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Thoughts on AI, making things, and the bits in between.

In AI Before It Was Trendy: A Timeline

A decade of working in AI, from sensor networks to planning algorithms to everyone suddenly discovering ChatGPT.

5 min read · October 15, 2023

2023 · professional
Hot Take: Why Enterprise AI Projects Fail (It's Not the AI)

After a decade in AI across startups and enterprise, I can tell you the model is never the problem.

5 min read · June 15, 2023

2023 · opinion
Building a SaaS Product for Plumbers Who Accidentally Own Fleets

How we built Vandy, a fleet management SaaS for small businesses who never wanted to manage fleets in the first place.

5 min read · February 15, 2023

2023 · professional
Joining ZF Group: Product Management Inside a Giant

Moving from startup founder to senior PM at a 150,000-person company. Culture shock doesn't begin to cover it.

5 min read · October 15, 2022

2022 · professional
Maker: Map Making (Updated)

Three maps I made (Enfield, the world, and the 2016 US election). One aged better than the others.

5 min read · June 15, 2022

2022 · personal