Kelly Smith | Made in Seattle

Kelly Smith of Curious Office on the internet, design and photography.

Footnote.com: Get ready to kill A LOT of time

This is one of the best new sites I have seen this year. It’s called Footnote. View original historical documents. Learn some history. Imagine a mashup of Flickr + Diigo + a little of Genealogy.com for historical records and you get some idea of the function. Viewing the Gettysburg Address:

60mph in 2.1 seconds! Ford’s Group B rally car.

I recently posted some pics from the Pacific Northwest Vintage Races. One of the most interesting cars of the day was easily this Ford RS200. Four wheel drive and 650bhp from a 2.1 litre engine made Ford’s Group B rally car one of the most outrageous racing cars ever made. But then, weren’t most of [...]

Pacific Northwest Historics Vintage Races

Photos I took while at the Pacific Northwest Historics Vintage Races during June 29-July 1, 2007 in Kent Washington.

Another image from around Seattle

I’m starting to notice that Seattle has some very interesting urban areas that aren’t always like the visions people have of our Microsoft-centric community. Some parts are poor, dilapidating and melancholy. I hope to capture a series of these images over the next year. I took this image in Kent Washington, south of Seattle. Appears [...]