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.
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.
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
Three Mistakes to Avoid when Inventing a New Product
The top lessons from my experience inventing new products and advice for finding clearer focus for your goals.
Recent Activities (2022)
- Slowly building the Stop Time Clock
- Bikepacking the Oregon Outback (May 2021)
- We built a climbing wall in our garage! (2020)
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