A collection of books, essays, blog posts, and poetry exploring technology, education, startups, and life.
3rd Edition • 2012 • 20 pages
Essential guide for startup founders and employees on equity compensation.
Unfinished Draft • 2000 • 2 chapters
Historical document from the early days of digital music distribution.
November 2003 • Educational Reform
Reimagining higher education through peer-to-peer learning and practical life skills.
Various • Professional Speaking
Conference talks and presentations on technology, startups, and innovation.
Conversations with entrepreneurs, technologists, and innovators exploring the intersection of technology, business, and society.
A new Vendor Spending page, under Budget, indexes a decade-plus of district checks: search any vendor, see year-by-year totals, browse by category. And it answers the obvious question — did we really triple our spending? Mostly no: the big swings are bond construction and pass-through, not baseline operating.
The board's 619 policies now have searchable Spanish titles. Every school page shows who teaches there. The site behaves on a phone. And two bugs in our own data — doubled English Learner counts and 22 broken Spanish transcripts — that we found and fixed.
There's a search box now. Type a school, a topic, a dollar figure — it searches six years of public record in English or Spanish, and links straight to the document, not just the meeting that mentioned it.
Historical • Digital Music
David's personal journey discovering MP3 technology and founding the MP3 Audio Consortium.
1995 • Computer Science
Early artificial intelligence project creating an Othello game with strategic AI opponent.
Various • Personal Reflections
Personal poetry exploring themes of technology, life, and human experience.
Follow along for new writing, ideas, and insights on technology, startups, and life.