If you’ve ever been to a casino and didn’t lose your dignity inside it, your last stop before leaving was “The Cage.” The cage is a cashier’s booth- A fortified steel box under close surveillance, covered in a facade of Italian marble, theater curtains, or whatever your surroundings have themed…

Apple is on the verge of announcing a home device to rival the Amazon Echo and Google Home. The tech world is buzzing about the possibilities, but a topic seldom covered is why this is an interesting case study on user privacy. Thanks to the four horsemen of the tech…

I’m a Pittsburgher at heart. I was born and raised here. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. My career and business are built here. This region has emerged as a tech upstart over the past 5 years and I was elated to be a part of it on the…

“Customers won’t care about any particular technology unless it solves a particular problem in a superior way. And if you can’t monopolize a unique solution for a small market, you’ll be stuck with vicious competition.” ― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future …

It wasn’t until I finished my 30 minute pitch and a face across the table anxiously said, “Tell them what apps you’ve made.” that I realized I’ve been playing defense when I should be playing offense. There I was, convincing total strangers to trust and empower my company. …

You make profit by building a business. There exists a common problem engineers have when playing entrepreneur, and it’s a fatal flaw that venture capitalists look for. When all you want to do is build products, you’re setting products up to fail. I see plenty of engineers do this. They…

I’m a progress junkie. I’m addicted to goals. If I can chart a stream of data and analyze my progress or cross a to-do item off of a list, I get high off of it. So when I look back to last year, and cross things off like: -Full time…

”Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” -Sun Tzu — The Art of War Reading this series in order is not required, but posts can be found here: Part 1 — Expected Value Part 2 —…

Hybrid apps are a favorite among enterprise clients. You write one codebase and deploy it to two different mobile platforms. That’s a 50% savings on development time. Isn’t that genius? Not exactly. You have to think through your requirements when choosing your tech stack, and Native vs Hybrid is one…