They Conceal Information Like That in Books
Recently, I had a chance to review my bucket list of things I’d like to build. It’s…not small. But looking back, it all began with one, critical, book.
Stuck? Get a Robot Duck.
Then I realized, it’s not really about Robot Ducky or the site that wasn’t…it’s about how you approach challenges, find solutions, spark creativity, and, most importantly, keep moving forward.
Perfection
Perfection is subjective and demanding and, also, doesn’t really exist. I know all this, but I’m also a chronic recovering perfectionist…
A World in a Grain of Sand
I have created whole worlds from nothing but my imagination. Building landscapes, giving them texture and form, shape and light. I peopled them with creatures fantastic and mundane. I gave them life and rules they were obliged to follow…
It's Bigger on the Inside: Thinking Inside an Infinite Box
The part where I’m overwhelmed by the ideas flooding my brain is the exciting bit - the part where I have to pick which one I actually want to pursue and develop is where the frustration comes in.
What Don't We Get?
…the urgency of money can be a stifling burden on the ability to create…
Get to the Garage
Where do you go to find the room to dream up impossible things and find a way to make them possible? How do you make space to work out problems without being bogged down in the small challenges and big problems of everyday life?
Ultra Violet
Sometimes people ask, “Simon, why purple?”
“Why lasers?”
“Why purple lasers?”
Working on my "Or"
The thing about inventing, or creating anything really, is that it’s wonderful. Really wonderful...unless it’s absolute torture.
Go On, Do Some ARM
A long, long time ago, in a countryside far away, there was a young man playing with tech in his parents’ garage…
Zen-Tense
It all began a long time ago, a bit more than 20 years actually, in the mid 90’s, at a party. I was working at Zono at the time, and I was having a bit to drink, chatting with Zono’s CEO, Ed Zobrist, and the Head of Software Engineering Jeff Fort, and their wives, in Jeff’s living room.
Just Buy a 3D Printer Already
Just stop – stop with the questioning and wondering what it’s for, just go buy a 3D printer.