Monthly Archives: October 2026

Premium credit cards such as the Chase Sapphire Reserve and American Express Platinum come with an impressive collection of benefits. The problem is that few cardholders use all of them. Although I got plenty of benefits from my Chase Sapphire card this year, I had no need for their $500 credit on Southwest that I […]

An article I wrote for Fast Company Magazine was published today. You can find it here or read it below. 10-06-2026TECH Why America can’t build the iPhone A veteran product designer and Apple alumnus explains how Asia earned the world’s electronics manufacturing business—a shift he helped catalyze. For six decades, I’ve worked on product design […]

With the uncertainties of an ongoing war, El Niño, cyberattacks, increasingly severe weather, and who knows what else, it seemed timely to have a plan for a managing a prolonged power failure. So I’ve been looking at the options available to someone like me, living in a 2,800-square-foot suburban home in San Diego County. My […]