Adam O'Neill
A survivor of the untamed bushland of rural Australia, Adam escaped for the safety of Sydney the day after he graduated high school—a date that happened to coincide with his eighteenth birthday. As so many young people do, however, he fell in with a rough crowd: a sword-wielding, armour-wearing, pipe-smoking gang of medieval battle re-enactors. Soon after he met his wife, Chana, he lost the armour but kept the pipe.
Fast forward a decade and Adam combined his love of pipes with a newfound passion, photography, which is how we found him and dragged him, kicking and screaming through customs, to South Carolina. During his three and half years with Laudisi in the US, Adam worked as a copywriter before making the transition to photography, then combined the two roles to become our first social media specialist.
Given his deep knowledge of the secrets of Smokingpipes’s marketing department, not to mention his experience navigating an international move, Adam was a natural choice to lead our marketing efforts here in Europe. In addition to taking care of our marketing — including copy, site photography, and social media — Adam leads our customer service department, liaises with our US programmers, and helps out with general administration.
Una boccata d'aria fresca
15 August 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Di recente sono giunto alla conclusione che gli ospiti, un po' come i gas, tendono a espandersi ma, a differenza di questi ultimi, non non sono così facilmente comprimibili.
La sérendipité du pourquoi pas
15 August 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Une grande partie de ce que je chéris dans ma vie est attribuable à la question apparemment rhétorique "pourquoi pas ?" (rhétorique seulement en apparence car, la plupart du temps, je me le demande sincèrement). Rencontrer celle qui est devenue ma femme à l'occasion d'une pendaison de crémaillère où j'avais accepté de me rendre à contrecœur ; participer anxieusement à un camp de vacances où se réunissait une bande d'excentriques armés et cuirassés et m'y initier à la pipe ; finir par suivre le conseil de postuler à un emploi à quinze mille kilomètres de chez moi et ainsi débuter ma carrière au sein de Smokingpipes, pour enfin changer à nouveau de continent et mener aujourd'hui une agréable vie en Irlande ; autant d'exemples qui illustrent le fait que suivre le courant m'a jusqu'ici plutôt réussi.
A Little Breathing Room
15 August 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
I've recently come to the conclusion that house guests — much like gases — will expand to fill the space allowed them. Unlike gases though, they're not so easily compressed.
The Serendipity Of Why Not
02 August 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Much of what I hold dear in my life eventuated from the only seemingly rhetorical question "why not?". Only seemingly rhetorical because most of the time I'm genuinely asking ("Oh, you can't think of a single reason why not? Well I guess this is what we're doing now."). From somewhat begrudgingly agreeing to go to a housewarming party where I met my now wife, to nervously attending a camping trip with a bunch of armed and armoured weirdos where I originally took up the pipe, just going with the flow has been pretty good to me.
Distinguersi dalla massa
25 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Musei, tour, ristoranti, bar, le dormite obbligatorie sugli enormi e confortevoli letti dell'hotel: sono tanti i must di una vacanza. Per quanto mi riguarda, quello che devo fare assolutamente quando visito una città o un paese nuovi è osservare la gente: cercare un posto in disparte nel mezzo di una strada trafficata e studiare i movimenti dei residenti e dei turisti, e come i due gruppi interagiscono.
Se fondre dans la masse
24 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Musées, visites, restaurants, bars, confortables et spacieux lits d'hôtel ; autant d'incontournables lorsque vous êtes en vacances. Pour moi cependant, la seule chose que je dois absolument faire quand je découvre une ville ou un pays, c'est de regarder les gens. Trouver un endroit en retrait dans une artère très fréquentée, et juste observer le mouvement des locaux et des autres touristes, et voir comment interagissent les deux groupes.
Standing Out From The Crowd
21 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Museums, tours, restaurants, bars, and the obligatory sleep-in on huge, comfortable hotel beds. There's a lot of "must-dos" when you're on holidays. For me though, the one thing I absolutely have to do when visiting another city or country is people watch. Finding an out-of-the-way spot in an otherwise busy thoroughfare and just watching the movements of both locals and fellow tourists — and how the two groups interact.
Petits rituels
10 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Bien avant que la pleine conscience ne soit au goût du jour, réduite à l'état de marchandise par les "influenceurs" sur les réseaux sociaux et utilisée comme palliatif dans les services de santé mentale, les fumeurs de pipe pratiquaient déjà à leur façon une forme de méditation consciente.
Piccoli rituali
07 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Prima ancora che la consapevolezza di se stessi diventasse il piatto del giorno, mercificata dagli "influencers" e usata come soluzione tampone nei servizi di salute mentale, i fumatori di pipa avevano la loro personale forma di meditazione consapevole.
Small Rituals
05 June 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Well before mindfulness became the flavour of the day, commodified by social "influencers" and used as a stop-gap in mental health services, pipers were enjoying their own form of mindful meditation.
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