The enemy isn’t always what you think it is. Sometimes it’s a nerve agent. Sometimes it’s a peanut. Sometimes it’s the four minutes before help arrives. Same problem. Someone had to see that. Take a listen. Go invent something. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

We’re seeing a pullback of AI spend. It’s like when VCs underwrote car washes, food delivery services, and dry cleaning delivery. And then they didn’t. Sometimes you can’t get your clothes back.

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” — Feste, Twelfth Night Goodnight, Stephen. You were the witty fool we needed.

Highway 101 flooded Jan 3. Google Maps sent cars over the mountain — one-lane roads, blind curves, rain. Their phones knew exactly where they were. They just had no idea what was around them. I turned around because I knew where I was. New Invent podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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In the episode I said he’d handed off the Glide auction. Looks like he took it back. 🙂 Susie’s idea won’t quit. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Cities invent themselves. Nobody in charge. Jane Jacobs figured this out at 3am listening to her street. She called it the sidewalk ballet. The planning profession hated her book. She had no degree. It’s still in print. New episode of Invent. Go invent something podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

SF ❤️ engineering #sanfrancisco #technology

Nokia Bell Labs was trying to find where cables break. The cable carrying your internet had been sensing earthquakes and whales for decades. Nobody had read it. New episode of Invent. Go invent something. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

I learned to surf in Maui. I was not good at it. For a hundred years, twenty feet was the limit. Not a rule — physics. Human arms can’t match a wave that fast. 1992. A Zodiac. A rope. One said: wait. The ocean didn’t change. The limit did. New episode of Invent 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Science is awe. #nasa #artemisii

Way Mo Problems.

China built the solar factory. Then the lithium battery. The pattern is clear. Sodium is different. The materials are everywhere. The factories don’t have to be in one place either. That’s a structural advantage. We just have to use it. New episode of Invent. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

What’s a Swamp cooler? Oscar Palmer built one in Phoenix in 1908. The desert heat was the problem. The desert dryness was the solution. Same place. Same moment. New episode of Invent — What Your Environment Already Wants to Do. Go invent something. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

What’s a Swamp cooler? Oscar Palmer built one in Phoenix in 1908. The desert heat was the problem. The desert dryness was the solution. Same place. Same moment. New episode of Invent — What Your Environment Already Wants to Do. Go invent something. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Everyone knew that was impossible. He wrote it down anyway. Two years. No collaborator. No grant. Just the pattern. Marshall infected himself. He’d mapped the mechanism. He knew what he was testing. Two antibiotics. Two weeks. Cured. Invent. Apple Podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

And there was ahoy. Good that Bell lost that one to Edison.

Take a listen, then go invent something . #podcast

You want to run what with it? It took me the better part of an hour and two ai systems to manually extract the unwanted Freddie Kruger like Microsoft auto updater from my MacBook. Just saying.

The referee spoke to me before the game started. Not to the athletes. To me. Keep quiet when the ball is in play. The game breaks without you. New episode of Invent. Link in replies.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Go girls. Go Olympians. Wonderful story Britt.

Who’s driving the streets of San Francisco without a license ? Thx @brewster.kahle.org and the Wayback.

Super Bowl Sunday. Every mascot exists because in 1974, a guy in a chicken suit figured out what to do during timeouts. Ted Giannoulas made the downtime part of the show. 50 years later: every mascot does what he invented. New Invent: The Chicken Suit podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Some words had to be invented. On weeks like this you realize - balderdash - is one of them. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b...

Go forth to make the world a better place for you can make a difference. The task is daunting – of course, but it is a necessary struggle. Desmond Tutu

Great read to get your health on the right track in 2026. #health

Playing Bridge with Warren Buffett- and the invention of a new way to talk to shareholders. Very fun new episode of Invent. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Get yourself back. Go remove your data fellow Californians. privacy.ca.gov/drop/

In San Francisco, we take pride in ushering in the new. But on New Year’s Eve, we trail the whole world. Happy 2026 to all who are leading the way around the globe! 🎉🌉 #2026

Always talk to the engineers.

Watching Japanese legal drama. Judge's office buried in boxes. "Hometown tax." I look it up. Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving. Made it fun instead of forced. New Invent episode on how weird wins. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

What’s a wassil anyway? 🎄 www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/u...

Watching Japanese legal drama. Judge's office buried in boxes. "Hometown tax." I look it up. Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving. Made it fun instead of forced. New Invent episode on how weird wins. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

There’s a chance of tornadoes in parts of California tonight through Christmas Day. Here’s a map of where tornadoes have hit the state in the past. #CAwx

Tomorrow we gain 3 seconds of day light in San Francisco. Headed to spring. 🌿

Now imagine an earthquake and emergency responders.

In the unusual, people figure things out. The world is usually unusual.

Be the good news this season. 🌲 Bravo @ricksteves.bsky.social and Lynnwood Community #seattle #christmas

A large power outage is impacting San Francisco - only call 9-1-1 for life safety emergencies, avoid non-essential travel, treat down traffic signals as four way stops, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed, and turn off major appliances to prevent surges.

Read a book Go to a museum Take a class Go for a walk Talk to folks Ideas are easy. Building is hard. Sheesh.🙄

Whale or cheetah? Before you build your “AI strategy,” answer that. You can’t use whale strategies for cheetahs. Calling everything“AI” and you can’t see which one you need—or what comes next. #tech #leadership New Invent episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Despair is the enemy of invention. I looked at the climate data. We bent the curve. But everyone’s in despair because we didn’t solve it completely. When you’re in despair, you can’t see what to invent next. #technology #leadership 🧪 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

In case you need it. Thats all. m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zy...

Always mix sciences with arts. Love this. 🎭🧪

Small things. Big wins. 🧪 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

September 4, 1882. Pearl Street Station opened. The lights worked. Edison gave electricity away for free for 16 months. Why? New episode of Invent. #technology #leadership podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Invent. Thanksgiving style 🍁 Sweet potatoes & marshmallows wed in 1917. Angelus Marshmallow Co wanted to promote marshmallows as an ingredient. Enter Janet McKenzie Hill, a well-known food writer + recipe developer. Voila! Thank Janet as you lift that folk of ultra sweetness. #thanksgiving #food

Be curious. Asking “how” something might work? As always. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars... No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.

Edison tested 6,000 materials for his lightbulb filament. Platinum worked better than bamboo. He used bamboo anyway. Why? The best material and the scalable material are different things. New Invent episode on what Edison actually invented: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...