Building Community: San Francisco Board Game Designers
While most board games have just one designer’s name on the box, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of others who helped shape that game before it ever reached a store shelf. Back in 2018,…
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Pride 2026: Everyone Deserves a Place in the Ballpark
This is me proudly wearing my York Revolution Pride cap in 2023 at their stadium near my childhood home with my mom and sis. Last week, this same minor league baseball team actually forfeited a…
Interview about Nokia on YLE’s “All Points North” Podcast
I’m a regular listener to the Finnish Broadcasting Company’s (YLE) “All Points North” English-language podcast. Keeps me in touch with the latest happenings in my ‘other’ home country. So naturally I was thrilled when they…
The Shades and Symmetry of the Outer Sunset
The Outer Sunset is San Francisco’s sleepy surf town located on the far western edge of the city, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The New York Times wrote a small piece about the transformation of this…
Phil Teaches You How to Speak “Baltimorese”
Sitting around my Aunt Peggy’s dinner table on Christmas Day I couldn’t get over the ridiculousness of my family’s Baltimore accent. With every sip of boxed wine, I could hear their “Baltimorese” grow thicker. I…