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Archive of a life well-lived and still going.

Bell Labs Alum AI Builder Astrophotographer Pyrographer Author World Traveler

Forty years at Bell Labs and the telecom frontier. Globe-trotted three times across six continents. Lifelong Springsteen devotee. Builder of apps, burner of wood, shooter of stars. In retirement: AI, astrophotography, pyrography, sketching, writing, my fiancée Christine, granddaughter Jaslan, and Papillon.


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Selected highlights from a life still in progress — updated as things evolve.

The Map of Life Book

The Map of Life

Four hundred critical decisions from birth to final wishes — a structured guide to everything they never taught you in school.

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Signed Springsteen Print For Sale

Signed Springsteen Print — 1 of 1

Fine art print signed by both the photographer and Bruce Springsteen. Shot from the pit. Framed. Certificate of authenticity. One of a kind.

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Provincetown Art Guide 2025 Publication

Provincetown Art Guide

Twenty-two years as the definitive resource for galleries, artists, and workshops in America's oldest continuous art colony.

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Divided We Stand Book

Divided We Stand

A no-holds-barred look at how we got here — and whether we can find our way back. Written from inside forty years of American tech and politics.

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Divided We Stand

A look inside the book — what it covers, why I wrote it, and what I hope it sparks.

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"We used to disagree on answers. Now we disagree on facts. That's the real problem."
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Written by a Bell Labs engineer who watched the internet get built — and watched it tear us apart.
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"Technology was supposed to connect us. Instead, algorithms figured out that outrage is more profitable than unity."
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40 years at AT&T, Bell Labs, and Lucent. I helped build the infrastructure. Now I'm asking what we built it for.
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"This isn't a left book or a right book. It's a book about what happens when both sides stop listening."
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Covers media, social media, politics, education, and the slow erosion of shared reality — with no sacred cows.
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"I wrote this for my granddaughter Jaslan. She deserves a country that works."
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Not a lecture. Not a manifesto. A conversation — the kind we used to have before we forgot how.
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"If you finish this book still certain you're entirely right and the other side is entirely wrong — I failed."
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Available now on Amazon. Read it. Argue with it. Share it with someone who disagrees with you.
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