Awkward Engineer - Blog
Competing Against Amazon and Big Box
Here are some of my ideas for what I've been calling the "Better Bodega" or the "Micro Store of the Future." It's written in response to trends I'v...
My Ideas for Saving the Movies (or maybe just movie theaters)
I love the movies. We've all heard that Hollywood is hurting and movie theaters along with it. Here are my ideas for how to save them. (The movie ...
Scrummish Notebook Update
I've been continuing to make progress on the notebook... this time, with dry erase magnets!
-Sam
How to use a personal SCRUM board
update, Feb 18th, 2024 - since writing this post, I started developing www.merini.io, a tool that mixes the best of paper and physical scrum boards...
SCRUM-ish Notebook
I've been trying to cut down on my internet habit in general. I really liked using Trello.com to manage a sort of scrum-ish to do list, but Trello,...
Working with Designers
Seth Godin's guidelines on working with designers are so good that I've copied them here verbatim. -source
Here are four postures to consider in wo...
Brian the Lion
Brian the lion is looking for his next meal, but he learns the hard way there's no such thing as a free lunch. It explores themes of consent, finan...
Bus Sign Development Log
Hi all!
The Bus Sign is a piece of Dedicated Single Purpose Hardware, made specifically for connecting to the NextBus API and displaying when the n...
Bus Sign Progress 2
Things have been moving steadily along at AwkwardEngineer, which means lots of pictures of the Bus Sign project.
Mechanical
On the mechanical front...
Bus Sign Progress
I made great progress on the bus stop sign this week. In short, I have a fully functioning prototype. It now "works like" what a finished product w...
New Project: Single Purpose Hardware Bus Stop Sign
Hi all!
I'm working on a new project right now, an installation piece for my living room that I'm calling the Bus Stop Sign. The plan is to use the...
The Mini Newspaper Project
Many of you know I'm a big proponent of "S.T.E.A.M.", namely Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The "Art" is often the most important...