Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
2025 brought many changes for UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone program. One of those changes, was that we had our first two overseas partners: Nuu Mobile in China & Flexera in the United Kingdom. While both of these companies have a presence the United States, both teams leaned on mentors abroad to achieve their project results.
Last month, I read The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. It’s an older book (2013), but it had such an impact on the way I think about priorities that it’s worth reading and worth talking about here. I’ll give you my quick list of takeaways here.
I’ve been working on a brand new book for a few months now. Part memoir, part self-help book, it’s a humorous look at the predicaments women face in society today. This is a first draft excerpt that I particularly like from a chapter called Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission. I hope you enjoy it!
Last year at this time, we were weeks away from a family Christmas trip to New Zealand. In order to pull it off, I found myself saying “no” to a lot of traditional Christmas tasks. I found that Christmas got a lot less stressful. Here’s what I said no to and what I think is worth considering this holiday.
My favorite author podcast is The Creative Penn with Joana Penn. It’s an incredibly popular podcast and an in a recent episode she mentions me and this blog!
I headed to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Author Nation conference. This year, I was forced to spend more time in Vegas and this is what I learned.
I just got back from the world’s largest indie author conference, Author Nation, in Vegas. If you’re an author that didn’t make it, here are the messages I got loud and clear from the conference this year.
I’ve been developing & teaching UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone since Fall 2020. In Fall 2021, we started to welcome a handful of Product Management MBA students into the program, as well as UX Master’s students and now we have a new course entirely for our Product Management MBAs.
Even though I’m now a small part of the AI-revolution (see my announcement about joining Strudel AI two weeks ago!), I was reminded last weekend that in-person events are still pretty much the best things ever. But given how quickly AI is permeating every aspect of our online lives these days, I find myself craving humanity — real humanity. And I found it last weekend at GameHole Con.
Last month, I kind of un-retired. That’s right. After a year and a quarter of slow mornings, travel, and lots of reading / board games, I’m now back at work. I found a company and a team that made me really excited, it turns out: Strudel AI.