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Who is Travis Smith and What's on This Site?

I'm one of the founders of Hop Studios, a Web design and development company with clients in the United States and Canada.

You may simply want to contact me or learn about me.

My resume is available in a bewildering variety of formats. You could try to hire me, but I'm already happy doing what I'm doing now.

Writing

I write often. I write a personal column (aka blog) that I update every few days -- the latest is The Olympics Are Coming posed on Jan. 27, 2010.

I've written for the Los Angeles Times, Variety, OJR... but nothing recently as a freelancer. I also write several blogs: one with interesting links I find, and one interesting quotes I like. And I write for Metroblogging Vancouver.

Photography

I take photos of many people, places and things. I also post many pictures on Flickr, where I am the administrator of several group pools.

Daily Trojan Alumni

I administer the DTLink, an accounting I've compiled of the current bios of more than 2,100 alumni from the Daily Trojan, USC's student newspaper. That site is currently on hold, until I can find a better system for handling updates.

Other Wacky Stuff

There's this chronicle I keep of folks' foibles at "I Have a Friend Who ...". You can suggest one.

I developed several two-player JavaScript games (tic tac toe and connect 4). They're fun, and very well thought out. The design is circa 1997.

How do you say "@" in any language? Find out, on this page.

Old Stuff

Back when I was a student at USC, I wrote a weekly column called Half Past Deadline. I've also written a simple story about a cat, and I'm pretty sure someone stole the idea and made a bad, cheap, straight-to-video movie based on it.

Buy your Amazon.com books, music and other stuff via my site, and I'll smile all the way to the bank, because I get a cut of the sale. It's win-win.

Canadian Jokes

The Great Canadian Comeback Page might make you laugh or think a bit -- it's a list of witty answers to the occasional idiotic American barb. (If you want a good barb, ask my wife; she's sweet but sassy.)

Overheard

“The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.”

...who said it?

“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”

...who said it?

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

...who said it?

“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.”

...who said it?

“When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on—series polygamy—until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”

...who said it?

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