I’m a writer living in Palo Alto, California. I write for magazines, newspapers, websites and corporate clients. My subjects are technology, culture, parenting and travel.
To see examples of my writing, check out:
- A rumination on the quality of architecture in Silicon Valley.
- A history of Stanford’s famed research nursery school.
- The story of a failed attempt to find the world’s tallest tree.
- A paean to the virtues of Scooby Doo!
Earlier this year I was writing a weekly ‘letter from Silicon Valley’ for the London Evening Standard. Here’s an example. The column recently succumbed to the realities of recessionary budgeting, but I still file analysis pieces for the paper.
In my spare time, I’m a token Dad blogger over at the Silicon Valley Moms’ Blog, where I’m known, appropriately, as Simon. And I edit an environmental blog, EarthQuaker.org. If you live in the Bay Area, you may have heard me editorialize on KQED radio.
I post ephemeral musings over at ValleyDad. You can also follow my erratic contributions to Twitter.
By training I’m a television producer. I’ve also worked as a professional name-generator, theatrical stage hand and commissioned playwright.
