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Six places to explore. Each opens a short description with a link. The same destinations are listed as ordinary links in the index below.
The Shop
Fifteen years with a tool belt
The longest thing I have ever done, and the one that explains the rest. Measure twice, expect the wall to be out of plumb.
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The Launch
Paragliding in the Blue Ridge
Flying since 2009, instructing since 2018. Most of what I know about patience I learned waiting on a hill.
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The Notebook
Notes, when there is something worth saying
Occasional writing about building things, teaching people and paying attention. No schedule, no newsletter.
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The Desk
Aktiga, and the long detour that got me here
A software and product studio in Asheville, started in 2023 out of Online Training Concepts, which I founded in 2019.
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The Studio
Two bands, and a music degree I went back for
Keys and mallets. Soul and funk with one group, jazz fusion in odd meters with another.
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The Rig
Sim racing, and what a wheel teaches about patience
The corner you rush is the corner you lose. The same lesson as the hill, the job site and the release.
Go there →Asheville, North Carolina
For most of my professional life I have been building things. Fifteen years as a carpenter, then software, and somewhere in there a paraglider, a couple of bands and a company or two.
I used to feel some pressure to connect all of it into one coherent professional identity. These days I am less worried about that. Curiosity turns out to be a pretty good connecting thread, and whether I am working on a product, learning something new, playing music or spending an afternoon in the mountains, it is usually the same basic urge to understand something a little better. The longer version is here.
Or just read the index
Six places
Fifteen years of carpentry, and everything it taught me
02 · The LaunchParagliding, instructing and a longstanding interest in flight
03 · The DeskAktiga, Online Training Concepts, and how I think about building
04 · The StudioTwo bands, keys and mallets
05 · The RigSim racing, and what a wheel teaches about patience
06 · The NotebookNotes, when there is something worth saying
Also worth a look: the people who keep me curious.
From the notebook
Three most recent
Well, It’s Been a Minute
An update on building businesses, going back to school, and following curiosity wherever it leads.
Aktïga: The Future of VR on the Web
Starting a software company out of Online Training Concepts, and where the team was headed.
SkyGear Hub has launched
A year of planning, designing, consolidating data and testing, and a way to compare gliders from every manufacturer.