Back in Illinois and riding around town before RAGBRAI begins! Testing out my new GoPro camera.
Back in Illinois and riding around town before RAGBRAI begins! Testing out my new GoPro camera.
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…
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…
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…
Belief requires trust and wonder. But, what happens when you’ve lost both? It seems like we’re in a time where both trust and wonder are at an all time low. Social media and fragmented networks have caused us to be more mistrustful and suspicious of…