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The summer vacation that begins in Greece and ends in Kenya (one year later)

Posted by Scott Kirsner July 20, 2010 10:06 AM

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wilcox.jpgThe Wilcoxes of Natick embarked earlier this month on a pretty lengthy summer vacation: it began in Athens, and it wraps up next July in Kenya.

When last we heard from Russ Wilcox, the long-time CEO of Cambridge's E Ink, he had left the company after its sale to Prime View International of Taiwan; he'd worked at E Ink for 13 years, shepherding the technology out of MIT's Media Lab and into products like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. (Last month, display-maker Prime View changed its name to E Ink holdings.)

Before embarking on his next entrepreneurial adventure, Wilcox decided to plan an extended trip with his family: they rented out their house for a year, sold their cars, and devised a curriculum for their son and daughter, who would be missing 4th and 7th grade. They also set up a blog, 365 Saturdays, to chronicle the journey (with the kids handling much of the writing.) "We are trying to use the blog as a way for them to practice writing something other than IMs," Wilcox writes in an e-mail.

The itinerary includes London, Paris, Vienna, Egypt, Australia, Thailand, China, Argentina, the Galapagos, and Botswana.

Wilcox is staying fairly well-wired on the trip: an e-mail to him this morning yielded a quick return phone call via Skype. Where was he? Cappadocia, Turkey.

(And yes, in the photo he is wearing a wristwatch with an E Ink display.)

tags E Ink, Natick, Russ Wilcox, travel
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About Scott Kirsner Scott Kirsner was part of the team that launched Boston.com in 1995, and has been writing a column for the Globe since 2000. His work has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and Variety. Scott is also the author of the books "Fans, Friends & Followers" and "Inventing the Movies," was the editor of "The Convergence Guide: Life Sciences in New England," and was a contributor to "The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston." Scott also helps organize several local events on entrepreneurship, including the Nantucket Conference and Future Forward. Here's some background on how Scott decides what to cover, and how to pitch him a story idea.

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