At our house in Lexington, Virginia, I recently tested a Meshtastic repeater installed at my home, achieving a good signal range of approximately half a mile without a clear line of sight. I plan to elevate the antenna to enhance reach and responsiveness. But, hey!…
I co-wrote this piece on Choice Architecture and Nudge, both of which I am opposed to in theory and practice, a few years ago. Finally found a good platform to publish it through (thanks to Basecamp and their new Writebook application). If you’re interested in…
I learned a lot at Crowdsupply’s Teardown event this year, and wanted to share some of it with you all. Check it out! Many states have an RTK network that allows GPS to pinpoint to the millimeter, vs the yard. So many interesting applications. None…
I recently moved my office to be approximately two minutes from the center that I run at Washington and Lee. It’s a beautiful space in downtown Lexington, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the move. One of the primary driving factors behind the change…
Quick post for folks looking to promote our meetups/makerspace endeavors for Hardware Happy Hour: Lexington, and the NFP makerspace we’re working to get off the ground in town. Download the flyer here: Hardware Happy Hour
During a recent trip to Chilean Patagonia with my students, I stumbled upon a perfect illustration of rewilding as it applies to making things. We were there to explore how we can work with nature rather than constantly imposing our will on the land –…
In “Why I Am not Going To Buy A Computer,” Wendell Berry, commenting on modern conservationist movements, observes, “The guilty are always other people and the wrong is always somewhere else.” This insight extends far beyond conservation, touching on the heart of complex systems problems….
Have you ever been stuck on a project and couldn’t find a way out? When I first started teaching game design at DePaul University, I discovered a book by Jesse Schell called The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. It introduced me to…
I’m rebooting my old podcast, This Should Work* with a new focus on innovation centers. Check out the first episode below. — In this episode, I’m thrilled to have Jake Juracka, the talented Senior Associate Director at The Garage at Northwestern University and my former…
Here’s a talk I gave on early work I’ve been noodling on. The basic premise is: all objects have affordances, computers have unique affordances, and what if we applied those concepts of computing and affordances (Janet Murray) to the selection of hardware components? CrowdSupply…