by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Mar 22, 2015 | Travel
If you really want something, you’ve got to ask for it. At least that’s what Emily told me. Six years ago, I met Emily Balistieri, (aka @tiger), back when Twitter was a tiny company of fifty and we had both started work. Emily was there, doing fun stuff, and we hung...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Mar 18, 2015 | Travel
Let’s be clear: I hate meetings. Hate them with a passion. Want to get a whole lot of nothing done? Invite a dozen people, give them an unclear goal, no agenda, and 60 minutes to have at it. Better yet, do it on a conference call. Rinse, and repeat. That said, there...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Mar 7, 2015 | Travel
I recently finished up a great trip to Japan thanks to All Nippon Airways, where I met with a number of Japanese entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs in Tokyo. It was a wonderful, whirlwind trip, and on my flight home I spent a lot of time thinking about what makes...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Dec 2, 2014 | Travel
As I write this, I’m in the first hour of a 17-hour plane ride. (Yes). In reality, this is just the first of a number of long-haul flights I have this week. (9 days; 4 continents). It’s a doozy, and it hasn’t been a trip I’ve been particularly looking forward to. That...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Jun 3, 2013 | Travel
I spent 2006 on the road. And I mean that in the capital letter sense. The Road. Over the course of a year, I traveled to 19 countries and fulfilled my dream of, well, “traveling around the world for a year.” I’m not sure why that timeframe was...
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz | Aug 27, 2012 | Travel
If you need to know anything about my history as a blogger, it’s this: I started as a travel blogger in 2006. A somewhat successful one, at that. Travel blogging is the art of moving, moving, moving, and sharing the absurdities that occur along the way....