Writing

Writing

Essays and notes on technology, innovation, craft, and the discipline of building things — companies, software, and selves. This is the archive, 2015–2025. New writing goes out on Substack.

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June 30, 2025

Alignment

On the dot product — a mathematical measure of alignment — and the forks in the trail.
June 26, 2025

It Isn’t Time

Three months into semi-retirement — and a reminder that the barrier to the things we mean to do was never time.
November 14, 2024

Shear Jam

Cornstarch, high-shear solidification, and how time turns solid under stress and liquid over the years — and what you actually remember.
October 7, 2019

From stamp machines to cloud services: The Pitney Bowes transformation

Three lessons from a multi-year digital transformation — expectations, reusability, and how to measure success.
February 27, 2017

Back in the lab — Point Beach Lab

A night back in the home workshop, at the steel — and a kinetic sculpture finally where it should be.
February 20, 2017

The Barbershop

A small kindness at the corner barbershop, and the difference a soulful connection makes.
January 24, 2016

Workman

A poem, written on a cold January day.
January 21, 2016

Ongoing Innovation and Learning Leads to Satisfying Client Outcomes

My dad got his Ph.D. at 61 — and taught me why continuous learning is the engine of innovation.
January 14, 2016

Craftsmen of Commerce

On authenticity, STEAM over STEM, and the aspiration to be a renaissance technologist.
February 11, 2015

Late night’s ride home…

A poem about coming home.
February 8, 2015

White Gull

A February gull, a July gull, and what makes the difference.
January 3, 2015

#gratitude — Days 1, 2 and 3

On tenacity, family, and living gratitude a day at a time.