On the heels of indie dev community’s collective hand-wringing over the commoditization of iOS app development (well-summarized in Marco Arment’s App Rot post), I thought I’d strike a different tone. This is a good thing. Understanding why requires a bit of background: in 2003 I started Mesa Dynamics, and began…

A modern-day koan for entrepreneurs — Three pupils arrive at a frayed rope tied across a deep chasm on the way to enlightenment. A monkey calls down from a nearby tree: “And what is your fate?” The first pupil replies “I will surely succeed,” but panics while crossing and falls into the abyss. The second pupil replies “I will surely fail,” and panics while crossing and falls into the abyss. The third pupil replies “I cannot know, so let us see,” and crosses to the other side with ease.

Even simpler. — Preface Yo is a new programming language inspired by the recent runaway successes of the Yo app and the Swift programming language. Modern languages, though powerful, can be monolithic in scope—the Swift Programming Language clocks in at over 1000 pages! …

LAUNCH Hackathon / Danny Espinoza One week ago I left my job. I am pouring coffee alone in my kitchen, barista nowhere to be seen, in awe of how gracefully life swivels as the rails of structure sink away and your wheels are allowed to carve left or right. I…

As I was walking down the street in SoMa at lunch I spied something a bit off. In San Francisco, where the unusual is usual, the bar for double-takes is set laughably high. But the sight ahead of me cleared it easily: four people seated at an outdoor café, heads…