Sand castles Waves crash Lightning strikes Babies cry Emperors rule Empires fall Castles crumble Tides rise Thunder roars Babes scream Empresses rule Civilization rebuilds

Weightless mind on soaring wings. Heavy body above Apocalypse Earth. Now dive down and pull the cord, Hope the parachute works. Life needs help like we need Earth. We’ve lost our way and lost track of time. Our eyes are fixed on broken screens. …

Today, with current events rattling through my head, I’ve decided to leave Apple. I’ve had a few weeks of leave recently to reflect on the last 6+ years developing AirPods & more, and the past 2+ years doing so entirely from home with 2 young children and no extended family…

Are the scales balanced? In High School I had this English teacher that relied on authoritarian intimidation techniques to control her class and prop herself up. She understood the threat that my independent intellect posed to her ego & authority, and she frequently aimed to put me in my place. In her mind, my place was in the seat. In my mind, I had a right to stand up. …

I might be writing this. I might be speaking this. You might be reading this. You might be hearing this. Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand how this will change everything (again)?

Don’t blink or you might miss it. It was shortly before my birthday in 2018 when I decided to buy myself a few new things. I had my mind on a couple different tickers, one priced at $250.20 (decidedly less than $420) and the other at $6.51. I didn’t yet…

People don’t care about Technology. People don’t care about POTS or DSL or GSM or CDMA or WiFi or 3G or LTE or 4G or UWB or 5G or 6G. People don’t care about SMS or MMS or RCS or A2DP or HFP or SBC or AAC or LC3 or…

I’d like to tell you about how I met a new friend and why it matters. I have this vision of the future. In fact, it’s kind of like one of those quantum physics analogies. The double-slit experiment for modern human spacetime. By observing the future through present thought, the future is altered. Anyway, my family & I were on our…

What do you do when you’ve built a product with 3 billion monthly active users and no future? You start killing the product and start launching the next product, lest your fate dry with the ink of the history books. Remember, this is Zuck’s “iPhone moment.” The iPhone turned the wildly popular iPod into a mere app. …