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There was a period in my life when I sat beside a child I loved and had no idea what the future was going to look like. As a parent, that is a strange place to live. You stop thinking very far ahead. The things that normally fill your…
What happens when the tools finally catch up with your imagination? During the dot-com years, there was a particular kind of failure I remember almost as clearly as the excitement of what we were building. We were creating applications…
I have spent a surprising amount of my life around technology for someone who has never really known how to write software. Long before AI became something everyone talked about, I was downloading open-source projects, installing things…
Lately, I’ve caught myself doing a kind of math I never used to do. When I think about something that might take five or ten years, I find myself thinking not only about what I could build or where it might lead, but about how old I would…
I’ve always thought of myself as a solution guy. Not because I always have the answer. Most of the time I don’t. But I’ve always believed that if you give me enough time, enough books, enough conversations with smart people, and now a little AI, I’ll eventually find one. Somebody, somewhere, has already wrestled with
Over the last year and a half, I have found myself thinking a great deal about memory. It has become one of those subjects that seems to quietly work its way into my thoughts, usually when I least expect it. Our family has now experienced memory from two completely opposite directions, and I don’t think
There is something magical about the night before a fishing trip. I was thinking about that tonight while organizing a fly box. It doesn’t seem to matter whether I am ten years old or sixty-five years old. The feeling is exactly the same. There is this nervous excitement that starts to build as the gear
There are moments in life where something small opens a door you forgot was even there. Tonight was one of those nights. When I was a kid, I didn’t even own a motorcycle at first. I borrowed one from a neighbor kid. I can still remember it perfectly: a Honda SL70. To me, it may
Father’s Day has always made me reflective, but this year feels especially poignant. After 26 years of celebrating this day as a dad, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the two sides of fatherhood—the joy and the worry, the pride and the fear. It’s a mix that never quite balances out but somehow feels
For the first time in a long while, I find myself just a little less afraid. Maybe it’s the changing seasons—no more ice on the roads, warm sun through the windows. Each time I drive to the club, it feels a little bit easier. A bit more normal. But every so often, something still catches
I recently had a friend ask why, with retirement looming, I wasn’t simply playing more pickleball. It’s a fair question—I certainly enjoy playing—but truthfully, I’ve never been more excited professionally than I am right now. Why? Because AI agents are set to become this year’s defining technological trend, reshaping industries and offering unprecedented opportunities….
I have lived an extraordinary life, initially blessed with a remarkable family that adopted me as a baby. They provided opportunity, comfort, and the wisdom to learn from my own mistakes. Guided into Boy Scouts and supported in all my endeavors, I discovered early on the power and freedom of earning my own money. My
