My Daily Emails

Yesterday, I met a dear friend to sign copies of my book he’d bought as gifts. I pulled out a pretty cool pen I’ve owned for 20 years. He produced

A robotics engineer who recently joined you as a list subscriber shared something fascinating with me. “Robotics is prone to the fallacy of providing a solution searching for a problem,”

At fifteen, I desperately needed a Cateye Solar cyclocomputer. Not wanted. Needed. My existing bike speedometer did its job just fine. But after seeing that sleek new digital device in

For the past couple of years, I’ve been interested in e-bikes. My deep dive started with a client who develops them. I learned all about stepless shifting, maintenance-free belt drives,

My kids’ Halloween haul this year was mind-boggling. Spread across our dining room table, I noticed something fascinating: The same chocolate bars appeared in multiple sizes. Take Snickers, for example:

When canned water in tall boys becomes a billion-dollar company, product makers take notice. Liquid Death’s success seems to offer an intoxicating formula: Irreverent marketing + viral social content =

Remember when chewing gum was all about fun? Growing up in the 1970s, I was mesmerized by commercials featuring people blowing massive bubbles with Hubba Bubba. In some of the

Ever notice how many concert halls have Yamaha pianos? It’s sort of a recurring thought for me, always at a time when it’s not polite to whip out my phone

In August 2023, something fascinating happened in Canada: Kimberly-Clark announced it would stop selling Kleenex tissues here. Let that sink in. In my country, people with a runny nose don’t

My five-year Peloton journey has included two moves, one surgery, countless business trips, a few vacations, and a major home renovation. Oh, yeah… and a bit of a global pandemic.