I’ve been using OmniFocus for my personal task management for almost a decade now, and one of its most useful features are the integrations into my email, web browsing, etc. So when the Chrome plugin went belly up a while back I was kind of…
Emerging signal: I’m seeing more and more hands-on pros—engineers, surgeons in the OR, mechanics—push back on the notion that AI is about to swallow the physical world whole. After almost two decades working in hardware, I get it. Bits travel at the speed of a…
In this engaging episode, we sit down with Wendy Bolger, the dynamic director of the Simon Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Wendy brings a wealth of experience from her previous role at Mercy Corps and her extensive background in social entrepreneurship. Recognized as one of…
In the realm of entrepreneurship (eship) education, where ideas are the currency and innovation is the goal, having a versatile tool that can shepherd an idea from its nascent stages to a tangible prototype is invaluable. Enter Figma—a design tool that has become a cornerstone…
Really excited for this one! Check it out. TSW* welcomes Ellen Schmidt-Devlin, co-founder and Executive Director of the Sports Product Management Program at the University of Oregon. Ellen’s illustrious career spans 27 years at Nike, where she worked closely with legendary coach Bill Bowerman and…
My talk from Crowd Supply’s Teardown 2024: what game design taught me about designing physical hardware, and how affordances — the cues an object gives you about how to use it — carry over from screens to circuit boards. Full talk below.
This should be the last of my cycling videos for a while. This one is of an old favorite — Old Plank Trail in Illinois.
A list of videos I recorded on my bike’s GoPro during RAGBRAI 2024. I missed a few days (forgot the camera, forgot to turn the camera on).
Back in Illinois and riding around town before RAGBRAI begins! Testing out my new GoPro camera.
We’re on the road for the next ~4 weeks traveling the country and making our way to RAGBRAI for the third year in a row. As I type this, I look out on an empty field in Kentucky, stuffed with barbecue and sunburned from a…