A conclusion to and reflection on my time building EmojiSwap, the global emoji exchange.

Most ideas come out malformed in some way. They’re incomplete, blurry, incorrect, or simply not profound enough. It’s rare to have a...

A reminder that everything is made

A deep dive into the physics of skateboard trucks & their flaws, and speculation on why some issues have never been fixed.

lessons in UI design from an industrial supply company.

A detailed guide to developing Safari App Extensions on iOS

If two cars approach an n-way stop sign at the same time and both go without yielding, they have a 1/3 chance of crashing as n -> infinity.

It’s not enough that design and engineering be separate. Designers need to be naive.

Why didn't da Vinci have any follow through? And why don't we care?

There's no perfect opportunity, so just work on something.

I came across this tweet not long ago: I'm sure every college student can identify at least one of these ideas that's shown up on their...

Preface: I'm a big fan of Airbnb, both as a customer and a tech nerd. But when I first stayed in one last fall, I was a bit shocked at...

Why I'm obsessed with Glide, a tool that lets you build amazing apps from a google sheet

UPDATE (2/2020): I did more work on this idea and made a prototype model. Check it out here. I've had the idea for some time now to...

What are they? Snapchat Spectacles are IoT-connected sunglasses with an integrated camera. The glasses capture videos and photos in a...