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Home Archives Archives before June 13, 2001 RSS Feed Adaptive Path (my company!) About peterme Coordinates Most of the Time Oakland, CA Interests Current American history around the time of the Revolution, figuring out how to marry top-down task-based information architecture processes with bottom-up document-based ones, finding a good dentist in San Francisco Oakland Perennial Designing the user experience (interaction design, information architecture, user research, etc.), cognitive science, ice cream, films and film theory, girls, commuter bicycling, coffee, travel, theoretical physics for laypeople, single malt scotch, fresh salmon nigiri, hanging out, comics formalism, applied complexity theory, Krispy Kreme donuts. surf Click to see where I wander. Wish list Show me you love me by buying me things. Spyonme Track updates of this page with Spyonit. Clickee here. Essays [Editor's note: peterme.com began as a site of self-published essays, a la Stating The Obvious. This evolved (or devolved) towards link lists and shorter thoughtpieces. These essays are getting a tad old, but have some good ideas.] Reader Favorites Interface Design Recommended Reading List Whose "My" Is It Anyway? Frames: Information Vs. Application Subjects Interface Design Web Development Movie Reviews Travel		Pics and thoughts from Hong Kong. Posted on 12/04/2002. I'm really enjoying Hong Kong. Much more than I thought I would before coming here. Originally, I feared it would be oppressive and overwhelming like Tokyo, but instead I've found it surprisingly manageable, even with the massive edifices sprung up all over the piece, and the throngs of people everywhere. Click "More..." for more thoughts and pictures Lane and I are here on business, doing a quick bit of work with the very good people at Cathay Pacific. We've taken advantage of the trip to get around a bit, wandering all over. Some highlights included the Aviary in Hong Kong Park... (I hate seeing that emerging bald spot on the back of my head) Everything is surrounded by buildings ...Bizarrely shaped skyscrapers everywhere... ...and the lights and sounds of Kowloon... Out in front of the super elegant Peninsula hotel On a side street in Tsim Sha Tsui... We've eaten a variety of food (I've had abalone, prawns, squid-ink pasta, omelettes, an amazingly good hamburger, sushi, etc.), and have just had a great time soaking in the surroundings. I'll report more when I have more time... but now... off for more exploring! 5 comments so far. Add a comment. Previous entry: "Gack. Amazon wishes sent to the wrong place!" Next entry: "It's comforting to know you're not alone in your bizarre interests." Comments: COMMENT #1 Hey Peter - nice pics. Hope you're having fun there - seems like more open space. Tokyo can be a little dense. Oppressive? Overwhelming? I think overwhelming I like. But sometimes I yearn for the type of scenic vistas I hear about from HK visitors. Like you, and ten months ago, Harvey Smith. Have to go there myself some day - Posted by Justin Hall @ 12/04/2002 05:11 PM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #2 I see you found the Star Ferry. : . ) Posted by AG @ 12/04/2002 06:03 PM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #3 Sigh. HK is such a great place. Hope you can get to Victoria Peak on a nice day, and look down on all those huge skyscrapers. From that vantage point HK looks like the bay area, super-condensed-style. Look for the Ralph Nader sticker I left up there, too. Heh. Posted by richard @ 12/05/2002 08:45 AM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #4 "Click 'More...' " ?? surely that should be "Click here: More..." ? ;-) Posted by Anita Rowland @ 12/05/2002 09:01 AM PST [link to this comment] COMMENT #5 Hey Peter, Didn't you notice on the Lippo buildings that it is actually koala bears hugging the buildings? Did you have high tea at the peninsula hotel? That place is totally amazing. I was just there in September to meet some of my husband's relatives and had a blast shopping like crazy. I really miss HK. You have to try this morning drink called ying yang tea(it's tea, coffee, and condensed milk) It's totally amazing. And you can't miss jook in the morning with chinese broccoli. Have fun! Posted by Madonnalisa @ 12/05/2002 09:48 AM PST [link to this comment] Add A New Comment: Name E-Mail (optional) Homepage (optional) Comments Now with a bigger box for text entry! Whee! All contents of peterme.com are © 1998 - 2002 Peter Merholz.