Creating Exceptional Cross-Device Experiences with Advanced Mobile Analytics

A Heap webinar I co-presented with Nathan Dobbie on cross-platform user journeys, mobile session replay, push notification analytics, and breaking down data silos across teams.

Modern Analytics for Mobile Teams

A Heap webinar I presented on strategies for understanding mobile user behavior, managing cross-platform data at scale, and new developments helping mobile teams match web analytics capabilities.

Don't Call It a Rewrite: How We Rebooted Heap's Mobile SDKs

The architecture and intention behind Heap’s mobile SDK reboot. An unpublished post from the Heap Technical Blog.

Animating the Skeleton

Wiring up a 12ft Home Depot skeleton with servos, Arduino, and an iOS app — using ARKit to puppet a giant skeleton in real time from your phone.

The Front Yard Project

Taking advantage of a turf removal rebate to rip out 2,900 square feet of grass from the front yard and replace it with native plants, DG sidewalks, and responsible storm water management.

A Decade of WWDC

From the first keynote in 2009 to watching from a Southwest flight in 2019. A decade of WWDC, told through tweets.

The 12ft Skeleton

A Home Depot impulse buy becomes a multi-year Halloween spectacle — with straw bales, a homegrown pumpkin patch, and a skeleton that stays up year-round.

The Tractor

A software developer buys a half-acre lot and slowly, inevitably, acquires vintage garden tractors. It starts with ‘I kind of want one’ and ends with tractor rides through grape tunnels.

Becoming a Farmer

A software developer buys a half-acre lot in La Mesa and slowly, inevitably, turns into a farmer — complete with vintage tractors, massive garden beds, turf removal, and a DIY sidewalk project.

Quarantine Bread

Everyone got into making bread during quarantine. Most people stopped. We ordered 100 lbs of flour.

The Ebike

Overwhelmed by options for years, then impulse-bought one on Amazon that looks kinda like a cool motorcycle. 17 miles on the first ride.

A Year Off Tech

A software engineer takes a sabbatical from tech and spends a year renovating a house from the ground up — learning to swing hammers, run network cable, and hide mistakes with caulk.

WWDC Blast

We built a free SMS alert for WWDC ticket sales in four days flat. Powered by Heroku, Twilio, and sheer urgency — from concept on Monday to launch on Friday.

Luna the Lunatic

A surprise puppy pickup from Phoenix at 6:30am, hungover, on a plane. Luna the Weimaraner turned out to be the most stereotypical high-energy weim we’ve ever had — and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

I Hacked My AC

Mini splits don’t work with smart thermostats. So naturally, I wired an ESP8266 into the serial port.

Goodbye Merlot

Saying goodbye to Merlot, our 14-year-old Weimaraner who was with me from age 22 in the military through marriage, fatherhood, and everything in between. She was legitimately special.

The Prusa Build

Building a Prusa i3 MK3 from a kit — an IKEA-like assembly adventure that ends with the printer printing its own replacement parts. The moment my mind was blown upgrading from a $200 Monoprice Mini.

Wireless Charging Truck Hack

I hacked wireless Qi charging into the center console of my 2012 truck, then added wireless CarPlay for good measure.

Repartee at LAUNCH

Announcing our party-planning app on stage at Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH festival. From demo pit improvisation to getting roasted by Kara Swisher to Product Hunt day.

The Great Christmas Tree Experiment

Five years of individually addressable LEDs, ESP8266 microcontrollers, ARKit spatial mapping, and trying not to burn down the Christmas tree.