On the record
| Day job | Alexa+, Amazon |
| Council | IPAC, Penn State College of IST |
| Philanthropy | Berardi Student Engagement Center |
| Open source | Fluent Cassandra, and others |
| Available for | Talks, panels, advisory |
Elsewhere
The position
AI is going to change every aspect of how we look at life. I am here for all of it — on the condition that we build it to enhance the human race rather than to quietly replace it. The long version →
Writing
Nineteen years, newest first2026·07·29
Twelve Years Later
Twelve years ago I wrote a post about moving to Seattle to join Amazon, and then I never wrote another one. Here is what happened in between: two cross-country moves, four teams, and a job that grew from one desktop client to the platform behind Alexa. 5 min
2014·07·18
New Job
Well the title pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the direction of this blog post, if that doesn't interest you then stop reading... 3 min
2014·05·23
Caddio Sport Techie Writeup
Many of you probably don't know this, but I have been working on a golf related app called Caddio, off and on for more than a year. The app is finally to... 1 min
2014·04·16
A .NET Build Server Without Visual Studio
Update: Phil Haack has started a petition to get the steps I outlined below into an easy installer. Please support it with your votes. Over the past week... 3 min
The archive, by year
328 posts · 390 tags · every original URL intactEleven quiet years. I was busy building things I could not write about. The magenta bar is now.
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