Golfing in Iowa

Posted by: Sean Kane on 08/19/2010

Glynn's Creek Golf Course

I’m off on a short family visit in Iowa this week and man, is it green here.  The brown grasses and hills of California make one forget just how different it is in the middle of the country.  Looking out the airplane window, all you see is green green green with creeks, streams and rivers cutting up the farmland.  I managed to get out to the golf course with the some of the family yesterday and play 18 holes.  This one spot had a great view down the hole with the cart perfectly positioned in the foreground.  Way off in the distance beyond the green, is the corn fields.

If the clouds cooperate in the next few days, I’m going to chase down a barn or two and see if they’ll play nice for the camera.  I even rented a wide-angle lens for this trip in my efforts to replicate a FunkySlug image.  My work’s cut out for me :) .

Below is another view of the course with the sun cutting through the clouds.

Sun Cutting Through Clouds



About Sean Kane

Sean Kane

Sean Kane is the Director of User Interface Engineering at Netflix, where he leads the development of Netflix's pioneering and award-winning web UI, and overall UI development strategy. During his tenure, the Netflix website has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction by independent researchers five consecutive times.

Prior to joining Netflix in 2002, Sean led the UI engineering team for the Kleiner Perkins ebusiness startup Bigvine.com. Bigvine's UI was recognized in Forbes 2000 "Best of the Web", Inc. Magazine, and in Newsweek's "Top 103 Web Sites". Previously, Sean developed leading-edge web interfaces at internet search pioneer AltaVista, and developed web applications for AllBusiness.com and the first online education application for the California State University, Chico.

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