yes - I still have a Flickr account
This is my playground. For me to throw all the different things I do out into the world.
Who am I?
(Co-Pilot auto generated this. But it is shockingly pretty accurate.)
I am a creative, a technologist, a musician, a writer, a developer, a maker, a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a friend, a mentor, a student, a teacher, a leader, a follower, a believer, a skeptic, a lover, a fighter, a traveler, a homebody, a Canadian, a Ugandan, a Gujarati, a Muslim, a human being.
I build software, products, platforms (BIG ones) in Mobile, Enterprise, AI and Machine Learning, AR/VR. I build teams (of all shapes and sizes). I build communities (community over tribe always). I build the future (no joke - go check it out)
I built my first startup, a web design company, in 1996 . (1980 if you count the magic show my brother and I started)
I went to university for Computer Engineering to learn how to imagine BIG technology ideas to shape our future.
0-to-1, innovation
- I built the UK's first Location based Club guide service - in 2001.
- the first biometric based mobile wallet with PayPal and Samsung
Scale -- REALLY big Scale
- Google Play Services - shipping to
2.5 Billion devices every 6 weeks (insanity scale) - Yahoo's Mobile Platform - the 3rd largest mobile platform in the world.
Global, distributed, remote
- I launched postpaid and roaming services in Afghanistan only months into the reconstruction phase in 2003.
- My teams have spanned the world - across the US, UK, France, Mexico, Brazil, India, Singapore, China - I know I have a place to stay almost anywhere!
Art is my life and always has been. Not pop art. Not in your face, checkmark, social proof seeking art.
Why Amiga?
Well, the Amiga wasn't my first experience with a computer
(that would be a massive Fortran machine at my mom's job in the late 70s, and then after that, we had a TRS-80 at home),
but it was the first computer where I would spend endless hours playing and learning on.
It made me the 'cool kid' where, before getting to high school and distracted by so many other things,
my friends and I would spend endless hours, months, and even years creating music, playing games, and learning how to program.
In recent years as I've been jumping back in deep into my creative world, I have had moments of sheer joy which has reminded me of those Amiga days.
- Coming soon: Current Projects
- Coming soon: my current AI work
- Check out my work for my Master's at Tisch School of Art (you might need permissions though)
- Coming soon: my Art
- From a Past life:
Books I've co-authored:
So REALLY want to know more about me, eh?
Well you can check out my LinkedIn - but be warned, I really don't use it much anymore.
Read why here: Why I am Leaving LinkedIn
You'll find much more about me on these pages. Or by just asking me. I'm pretty open...
I write in lots of places for lots of different purposes and reasons.
I am not sure why, but some outlets feel different for different topics.
Check them out. Over the years, I have had many crashes and lost many posts and comments - I kind of like the unintentional ephermerality of that.
- The Funkstop - my catchall Blog
- My Substack
- Medium - a relic sitting out there but with a fair number of followers
Come back here to watch the Boing Ball
