Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good?
Six weeks ago, Qualcomm acquired Arduino. The maker community immediately worried that Qualcomm would kill the open-source ethos that made Arduino the lingua fr...
Category: Strategy
GenAI needs editors – just like humans
Go to the back of any blockbuster novel and invariably there’s a slew of acknowledgements from the author. Acknowledgements that are common are for the ed...
Airbnb wants to make sure your vacation rental has a well-stocked fridge | The Verge
For the longest time I’ve wanted some sort of AirBnB welcome service that would deliver the spices and oils needed for cooking. I tend to prefer rentals w...
Oura Ring: In 2025, sticking to their knitting. In 2026, healthcare delivery juggernaut?
Last year, I wrote an article, sparked by a brainwave, on the Oura ring. Since that time, Oura has continued its amazing growth. And I have continued to ru...
Why do ‘How-to’ Biz YouTubers think everyone can do what they do and succeed?
I’ve been on a tear these last few months, building up my Etsy store of expressive shirts for makers (you can read more about it here, and are welcome to ...
Fixing omissions in the Claude UI, using Claude
I use Claude.ai a lot. One feature that I wish Anthropic offered was to search for text _inside_ the chats.* I often come back and want to use search to review ...
Getting into a groove with my Etsy store of marker-inspired t-shirt designs
Back at the start of May, I kicked off the first line of products for my haberdashery. As I mentioned before, this idea was brewing in my head for some time unt...
Project: Spotify “like” Shortcut
I built a silent, tap-based Apple Shortcut that lets me like the currently playing song on Spotify. Y’see, often my phone is in my pocket when I listen to...
Just a thought: knowledge models into analytic models?
How do we convert textual knowledge that professionals learn into analytic data models that are actionable? 🤔 Though came up after listening to a ton of healthc...
Project: Space Invaders game, in collaboration with Claude
About two years ago, I was at one of my Hardware Happy Hour evenings and one of the guys showed what he was doing with generative AI. He showed a logo he’...