The charming story of how Jawbone and Product Club collaborated to create something useful, simple and fun that everyone can play with. — I’d like to start off by thanking Jawbone for allowing us to publish this piece on our experience collaborating with them. Obviously, all the opinions within it are those of Product Club and if we’ve made any errors, they’re entirely our responsibility. Over the past year, while we’ve been sketching…

Online last night I saw a bunch of people accusing the left of being bigots for protesting against racist and sexist rhetoric. …

SAN FRANCISCO. Thington Inc. today announces the public launch of Thington—an AI for your home—that aims to bring the ‘Home of the Future’ to everyone, via the easiest possible interface: Conversation. There’s a world of potential in connected devices like smart lightbulbs, locks, thermostats and cameras. They can make your…

In May 2008 my team at Yahoo Brickhouse and I launched a beta of a project called Fire Eagle. This was a very very early location sharing project — one of the first in fact. We spent a lot of time thinking about the privacy implications of sharing your location…

A couple of weeks ago we put the first version of Thington out into the world and the response has been wonderful. Loads of you have downloaded the app, set up your things and have let us know that you’re enjoying the experience. We’ve also had loads of feedback about…

This is a transcript of a talk I gave at Webstock in New Zealand in February 2016, lightly edited to remove many terrible jokes. …

A couple of weeks ago we announced what we’d been working on for the last couple of years: Thington, a concierge to help you get the most out of smart connected devices in your home or office. …

Today we want to show you a new product that we’ve been working on for the last year. It’s called Thington and it’s here to make homes and offices truly smart by putting people first. If you’ve got an iPhone, you can download it today and register your account. …

Last year I noted that at the end of a year everyone writes about all the best songs they’ve heard that year. But they’ve normally written all the pieces before the year is really over! What about those songs that came out in December? Did they get a fair hearing…