I work on diverse products from wearables to drones to consumer hardware.
This platform allows me to share my experiences and illuminate lessons I discover.
RECENTLY (2023)
- Writing a newsletter to encourage Creative Work (Dec)
- Running the Loowit Trail around Mount St Helens (Sep)
- Making TikToks on Climbing Training with 20k views! (Aug)
- Reading 40+ books this year + Reviews on Goodreads
- Working on technology innovation at Logitech (Jono on LinkedIn)
Most Popular Articles
50 Things I’ve Learned this year (2022)
Feed the pigs so they’re ready to fly. It can take 1,000 days before a business succeeds. Set up easy systems so you can keep going.
The Best Skill I Learned from Ali Abdaal
The doctor and YouTuber Ali Abdaal has released a few Skillshare classes. I watched the top four courses and collected the best insights.
Top 15 Fantastic Books of 2022
My favorites from the year’s big stack of books, including celebrity auto-biographies, terrific fiction, and inspiring true stories. From the top of the list:
(3) Made to Stick (2) Humor, Seriously (1) Invention: A Life
Projects
I have worked in product development professionally for over ten years, but I also like to build fun projects on the side.
I get so curious about new technologies that I often have to mess around with them myself. My favorite project to date is a 6 foot flower we built to raise awareness for Hunger Action Month.
My Latest Writing
- What I learned this year — Top 50 Extraordinary Ideas [2023]
Squeeze and orange and it makes orange juice. What happens when you get squeezed? And 49 more lessons on on leadership, focus, and happiness. - The Power of Avoiding James Dyson’s Mistakes
The mistakes along James Dyson’s path to enormous success, the value of stubbornness to win out in the end, and a constructive tip on learning in your field. - Yvon Chouinard’s Valuable Insights in the Art of Living
What a mountain climber can teach us about pursuing excellence