Jammin’ to the venture beat. And my first patent thrown in for good measure.
Back at the end of 2002, if I recall correctly, Nokia set up an internal Venture Challenge – a challenge to have folks submit ideas, find some promising o...
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Teasing out my cultural connections through genetics
Special note: Talking about personal genetics is difficult: what you say not only reveals so much about you, but also your parents, your siblings, and your chil...
“The road less traveled”: getting it wrong, but getting it right
Back in 2014, I was invited back to my graduate school as part of a professional development series for science grad students. Most of the speakers before me we...
My greatest story, never much told: Nokia Cloud
In early 2004, I joined the small Nokia Lifeblog team to lead sales and marketing. Over the roughly 18 months I was with the team, I learned so much about the f...
Unlocking value in plain sight: not as common as you’d think
I like to walk expo floors that have a lot of machines, gadgets, and gizmos and engage with vendors, doing some research and testing out some ideas. Last fall, ...
Why changing your spots is hard: shifting a business from hardware to software
Shifting from a hardware business to a software business is not easy. Organizations need to be prepared to make the changes necessary to succeed.
Living the IoT dream: adding to my vaccine fridge monitor
In a previous post, I talked about how I worked on a vaccine fridge monitor that was designed to alert me over Pushover if anything was going on with the fridge...
How I’ve built an LTE-based vaccines fridge monitor
Everyone these days knows the importance of keeping vaccines safe and functional. This is the same, of course, with veterinary vaccines. A local veterinarian I ...
One big wish for CircuitPython in 2022
I thought I could add my voice to the folks sharing their wishes for CircuitPython in 2022. Boards I likeI was really pleased with how many boards came out last...
Pocket Universe
This is a chapter from a book I wrote during NanoWriMo 2011. The story was about folks who ‘shepherded’ marine mammals and fish (with the aid of dol...