it would be blinking 12:00.

Sep 5th

I saw a girl walking a leashed bird at 2AM. I love this city.

Sep 5th

Does anyone know how to turn off the unbelievably retarded MacBook Pro trackpad rotation and zoom...

Sep 4th

Lots of negativity here: http://bit.ly/1NPm4N Not sure what to think.

Sep 4th

I made some tweaks, and now it’s done! An open letter to jetBlue called Dear jetBlue…...

Sep 4th

What do you think of this draft of a public letter to jetBlue? Good enough? I never know when to...

Sep 4th

Great! Adobe released an official patch as a plugin to turn the trackpad gestures off in Photoshop:...

Sep 4th

Wow, I just got an email from jetBlue. Will post about it in the morning.

Sep 4th

I think I might have a slight sexual attraction to the ampersand in Adobe Caslon Pro Bold....

Sep 2nd

Ahh, it feels great to be back in New York City.

Sep 2nd

In 1999, when I was 12, AOL sent me a box that changed my life. http://post.ly/3esr

Sep 2nd

The best way to reset the sleep cycle is 50-100mg of Benadryl.

Sep 2nd

Just put up a teaser page for http://30dayflight.com. Now I’m working on the realtime flight...

Sep 2nd

The more time I spend in NYC, the more I know I should live here. The more time I spend in SF, the...

Sep 2nd

I’m at the US Open, in the front row. Amazing view. http://post.ly/3kjb

Sep 2nd

The more things I buy with cash, the more I am punished with useless silver discs filling my...

Sep 1st

I keep trying to read The Fountainhead and failing: first copy dropped into a puddle and second copy...

Sep 1st

The new Ballpark invoice view is awesome: http://bit.ly/luz8d (http://getballpark.com)

Sep 1st