Helping Startups Find Product Market Fit
I’m excited to announce today that I’m joining international software development firm Darwoft as a Managing Partner, focused specifically on working with startups in the Bay Area. My expertise is in helping startups in our region find product-market fit, and to create a viable product lifecycle. I’m excited to bring this expertise to Darwoft as […]
Technology and the Brick and Mortar Retail Revolution: An Interview with Intel’s Joe Jensen
2020 was a rough year for brick and mortar retail. A record 12,000 stores closed in the US last year, a 20% increase over the number of store closures in 2019. But for as disastrous as the pandemic has been for brick and mortar, the future may prove to be a golden opportunity for the industry. The […]
Technology and the Brick and Mortar Retail Revolution: An Interview with Intel’s Joe Jensen
2020 was a rough year for brick and mortar retail. A record 12,000 stores closed in the US last year, a 20% increase over the number of store closures in 2019. But for as disastrous as the pandemic has been for brick and mortar, the future may prove to be a golden opportunity for the industry. The […]
Diversity in Tech: Why It Matters
Every year, for the last 5 years, I’ve spent a morning with a sociology class at my local university (courtesy of Prof. Kate Ayers), talking about my experience working in technology over the years. I specifically talk about diversity in hiring and why technology companies are increasingly emphasizing hiring across a diverse pool of candidates. […]
Intel Context Sensing: Wins CES 2019 Innovation Award
I’m excited to note that the Dell Latitude 7400 2 won a CES Innovation Award at CES 2019, partially because of the stellar features that I helped to design and implement at Intel as leader of the Intel Context Sensing team. The Dell Latitude 7400 2 -in-1 is the world’s smallest commercial 14” 2-in-1 targeting […]
Google I/O Day Zero 2018
I love going to developer shows and talking to software engineers about the toolsets our teams develop at Intel. For me, since I spend so much of my time in meetings and planning sessions, it is a refreshing opportunity to re-engage with the actual use cases and the actual developer customers who use our tools. […]
Enhancing Intel’s Next Generation Drone Platform with the Intel® Context Sensing SDK
The Intel® Context Sensing SDK surfaces the power of the Intel Integrated Sensor Solution and advanced sensor capabilities to power mobile, laptop, IOT and wearable apps. What if the Intel Context Sensing SDK could be used to understand a drone’s environment and even control a drone? That’s the vision we set out to discover in this […]
Intel Developer Forum Showcase 2015
Intel created an awesome week with at IDF 2015, Aug 18-20. We had a fantastic session with the new Intel® Context Sensing SDK for Windows – newly released this week. Here’s a great short summary video of all the fun at IDF 2015! Coverage includes announcements from this years Intel Developer Forum: Intel® RealSense™ technology extends into new platforms and […]
Inventing the Future: Everything Old is New Again (iPhone edition)
I’ve been really excited to see new innovations in interaction with phone, mobile device and wearable interfaces lately. Some of these innovations are doubly exciting…. because I helped invent them, seven years ago, and these new ways of interacting with data and with devices are only now coming to the mass market. For example, it was fascinating to have Walt […]
Intel Context Sensing Solution for IOT and OEMs
The Intel Context Sensing SDK is now deployed on over 100 million IOT devices worldwide. Ned Hayes co-presented with Intel EVP Doug Fisher on Stage at the Intel Developer Forum. See below for the launch video about the Intel Context Sensing SDK.