Snapchat has been making somewhat of a Spectacle of itself lately. (no apologies for the pun. just roll with it.) On Friday, the company announced that it was rebranding as Snap, Inc. (a camera company) and releasing a new hardware product called Spectacles. Go check it out if you haven’t…

I’ve recently been spending a lot of time studying the creative process, and how to best inspire creativity in myself and others. This endeavor has led me into reading about things like psychology, design leadership, and interior space design. A few days ago, I picked up the book 101 Things…

This is a transcribed version of the talk I gave at TEDxRaleigh in March of 2016. The full video of the talk can be found at https://youtu.be/IGEwhzKudgY — December 25th, 2002. It was Christmas Day and like any other ten-year-old kid, I was excited to rush down the stairs as soon as daybreak hit and see what was left under the tree. I got down, I was greeted by the lights, I saw the vibrantly colored boxes underneath…

Today, we’re proud to announce the release of DataMapper InFlight. Through this app, we allow drone users to autonomously collect geospatial imagery and provide the tools to inform critical decisions that can make or break a company. One day during the development process of DataMapper InFlight, I had an experience…

About a week ago, Google announced the Pixel C. Immediately, it looked familiar. Isn’t this a lot like the Microsoft Surface that made its debut back in 2012? And is it another competitor to the iPad Pro, too? If this is a trend, was Microsoft the first to catch on? …

Humanity has always depended on information. Invention is fueled by it, wars are fought with it, and many people spend their entire lives in search of it. …

Suppose you’ve just come up with your next great idea. What if you could revolutionize an entire industry by turning current ideas on their head? What if you could solve a problem that no one even realized they had? What if your idea could change the world? Well, we have…