Rapidly leveling-up on a new, well-trodden path
In the past 8 months or so I’ve been on a journey to learn everything I can about microcontrollers, circuits, electronics, components, sensors, and embedded sof...
Author: charlie
Getting back to the physical world
I first heard of the distinction between bits and atoms to describe the digital and physical worlds back in the mid-90s. Back then, atoms ruled – books, factori...
Project: Neopixel celebration goggles
I was checking out some DIY electronics at a local Microcenter, dying to buy something (hardware hacking has started to consume my attention, lately). I saw som...
Thoughts on personal data usage in the age of ‘peak data selling’
The way we use deep personal data needs to change. Indeed, I’ve been saying this for a few years now. As everyone knows, megacorps like Google and Faceboo...
New obsession, new future?
Last September I wanted to go to a conference in Sweden and my boss asked me what I would do different from my attendance at the US edition of the event the pri...
Pause for station identification
Yup. Another year and a half has gone by since my last station identification. So much has happened and so little has changed since then. MeWho am I? I’m ...
A quick-ish sort of catch-up
OMG. I’ve been hankering to write here for the last few months, and finally, in the lull between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I’ve run off to...
Pause for station identification
A year and half has gone by since my last station identification. So I thought it might be a good time for me to update things. Me Hello. My name is Charlie Sch...
Nike’s usability failure on the Apple Watch exposes what smartwatches could be
One of the chief reasons I bought an Apple Watch was for Nike Run Club (what used to be called Nike+).[1] But the Nike software’s bugginess and some misse...
Public/private messaging and Twitter’s stalled growth
The news today that Twitter didn’t grow in the past quarter had me scratching my head. Twitter did not add any new monthly active users in the past three ...