2014 is over: my 12 months of adventures in pictures

According to Tripit I spent 151 days traveling this year, visiting 27 cities in 9 countries, covering 117807 kilometers.

Here a brief of what happened:

January

I kicked off 2014 with a new job at Automattic met my team in Hawaii as soon as I started.

On the way back I spent a few hours in Los Angeles, just the time to get a burger at The Apple Pan with Eric and William.

February

February went smooth: I settled in my new job position, started training regularly with Jan.

I spent a quick weekend in Milan seeing friends and taking pictures.

March

Another chilled month in Vienna. I took a weekend trip to Budapest by train.

April

I spoke about remote working at WordCamp Slovakia.

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May

Had a meetup in New York City and bought my X-T1 switching 100% to the Fuji system. Good bye Nikon!

I built a circular lighting rig with my dad.

I also spent a few weeks in Ravenna, seeing friends and relaxing a little bit. Had great time with Giorgio and Andrea.

I attended the best barcamp of the year: FreelanceCamp at BocaBarranca organized by Alessandra.

I turned 34 and had lunch at Osteria Francescana with Paolo and Federico.

June

I spent great time on the beach with Dario.

I spoke about growth hacking at Seedcamp in Rome.

Had a meetup in Kansas City (MO) and tried Google Fiber with my Akismet team mates.

Went to the Regenbogen Parade in Vienna.

Went to Berlin with my buddy Dan and spoke about Growth Hacking at MLove Confestival.

July

I spent a few days in London with Livia and attended the “Monty Python Live (mostly)” at O2 Arena.

And where I took this self portrait.

August

I spent two days in Florence with a bunch of colleagues.

I went to Montreal and spoke at WordCamp Montreal about growth on WordPress sites.

I ate lobster in Boston with Guido.

I climbed the Rocky Steps in Philadelphia.

I touched the The Command Module of the Apollo 11 at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

I visited the Lincoln Memorial in Washinghton, D.C.

After 10 years of wearing a beard I shaved.

I bought a bike.

September

I went to Utah for the Automattic Grand Meetup.

I volunteered and spoke at WordCamp Europe.

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I joined the organising team of WordCamp Europe.

October

I spoke at Better Software conference in Florence with Paolo and Davide.

November

I grew my moustache for 30 days (never again).

I spoke at WordCamp Toronto.

I lectured with Bernhard about distributed work at WU, the Business University in Vienna.

December

I got myself a mini drone. So much fun!

I spent a couple of weeks in Ravenna, trying to find a new photographic inspiration.

I think I succeeded, check out my new photo series!

Happy 2015 folks!