About

Hi there! I’m Nico and I’m from the United States. I graduated from the University of Florida in 2015 with a degree in Computer Engineering. Afterwards, I moved to Seattle to work at a large west coast tech company.

In mid-2021, I quit my well-paying software job to travel, pursue some passion projects, and live life. I talk about this in my blog. This resulted in me spending 1.5 years travelling around the US, Canada, Europe, and SE Asia.

I now live in Berlin, continuing to travel any chance I get.

The name of this website comes from my first name and my interest in photography (Nico + picture = NICO • PICO).

What I like…

  • Travel
  • Fitness
  • Gaming
  • Boba 🧋
  • Photography (see Nick Pics)
  • Making friends
  • Techno, trance, progressive house, and 90s + early 2000s drum & bass
  • Language learning (currently: German, Spanish, previously a little Mandarin)
  • The color blue

Inspiration for this blog…

  • Tom Scott – Educational yet engaging, A+ video editing. This guy wants to see the world learn.
  • Paolo fromTOKYO – Videography and lifestyle content, esp. his “Day in the Life of…” series
  • All About Berlin – A prime example of modern web design focused on user experience and quality content without the bullshit. A hero to my local community.

This blog is powered by the Astro Framework, styled with TailwindCSS, and built and deployed using AWS Amplify.

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