In many parts of the world, May 1st is known as May Day. And this year, I find myself reflecting on the origins of our business, the product we’re building, and the significance behind our name, Mayday. …

We are excited to announce that Mayday has raised a USD $3 million seed round led by 8VC with additional participation by Shasta Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Colle Capital, and others to grow our team and accelerate development towards achieving our mission of coordinating the world’s time. The Future of Work Needs Prioritization The shift to…

I’ve been here for almost a year now, but I haven’t really spoken about what I’ve been working on at Connected Lab. And if you take a look at our site, I’m sure you’ll still have a bunch of questions. We have a number of really exciting projects on the…

We set out with ambitious plans but after a year of development, we’ve run out of cash and are shutting down Wattage. I hate to say it, but Wattage Inc. is no more. We were unable to secure the additional investment we needed, so we’ve decided to close up shop…

While we’re not quite ready to reveal everything, we are going to start sharing a lot more. Below is a copy of the first update we sent to our mailing list. If you’re interested in receiving these updates, please subscribe here.

We’re making it easy for anyone to build hardware, and we need your help. I suspect you probably don’t know much about Wattage, which is understandable as we haven’t shared much yet. We hope to share more soon, and we’ve included a short video below, but until then I can…

I’m seeing a wave of people move from iOS to Android, and I’m curious to find out why. — I’ve noticed that a number of people I know have recently upgraded from an old iPhone to a new Android device. Usually moving from an iPhone 3Gs or iPhone 4, to a Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One or Nexus 4. I’ve been incredibly curious to know why they made the…

With an increasingly complex array of platforms and screen resolutions, it’s time to embrace the creative capabilities of HTML5 + CSS3 and make development part of the design process. — While I’ve spent most of my days in the creative department, I actually started my career as a developer. I was 16, and having discovered the WYSIWYG editor in Netscape Navigator Gold, I had taught myself the basics of HTML. I was inexperienced and couldn’t build much, but I did…