Bowling for my birthday Here are some bowling photos from my birthday party. | MORE | Filed under Adam | 29 May 06

Free Gillico Desktops Free Gillico desktop pictures: gillico.com/downloads/desktops. 40 images in all, in 9 different resolutions, from 800 x 600 to 1920 x 1200, with categories like metal, concrete, wood, flowers and plants. All photos are original, and ©2006, Gillico. Please feel free to download and redistribute, but please do not modify or reuse the images. Enjoy! | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 20 Apr 06

Elegy for a Difficult Pussycat  Most of you who know me well know I am pretty much a cat person. I've had cats, either of my own or family-style, since I was born. Fifteen years ago, while I was living in Boston during one of my interludes away from Brown, my sister called and offered me a cat of my own. She and her | MORE | Filed under Kitties | 16 Apr 06

CalTrain Love Poetry CalTrain held a contest a few months ago for love poems involving CalTrain. Of course, I've never been on a CalTrain before but that didn't stop me from entering... I didn't win, but my haiku will be included on the promo posters! Oh, Baby Bullet- Why do you need scheduling? Love strikes anytime. | MORE | Filed under Bay Area | 4 Apr 06

'listen' The listen widget works again! Thanks Jody! When I listen to any music via iTunes, whatever I am listening to will be posted to the section at right. You can click on the album title to check it out via Amazon.com, or click the band's name to hear more of their stuff via the iTunes Music Store. Enjoy! | MORE | Filed under Adam | 1 Mar 06

Business Cards I picked them up this morning! | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 18 Feb 06

Licensed and Permitted Today I filed papers with the city of Alameda, first to get a home occupation permit, which specifies what part of my house I will use to conduct business, and then to get my business license. Now I have both, as well as a bank account, which makes Gillico about as close to being a real company as it gets... | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 9 Feb 06

Next Steps A quick update: I completed the filing of DBA papers at the Alameda County Recorder and Assessors office. I've also contracted with the local paper to run a fictitious business announcement for the next four weeks. Ergo, today Gillico formally came into existence! Also, presented for your approval: the new Gillico logo. | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 30 Jan 06

Starting a Design Business in Alameda I have found a lot of resources so far, and I thought it might be helpful to collect them in one place for easy reference. Alameda County Library: Procedure for Starting a Business City of Alameda: Starting a Business Oakland Community and Economic Development Agency SCORE East Bay CA East Bay Small Business Development Center SF SBA office CA Business | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 27 Jan 06

Glllico Rising I have news! I am leaving LookSmart to make Gillico my full-time concern. Gillico will be offering a wide range of creative services, from design and engineering to photography to copywriting to web hosting and more. This is not dipping my toe into the freelance world, this is my move to create a sustainable business that will last for many | MORE | Filed under Gillico | 25 Jan 06

How I Got This Way How many of you out there have mothers who end instant message conversations with "whoops, got to go, time for Kali's [her long-haired black cat] brazilian ttyl" ? Just one? Hi Co! | MORE | Filed under Adam | 24 Jan 06