My Year in Cities, 2012

Published on December 27, 2012 (↻ June 9, 2021), filed under Adventure (RSS feed for all categories).

Beside working and growing and trying new things (more soon now), I’ve been in the great position to also travel a little. I’m very grateful. This year I visited 5 continents, more than 20 different countries, and probably more than 50 different cities (much of this as part of my first full trip around the world). Here are the larger ones that I had not seen before:

• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Boston, MA, United States
• Cairo, Egypt
• Cambridge, MA, United States
• Chicago, IL, United States
• Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Darwin, Australia
• Dresden, Germany
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Honolulu, HI, United States
• Innsbruck, Austria
• Kassel, Germany
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Manila, Philippines
• Nürnberg, Germany
• Reykjavík, Iceland
• Singapore
• Würzburg, Germany

Most favorite city? Probably Dubai (cheers Asim!). I still see myself in front of the Burj Khalifa. What an impressive structure. The Petronas Towers, which I saw only a few days later, don’t compare.

Least favorite city? I should probably say Manila, where I got mugged (remind me to tell you the story), but I choose Colombo instead. It was a strange place, and I no fit for it.

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m a contributor to several web standards, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development (and engineering management), but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (Please be critical, interpret charitably, and give feedback.)