Posts tagged with Thoughts
Learn to be Bored
It almost always comes up an hour into a road trip. Or a lazy Sunday afternoon. Or as they close their iPad folios[1]. "I'm bored." My standard response? The title gives it away: "Learn…
CTO Confessions Podcast
So a few months back, the folks at IT Labs reached out to see whether I was game to go on their podcast, CTO Confessions. It's been a while since I've participated in a podcast/conference…
In Appreciation of IKEA
We made a trip to the local IKEA this past weekend. The furniture store of college dorm rooms, IKEA was a staple of my 20s as I moved between apartments and condos, and evolved living arrangements from roommates to living…
Pulling Up vs. Pushing Down
We're now 2+ years into the tech downturn. Companies, with or without AI as a driver, continue to announce major layoffs, seemingly every month or two. No one advocates for teaching everyone to code anymore. While it was…
The Wearable Decade
For about two decades, the blistering pace of smartphone hardware improvements has driven manufacturing advances. We've made massive engineering improvements in all the components in the latest flagship phones: touch screens, systems-on-a-chip, tiny camera modules,…
A Dent on the Floor
When we moved into our current home, we prioritized replacing the floors with hardwood flooring on the advice of our realtor. It made sense; it's a lot more painful to clear away furniture and items to rip up…
