Designer, engineer, builder.https://solomon.io/https://solomon.io/plan-review-skills-agents/https://solomon.io/plan-review-skills-agents/Two plan-review skills—product design and architect—that shape better agent output before any code gets written.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/three-looks-at-the-brooklyn-bridge/https://solomon.io/three-looks-at-the-brooklyn-bridge/Three views of the Brooklyn Bridge—sunrise from the East River, the tower from below, and the span lit up at night.Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/new-course-new-site-new-york/https://solomon.io/new-course-new-site-new-york/A free YouTube course on AI agents, the long-awaited move from WordPress to Astro and a weekend of photography in Lower Manhattan.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/repeating-patterns/https://solomon.io/repeating-patterns/Sat, 16 May 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/getting-started-with-agents/https://solomon.io/getting-started-with-agents/A free video course on Claude Code, Codex CLI and OpenCode for designers, PMs and engineers starting from zero. No prior coding experience needed.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/calm-morning-waters/https://solomon.io/calm-morning-waters/A quiet morning along the Hudson at Battery Park City.Fri, 08 May 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/chinatown-and-soho/https://solomon.io/chinatown-and-soho/Bridges, fire escapes, and street corners across Chinatown and SoHo.Sun, 03 May 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/flow-field/https://solomon.io/flow-field/An interactive flow field of glowing particles that drift through shifting noise. Click to regenerate; press ? for shortcuts.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/terminal-light-and-lines/https://solomon.io/terminal-light-and-lines/A single photograph of an atrium skylight.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/under-the-brooklyn-bridge/https://solomon.io/under-the-brooklyn-bridge/Bridges, overpasses, and the streets they cast in shadow.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fearless-girl-at-nyse/https://solomon.io/fearless-girl-at-nyse/Statues, columns, and an empty Wall Street.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/one-world-trade-center/https://solomon.io/one-world-trade-center/The tower from a few angles around lower Manhattan.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/south-street-seaport/https://solomon.io/south-street-seaport/Tall ships and a lightship on Pier 16.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/the-continental-hotel/https://solomon.io/the-continental-hotel/A short set of downtown facade and street views.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/sorry-were-closed/https://solomon.io/sorry-were-closed/Bunting, hand-painted signs, and a closed door.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/three-questions/https://solomon.io/three-questions/I took theater as my art elective when I was in college at Auburn. That wasn’t by choice. I had hoped to take Intro to Architecture.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/96-rock/https://solomon.io/96-rock/A vintage Ford Bronco parked on a quiet block.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/garbage-truck/https://solomon.io/garbage-truck/I have been spending a lot of time lately tinkering with native Mac app development, and I’m releasing my first one—a small utility called Garbage Truck.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/sfo/https://solomon.io/sfo/Cable cars, atriums, and a wolfman with a coffee.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/product-design-2026/https://solomon.io/product-design-2026/Thoughts on where product design is headed.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/relay-inspect-mcp/https://solomon.io/relay-inspect-mcp/An MCP server that gives AI tools to directly assess what's happening in your browser.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/particle-smiley/https://solomon.io/particle-smiley/A canvas of particles that scatters under your cursor and explodes on click.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/zen-hacker-news/https://solomon.io/zen-hacker-news/HHacker News is probably my favorite place on the internet.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/agents-are-about-to-change-software/https://solomon.io/agents-are-about-to-change-software/Agents are about to change how we build software. A look at vibe coding, Gas Town, and the emergence of the product engineer.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fast/https://solomon.io/fast/In early October, I gave a presentation on platform thinking at an onsite for Salesloft’s product experience team—what it is and what it enables.Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/derby-days/https://solomon.io/derby-days/October is one of is one of my favorite months, and recently we’ve had some perfect porch-sitting weather here in Atlanta.Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/richard-pop-sullivan/https://solomon.io/richard-pop-sullivan/For years I used email drafts as quick ways to gather notes. I’d hit compose, start writing notes and leave them as a draft until I needed them later.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/prizepicks-early-days/https://solomon.io/prizepicks-early-days/10 years ago Adam Wexler, Tareq Dowla and Sam Solomon founded SidePrize, the fantasy sports company that most know today as PrizePicks.Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/costa-rica-honeymoon/https://solomon.io/costa-rica-honeymoon/Holly and I didn’t decide where to go on our honeymoon until after our wedding.Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jekyll-island-2024/https://solomon.io/jekyll-island-2024/We’ve been traveling constantly since our wedding. Our first stop on that tour was a last-minute trip to Jekyll Island, GA for my birthday.Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/designing-command-palettes/https://solomon.io/designing-command-palettes/From time to time the design team puts together short talks on various things.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-hi-fives/https://solomon.io/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-hi-fives/When I began sending email newsletters for Signal Tower in 2013, I turned to a hometown business with a peculiar name and loveable mascot—Mailchimp.Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/designer-news-is-dead/https://solomon.io/designer-news-is-dead/Designer News is dead. Designer News was an online community for product designers. For years it was the best forum to discuss designing software.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/hide-or-disable/https://solomon.io/hide-or-disable/Should we hide or disable a specific element? This is a topic that comes up frequently.Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2023-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2023-year-in-review/Back in 2014 I published my first Year in Review. That makes this the 10th entry and marks a decade of these reviews. First, I am grateful to all of you.Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/daufuskie-hunting-island-2023/https://solomon.io/daufuskie-hunting-island-2023/A road trip through the South Carolina lowcountry.Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/the-pooch-pontoon/https://solomon.io/the-pooch-pontoon/For Holly’s birthday this year we chartered a Pooch Pontoon on Lake Lanier for an afternoon.Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/yosemite-august-2023/https://solomon.io/yosemite-august-2023/I have been to Yosemite a couple dozen times over the years. The park has many spectacular sights, spots and trails.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/giant-face-houses/https://solomon.io/giant-face-houses/I recently gave a talk about generative AI at AWS. I’m heading to Yosemite next week and made a few nightmarish creations with emojis in Midjourney.Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/overdesign/https://solomon.io/overdesign/An appeal to designers and product people. Overdesign adds unnecessary complexity. This complexity causes compounding downstream issues for all involved.Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/generative-ai-industrial-design/https://solomon.io/generative-ai-industrial-design/Recently, I spoke about generative AI to a group of designers and researchers at Amazon Web Services.Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/emoji-prompts-midjourney/https://solomon.io/emoji-prompts-midjourney/Midjourney can take single character prompts—letters, numbers, symbols and even emojis—and turn them into strange and surreal images.Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/projects-projects-projects/https://solomon.io/projects-projects-projects/Hello! I hope you all had a great Fourth of July. I’ve had many projects over the last couple of months and thought I’d share some of the larger ones.Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/redesigning-martas-ios-app/https://solomon.io/redesigning-martas-ios-app/Over the long weekend, I began redesigning MARTA’s iOS app. Since it’s release, I’ve wanted to try out Apple’s new iOS component library.Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/new-year-new-newsletter/https://solomon.io/new-year-new-newsletter/Hey y’all, welcome to the first edition of the Solomon.io newsletter. Now, I know this newsletter isn’t exactly new to most of you.Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2022-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2022-year-in-review/Hello from my parent’s kitchen table! It has been a chaotic couple of weeks. This is not how I expected to spend my time off, but here we are. It’s funny.Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/new-logo/https://solomon.io/new-logo/I’ve never quite been happy with the personal logos I’ve designed. I’ve spent an enormous amount of time on options but never been satisfied.Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/childrens-story-written-illustrated-ai/https://solomon.io/childrens-story-written-illustrated-ai/This children’s story was generated in an afternoon with the help of AI. This post discusses the workflow for writing and illustrating the story with AI.Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/experimenting-with-ai-artwork/https://solomon.io/experimenting-with-ai-artwork/My first attempt at generating AI artwork and a walkthrough as I try and refine an idea a bit more. Lots of cool AI-generated images included.Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/hollys-30th-birthday/https://solomon.io/hollys-30th-birthday/Holly wanted to do something big for her 30th birthday—she just didn’t know what.Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/code-school-10-years-later/https://solomon.io/code-school-10-years-later/It’s been almost exactly 10 years since I was one of the first participants in a new idea called code school. A decade later, I reflect on my experience.Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/engaged/https://solomon.io/engaged/We traveled a lot this summer. Some close friends got married in Asheville.Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/improving-accessibility-with-design-tokens/https://solomon.io/improving-accessibility-with-design-tokens/How to improve accessibility with design tokens. By using tokens to enable theming, we can begin to build themes for our colorblind customers.Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/snoqualmie-july-2022/https://solomon.io/snoqualmie-july-2022/Holly and I recently returned from Washington. We took a trip out there to go visit my sister who was finishing her internship at Microsoft.Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/still-morning-in-new-orleans/https://solomon.io/still-morning-in-new-orleans/One of my favorite things when traveling is getting up early, walking around the city and taking pictures.Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/ottos-first-beach-trip/https://solomon.io/ottos-first-beach-trip/Otto’s First Beach TripSun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/people-i-met-hosting-interviews/https://solomon.io/people-i-met-hosting-interviews/Two weeks ago I moved the very last interview from Signal Tower to this site. All of the interviews that have been published now exist here.Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/about-signal-tower/https://solomon.io/about-signal-tower/Signal Tower was the site where I hosted interviews from 2013-2016.Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2021-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2021-year-in-review/Goodbye 2021. Hello 2022. I thought this might be the year that things would start to go back to normal.Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/lead-capstone/https://solomon.io/lead-capstone/Leadership Exploration, Application and Development—or LEAD as it’s known—is a 6-month leadership course offered by Salesloft.Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/munchie-and-mangia/https://solomon.io/munchie-and-mangia/We moved into our new house in late September. It felt enormous compared to the studio where Holly, Remi, and I spent most of the pandemic.Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/pause-cadences/https://solomon.io/pause-cadences/Cadences are at the core of what makes Salesloft such a fantastic tool. It is a workflow that groups like tasks together to reduce context switching.Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/salesloft-icon-fundamentals/https://solomon.io/salesloft-icon-fundamentals/This presentation on icon fundamentals was given to Salesloft’s Product Design team on May 24, 2021. Shortly before the new icon set shipped.Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2020-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2020-year-in-review/What a wild year 2020 has been. Even those of us that were closely monitoring the pandemic had no idea how it would change things.Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2019-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2019-year-in-review/As the New Year draws closer I like to reflect. Around this time I publish a few thoughts on what I made, what worked and what didn’t.Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/better-markdown-visual-studio-code/https://solomon.io/better-markdown-visual-studio-code/This entire post was written using Markdown in Visual Studio Code. That may seem a bit ridiculous.Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/hunting-island-state-park-2019/https://solomon.io/hunting-island-state-park-2019/A handful of photos from our camping trip to Hunting Island State Park for Holly’s birthday.Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/sketch-shortcuts/https://solomon.io/sketch-shortcuts/The Sketch keyboard shortcuts I use every day—plus the Command Bar workflow that replaces most menu hunting.Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/organize-your-sketch-color-palette/https://solomon.io/organize-your-sketch-color-palette/Organizing colors in Sketch is a giant pain. Nothing lines up, everything overlaps.Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/aerodero-a-tool-to-track-cheap-flights/https://solomon.io/aerodero-a-tool-to-track-cheap-flights/For the last couple of years I’ve used a custom tool to track cheap flights out of Atlanta. Today I’ve made that tool, Aerodero, available to everyone.Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2018-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2018-year-in-review/Welcome to my 2018 annual review. This review is an opportunity to talk about what I made, what I learned and where I failed.Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/brief-history-of-clip-art/https://solomon.io/brief-history-of-clip-art/Clip art is the pre-made graphics bundled with software like Microsoft Word. A short history of the medium, from mechanical paste-up to the modern web.Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/how-to-setup-discourse-on-digital-ocean/https://solomon.io/how-to-setup-discourse-on-digital-ocean/I have spent a good portion of my evenings during the last two weeks working with a piece of community software called Discourse.Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/what-can-you-do/https://solomon.io/what-can-you-do/Last night a friend and I were up into the early hours of the morning talking about philosophy, life and mental health—as one does after several beers.Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/side-projects-and-marketing/https://solomon.io/side-projects-and-marketing/Good marketing get’s whatever you’re selling in front of customers. Great marketing engages them. The best marketing will land you leads.Sun, 24 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/team-badge-design-license-to-trill/https://solomon.io/team-badge-design-license-to-trill/Once a quarter SalesLoft sets aside a few of days for the product and engineering teams to work on whatever they want.Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/course-notes-the-skeptics-guide-to-american-history/https://solomon.io/course-notes-the-skeptics-guide-to-american-history/By nature I’m a skeptic. Many people try to apply labels to complex topics that are not black and white.Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2017-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2017-year-in-review/Around the holidays I start putting together my yearly review. These reviews are ways for me to reflect on how the year went.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/using-toggles-in-user-interfaces/https://solomon.io/using-toggles-in-user-interfaces/Popularized by iOS settings, the toggle—or switch—has become pervasive in applications everywhere.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/book-review-1984-by-george-orwell/https://solomon.io/book-review-1984-by-george-orwell/War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. It had been a long time since I had read either 1984 or Brave New World.Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/moto-g5s-plus-smartphone-review/https://solomon.io/moto-g5s-plus-smartphone-review/I have spent the last month with the Moto G5s Plus and can say that it is an exceptional phone.Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/team-cadences/https://solomon.io/team-cadences/An average SalesLoft customer has about 10 sales reps using the software. At that size, customers are extremely happy.Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/breville-boss-to-go-blender-review/https://solomon.io/breville-boss-to-go-blender-review/The Breville Boss To Go is a sleek, powerful personal blender with a die-cast metal driveshaft. It easily liquifies leafy greens and finely grinds seeds.Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/the-abercrombie-farm/https://solomon.io/the-abercrombie-farm/Photos from my last visit to my grandmother's house outside Greenville, SC.Sat, 13 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/im-joining-salesloft/https://solomon.io/im-joining-salesloft/Some of you already know, but Monday I’m joining SalesLoft as a product designer. From this point forward I will no longer be contributing to Trustfuel.Sun, 12 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/agency-or-indie-band/https://solomon.io/agency-or-indie-band/Last week I was having a beer with a friend who’s starting a marketing agency. We begin talking about the business and services he’s planning to offer.Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/trustfuel-gmail-integration/https://solomon.io/trustfuel-gmail-integration/Trustfuel users are primarily account or customer success managers (CSMs). They spend a significant part of their day talking with and emailing customers.Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/trustfuel-salesforce-integration/https://solomon.io/trustfuel-salesforce-integration/Salesforce serves as the defacto CRM for many large and mid-sized businesses. This means Salesforce is often the defacto system for customer success.Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/trustfuel-sideprize-work/https://solomon.io/trustfuel-sideprize-work/In the world of startups many things don’t quite fit into a case study. This is a collection of those messy things. Those odds and ends.Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/will-offering-discounts-keep-customers/https://solomon.io/will-offering-discounts-keep-customers/Here’s the scenario: You have a subscription business and you know a customer is leaving. Should you offer a discount to entice them to stay?Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/im-skipping-2016-macbook-pro/https://solomon.io/im-skipping-2016-macbook-pro/I’ve been waiting for two years to see what Apple had in store for their new MacBook Pro. After much deliberation. I’ve decided to skip the 2016 MacBook Pro.Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2016-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2016-year-in-review/Taking time at the end of the year to reflect is a great exercise. It allows me to think through things that went both well and poorly.Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/ash-huang-artist-author-designer/https://solomon.io/ash-huang-artist-author-designer/Ash Huang is a designer and award-winning novelist from Silicon Valley.Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/client-success-vs-customer-success/https://solomon.io/client-success-vs-customer-success/How do people talk about the profession? Do more people refer to it as client success or customer success? What is the correct post-sales nomenclature?Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/understanding-net-promoter-score/https://solomon.io/understanding-net-promoter-score/Understanding Net Promoter Score was among the first posts we published about NPS. Since then it has become one of the most-read articles on this blog.Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/clark-valberg-invision-co-founder-ceo/https://solomon.io/clark-valberg-invision-co-founder-ceo/Clark Valberg is the founder and CEO of InVision. If you are a designer, you have probably gotten an email from Clark at one time or another.Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/linda-liukas-rails-girls-founder-author-of-hello-ruby/https://solomon.io/linda-liukas-rails-girls-founder-author-of-hello-ruby/Linda Liukas thinks is the author and illustrator behind Hello Ruby, a series of children’s books about technology.Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/best-net-promoter-score-software/https://solomon.io/best-net-promoter-score-software/What is the best Net Promoter Score software? After spending time researching several NPS survey tools, we’ve got some answers.Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jessica-hische-lettering-artist-author/https://solomon.io/jessica-hische-lettering-artist-author/Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, designer and author. Her clients include Nike, NPR, New York Times, Samsung and many more.Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/randy-j-hunt-vp-of-design-at-etsy/https://solomon.io/randy-j-hunt-vp-of-design-at-etsy/Randy J. Hunt Randy J. Hunt is the Vice President of Design at Etsy and author or Product Design for the web.Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/rachel-andrew-developer-speaker-founder-of-perch/https://solomon.io/rachel-andrew-developer-speaker-founder-of-perch/Rachel Andrew Rachel Andrew is a developer, speaker, author, and founder of Perch, a friendly CMS.Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/tim-van-damme-founder-of-abstract/https://solomon.io/tim-van-damme-founder-of-abstract/Tim Van Damme is the founder of Abstract, a company building version control for designers. Previously, Tim was a designer for Instagram, Dropbox and more.Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/amandah-wood-founder-of-ways-we-work/https://solomon.io/amandah-wood-founder-of-ways-we-work/Amandah Wood is a writer, editor and founder of Ways We Work, a publication that dives into people doing work they love.Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/scott-belsky-investor-author-founder-of-behance/https://solomon.io/scott-belsky-investor-author-founder-of-behance/Scott Belsky joins us to highlight his journey from Fortune 500 MBA grad to the creative chaos of the design world.Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/aarron-walter-vp-of-design-education-at-invision/https://solomon.io/aarron-walter-vp-of-design-education-at-invision/Aarron Walter is the VP of Design Education at InVision and is the author of Designing for Emotion. Previously he founded the UX practice at Mailchimp.Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/im-hosting-designer-news-podcast/https://solomon.io/im-hosting-designer-news-podcast/I’ve got a new project. I’ll be hosting DN FM, which is the Designer News Podcast. Designer News is one of my favorite online communities.Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/mikael-cho-founder-of-unsplash-crew/https://solomon.io/mikael-cho-founder-of-unsplash-crew/Mikael Cho is the Unsplash and Crew. Unsplash, is a photo-sharing site that boasts 6 billion photo views per month.Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/dashboards-become-product-feature-landfills/https://solomon.io/dashboards-become-product-feature-landfills/Let’s be clear. I don’t like dashboards. As a whole, dashboards seldom provide value to users.Sat, 02 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/building-wordpress-job-board/https://solomon.io/building-wordpress-job-board/A couple weeks a go I put built a customer success job board for Trustfuel.Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/writing-again/https://solomon.io/writing-again/It’s funny. When you learn to ride a bike—you’ve got it. Hop back on a bike after a few years and you still remember.Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/what-we-cant-control/https://solomon.io/what-we-cant-control/We know that we can’t control the outcomes of sporting events or elections. Then why do we become so emotional over what we can’t control?Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2015-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2015-year-in-review/It’s been an interesting year. I left my job as a producer at an ad agency, I helped start a fantasy sports company, I moved to Los Angeles and then moved back…Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/joel-califa-product-design-lead-at-digital-ocean/https://solomon.io/joel-califa-product-design-lead-at-digital-ocean/How can companies build great design teams and what do those teams look like?Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/william-channer-host-of-drt-founder-of-panda/https://solomon.io/william-channer-host-of-drt-founder-of-panda/William Channer is a partner at the Panda Network, and the host of Dorm Room Tycoon.Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/the-pink-startup/https://solomon.io/the-pink-startup/Since I started working on our fantasy sports product, nothing has been both praised and contested as much as our brand color.Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/doors-of-italy/https://solomon.io/doors-of-italy/My trip to Italy last year was the first time I’d ever been overseas. Most of the trip was spent walking across Tuscany and Umbria.Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/quick-guide-to-net-promoter-score/https://solomon.io/quick-guide-to-net-promoter-score/Looking for a quick guide to Net Promoter Score? You’ve found it. This little guide will give you all the basics.Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fantasy-news/https://solomon.io/fantasy-news/Fantasy News is a year-round community for fantasy sports fans.Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/truss/https://solomon.io/truss/Truss is a beautiful, simple tool for creating resumes.Sun, 14 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/spring-cleaning/https://solomon.io/spring-cleaning/I left my job in Advertising to move back to Atlanta and build a fantasy sports company. The guy I was going to room with had a month left on his lease.Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-job-jackets/https://solomon.io/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-job-jackets/April 1, 2013 was my first day working at Red Square Agency as an interactive producer. April 1, 2015 was my first day working full-time on SidePrize.Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/brian-lovin-host-of-design-details/https://solomon.io/brian-lovin-host-of-design-details/Brian Lovin is the host of the Design Details podcast and is a product designer at Buffer. He also runs The Kollection, a music curation blog. Hey everybody.Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/todo-list-framework/https://solomon.io/todo-list-framework/When I joined Red Square in 2013 the office used different pieces of software to keep track of daily tasks.Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/cap-watkins-vp-of-design-at-buzzfeed/https://solomon.io/cap-watkins-vp-of-design-at-buzzfeed/Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. Previously he worked for Etsy, Amazon, Formspring and was the first designer at Zoosk.Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/2014-year-in-review/https://solomon.io/2014-year-in-review/I’m Sam Solomon. You likely know me from the longform interviews I do with designers, writers and entrepreneurs.Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/advertisersio/https://solomon.io/advertisersio/Advertisers is an online community for those working in the marketing and advertising industry. I work for a medium-sized advertising agency called Red Square.Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/justin-jackson-host-of-the-product-people-podcast/https://solomon.io/justin-jackson-host-of-the-product-people-podcast/Great products often have great people behind them.Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/chmod-calculator/https://solomon.io/chmod-calculator/A free chmod calculator for Linux and Unix file permissions. Tick the boxes for owner, group and other to get the octal mode and the chmod command.Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/kelly-sutton-creator-of-designer-news-ceo-of-layervault/https://solomon.io/kelly-sutton-creator-of-designer-news-ceo-of-layervault/Creating a community is no easy task. When LayerVault founders Kelly Sutton and Allan Grinshtein saw engineers were edging out designers in other communities…Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/podcasting-seasons/https://solomon.io/podcasting-seasons/I am going to try something new with Signal Tower. Wednesday night I was interviewing Justin Jackson, host of the awesome Product People podcast.Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/linda-liukas-author-of-hello-ruby-rails-girls-founder/https://solomon.io/linda-liukas-author-of-hello-ruby-rails-girls-founder/How can we encourage children to code? Linda Liukas is the author and illustrator of Hello Ruby, a children’s book about the whimsical world of computers…Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/wiry/https://solomon.io/wiry/Wiry is an open source wireframe template for agencies an freelancers.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/all-the-jobs-ive-had-2014/https://solomon.io/all-the-jobs-ive-had-2014/My friend Jason Shen wrote a post called You Had One Job.Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/sol-orwell-co-founder-of-examine-com/https://solomon.io/sol-orwell-co-founder-of-examine-com/Sol Orwell is the co-founder of Examine.com, an independent encyclopedia for supplement and nutrition information.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/learn-side-projects/https://solomon.io/learn-side-projects/How can I learn to code? It’s a question I get a fair amount. The obvious answers are to checkout codecademey and Treehouse.Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/murat-mutlu-co-founder-of-marvel/https://solomon.io/murat-mutlu-co-founder-of-marvel/Sometimes those little side projects that take nights and weekends to build can bloom into something much bigger.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/signal-tower/https://solomon.io/signal-tower/Signal Tower is an online magazine that features longform interviews with entrepreneurs, writers and designers.Sun, 31 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/icon-yard/https://solomon.io/icon-yard/Icon Yard is a library of Creative Commons Zero icons created by designers from all over the world. Finding good icons can make or break a project.Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fletcher-richman-managing-director-of-spark-boulder/https://solomon.io/fletcher-richman-managing-director-of-spark-boulder/What happens to an entrepreneur after consecutive startup failures?Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/travis-truett-co-founder-ceo-of-ambition/https://solomon.io/travis-truett-co-founder-ceo-of-ambition/Travis Truett is the founder of Ambition, a sales productivity platform based around teams.Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/matt-strom-josh-gross-founders-of-planetary/https://solomon.io/matt-strom-josh-gross-founders-of-planetary/Josh Gross and Matthew Ström are former freelancers that banded together to create Planetary, a studio empowering companies through better design.Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/alex-mark-founder-of-truthly/https://solomon.io/alex-mark-founder-of-truthly/Alex Mark is a designer and the founder of Truthly, a health research aggregator.Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/websites-humans/https://solomon.io/websites-humans/Writing an article that gets read by tens of thousands is exhilarating. If you’ve written an article, it’s hard not to obsess over the analytics.Mon, 26 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jason-shen-author-of-winning-isnt-normal/https://solomon.io/jason-shen-author-of-winning-isnt-normal/Jason Shen co-founded Ridejoy, was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Smithsonian, is a NCAA National Champion gymnast and is the author of Winning Isn’t…Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/why-im-done-with-social-media-buttons/https://solomon.io/why-im-done-with-social-media-buttons/I removed social media buttons from my site in 2014 after noticing they got near-zero clicks. Here's what I learned—and why the share-button era ended.Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jacob-hinmon-director-of-four-one-productions/https://solomon.io/jacob-hinmon-director-of-four-one-productions/Jacob Hinmon is a filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is the director of Four + One Productions and founder of Collected Works.Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jennifer-dewalt-180-websites-in-180-days/https://solomon.io/jennifer-dewalt-180-websites-in-180-days/Jennifer Dewalt is an artist that taught her self how to program by creating 180 websites in 180 days.Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/samuel-hulick-user-onboarding-champion/https://solomon.io/samuel-hulick-user-onboarding-champion/Samuel Hulick is a user experience designer and runs useronboard.com. He is currently writing a book called User Onboarding.Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/michael-fitzgerald-ceo-of-submittable/https://solomon.io/michael-fitzgerald-ceo-of-submittable/Michael Fitzgerald is the CEO of Submittable, a submission management tool with clients such as Playboy and CBS. He is the author of Radiant Days.Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/kirill-zubovsky-founder-of-scoutzie/https://solomon.io/kirill-zubovsky-founder-of-scoutzie/Kirill Zubovsky is the founder of Scoutzie, an online marketplace that connects designers and clients.Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/rick-knudtson-co-founder-of-flywheel/https://solomon.io/rick-knudtson-co-founder-of-flywheel/Rick Knudtson is a co-founder of Flywheel, a WordPress hosting and management company built for designers.Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/mikael-cho-founder-of-ooomf/https://solomon.io/mikael-cho-founder-of-ooomf/Mikael Cho is the founder of Ooomf, which is an online marketplace that connects awesome projects with world-class designers and developers.Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/romain-dardour-founder-of-hull/https://solomon.io/romain-dardour-founder-of-hull/Romain Dardour is the Founder and CEO of Hull, an open platform for social applications.Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jerome-choo-founder-of-whizzimo/https://solomon.io/jerome-choo-founder-of-whizzimo/Jerome Choo is a human experience designer. He is the founder of Whizzimo, an app designed to facilitate communication students with Dyslexia and their tutors.Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/adam-wexler-founder-of-insightpool/https://solomon.io/adam-wexler-founder-of-insightpool/Adam Wexler is the founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Insightpool, the leader in social engagement automation.Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/aswin-natarajan-techstars-associate/https://solomon.io/aswin-natarajan-techstars-associate/Aswin Natarajan is an associate at TechStars, one of the worlds leading startup accelerators He is also the cofounder of Startup Exchange…Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jon-birdsong-founder-of-rivalry/https://solomon.io/jon-birdsong-founder-of-rivalry/Jon Birdsong is the founder of Rivalry, a sales process management software company.Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/james-lacroix-founder-of-lacrox-design-co/https://solomon.io/james-lacroix-founder-of-lacrox-design-co/James LaCroix is the founder of The LaCroix Design Company and 1 Page Sites.Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/rashad-abdul-salaam-founder-of-happy-health/https://solomon.io/rashad-abdul-salaam-founder-of-happy-health/Rashad Abdul-Salaam is the founder of Happy Health, a personal health record that helps patients save time and paperwork.Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/experience-deficiency/https://solomon.io/experience-deficiency/I recently spoke with an MBA student who wanted to get into advertising.Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/scott-weisman-co-founder-president-of-launchpad-lab/https://solomon.io/scott-weisman-co-founder-president-of-launchpad-lab/Scott Weisman is the co-founder of LaunchPad Lab, a web development studio that has clients such as Chesapeake Energy, Hanson and Greater Than.Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/andrew-brant-founder-of-mt-zion-press/https://solomon.io/andrew-brant-founder-of-mt-zion-press/Andrew Brant is the founder of Mt. Zion Press, a new Chicago art collective.Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/how-to-start-a-talk-show/https://solomon.io/how-to-start-a-talk-show/How would you start your own talk show? The cool thing about creating a talk show is that it costs nothing other that time and a few opinions.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/jenny-lustig-starter-league-mentor/https://solomon.io/jenny-lustig-starter-league-mentor/Jenny Lustig is an alumni of, and is currently a front-end mentor at The Starter League, a web development school in Chicago.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/will-richman-co-founder-of-bitmaker-labs/https://solomon.io/will-richman-co-founder-of-bitmaker-labs/Will Richman is the co-founder of Bitmaker Labs, an intensive web development school located in Toronto.Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/last-two-jobs-earth/https://solomon.io/last-two-jobs-earth/Everywhere you look software is automating work. If you think your job is safe, I bet someone is trying to automate what you do.Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/college-graduates-underemployed/https://solomon.io/college-graduates-underemployed/Recently the Center for College Affordability released a report titled “Why Are Recent College Graduates Underemployed?”Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/treat-problems-symptoms/https://solomon.io/treat-problems-symptoms/“We will provide the support necessary for all young Americans to complete college and meet a new goal by 2020, once again, America will have the highest…Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/vaibhav-puri-founder-of-taggito/https://solomon.io/vaibhav-puri-founder-of-taggito/Vaibhav Puri is the founder of Taggito, a Madrid-based startup specializing in near field communication technology. Who are you, and what is your background?Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/create-when-you-are-inspired/https://solomon.io/create-when-you-are-inspired/When I was in college I would often skip homework or studying for a test. Why? Because I was inspired to work on something else.Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/mountain-metrics-tsl-demo-day-launch/https://solomon.io/mountain-metrics-tsl-demo-day-launch/Our Tumblr analytics product, Mountain Metrics, made it’s official launch at The Starter League Demo Day in Chicago Friday!Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/why-we-started-mountain-metrics/https://solomon.io/why-we-started-mountain-metrics/Enrique Gonzalez, one of our teamates, is the multimedia designer at The Chicago History Museum.Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/hello-mountain/https://solomon.io/hello-mountain/For the last few weeks we’ve been working on Mountain (Formerly Dashboardly), an analytics platform built specifically for Tumblr.Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/extensions-and-apps-i-love/https://solomon.io/extensions-and-apps-i-love/Lately Ive been getting questions about some of the applications I use. So, here is quick post on web applications I love, and that make my life easier.Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/dashboardly-the-dashboard-builder/https://solomon.io/dashboardly-the-dashboard-builder/The idea came from my friend Nick Hould, who worked in a web agency as an analytics analyst before joining The Starter League.Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/entrepreneurship-jason-fried/https://solomon.io/entrepreneurship-jason-fried/Last night I had the opportunity to hear Jason Fried, founder of 37signals, voice his thoughts on entrepreneurship.Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/week-four-the-starter-league/https://solomon.io/week-four-the-starter-league/Thursday I entered in my first hackathon, Enova’s No Limit Code’em. I partnered with my friend Vaib, a fellow Starter League student.Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/startup-idea-generator/https://solomon.io/startup-idea-generator/I mentioned that a small group of us had been working on a project in week one. The project is a startup idea generator with an 8-bit theme.Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/week-two-at-the-starter-league/https://solomon.io/week-two-at-the-starter-league/After two weeks at The Starter League I have created a functioning application running on Rails.Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/week-one-starter-league/https://solomon.io/week-one-starter-league/Today marks the end of my first week at The Starter League. Two weeks ago I stuffed a bunch of flannels in my suitcase and hopped on a flight to Chicago.Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/ted-talks-about-the-future-of-education/https://solomon.io/ted-talks-about-the-future-of-education/What is the future of education? Education is a fascinating subject. We are at a point in history where nearly everyone has had some schooling.Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/drzzle-the-sound-of-rain/https://solomon.io/drzzle-the-sound-of-rain/Today I am officially launching drzzle. drzzle is a small side project I have been working on for a couple of weeks.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/democratization-of-knowledge/https://solomon.io/democratization-of-knowledge/What did you actually learn in college? I’m not talking about what you learned while you were there, but what you learned in the part that you paid for – the…Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/mathematicians-roman-empire/https://solomon.io/mathematicians-roman-empire/Laying the foundation of western thought and philosophy, few civilizations in history have contributed to humanity more than the Greeks.Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/books-that-will-change-your-life/https://solomon.io/books-that-will-change-your-life/Here is a collection of books that will change your life.Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/venture-for-america-essays/https://solomon.io/venture-for-america-essays/Friday I was told that I would not be considered for the inaugural class of Venture for America Fellows. I knew the program was a long shot.Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/the-architecture-of-success-is-failure/https://solomon.io/the-architecture-of-success-is-failure/I do a large amount of reading, and cannot remember the last time I read something so completely stunning.Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/a-windows-desktop-mac-users-envy/https://solomon.io/a-windows-desktop-mac-users-envy/If you own a Mac you should probably stop reading. You see that image above? That is what my desktop looks like right now.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/bison-box-performance-desktops/https://solomon.io/bison-box-performance-desktops/Started with Matt Powell, a childhood friend and hardware genius, Bison Box creates performance computers with design as a top priority. The website, bisonbox.Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/how-to-get-a-job-interview-tomorrow-using-facebook-ads/https://solomon.io/how-to-get-a-job-interview-tomorrow-using-facebook-ads/About a month ago I began a proactive job hunt experiment – Use Facebook Ads to target potential employers, and use a landing page to see if I could sell them…Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/burn-beard-stache/https://solomon.io/burn-beard-stache/Taxonomy and nomenclature of the bold and bearded. Created as part of my Style & Design final project.Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fruggl-successful-failure/https://solomon.io/fruggl-successful-failure/FRUGGL was the first business I’ve ever created. Now that FRUGGL is officially dead, I wanted to take some time to reflect on my experience.Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/a-few-favorite-startup-articles/https://solomon.io/a-few-favorite-startup-articles/A collection of must-read startup articles for the first-time entrepreneur. The articles below should give you inspiration and direction for your next startup.Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/my-favorite-educators-on-twitter/https://solomon.io/my-favorite-educators-on-twitter/This is a list of my favorite thought leaders in the realm of education reform. You can skim through and individually follow them or you can follow my list.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/lunch-with-bobby-lowder/https://solomon.io/lunch-with-bobby-lowder/Today I had lunch with Bobby Lowder. Our six members of the newly formed Auburn Student Entrepreneurship Organization sat in the lavishly decorated Alabama…Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/promoting-ideas-with-klout/https://solomon.io/promoting-ideas-with-klout/Pitching the right idea to the right people can make a world of difference. The question is how do I find the right people?Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/please-excuse-the-mess/https://solomon.io/please-excuse-the-mess/Welcome to my new website. Right now everything is a bit of a mess, but hopefully I will have most of it sorted out in the coming weeks.Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/papermob-app-concept/https://solomon.io/papermob-app-concept/The PaperMob Application use QR codes (that funny looking square above) to bring print publications to life.Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/resting-clouds/https://solomon.io/resting-clouds/Taken from Olmstead Point. A summer thunderstorm rolls in over Clouds Rest. Half Dome in the distance.Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/lonely-barber/https://solomon.io/lonely-barber/Taken as part of a photojournalism project. The barbershop had been open a few weeks with few visitors.Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/magnolia-coffee-and-tea-co/https://solomon.io/magnolia-coffee-and-tea-co/Taken for the Magnolia Coffee & Tea Co. promotion on FRUGGL. A great little coffee shop. The pumpkin spice blend is phenomenal on a cool fall morning.Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/yosemite-august-2011/https://solomon.io/yosemite-august-2011/Family trip photos from Yosemite—Yosemite Falls, Tuolumne Meadows, the Ahwahnee Lodge, and Clouds Rest from Olmsted Point.Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/twitter-for-classrooms/https://solomon.io/twitter-for-classrooms/Thoughts on using Twitter to shrink the size of large classrooms, foster discussion and make class more enjoyable.Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/isps-winning-the-fight-against-net-neutrality/https://solomon.io/isps-winning-the-fight-against-net-neutrality/How scary would it be if you had to purchase access to certain websites like you purchase access to certain channels on cable?Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/big-gigantic/https://solomon.io/big-gigantic/I didn’t know what to expect when I learned we were getting a DJ that played the saxophone.Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/an-idea-for-navigation-companies/https://solomon.io/an-idea-for-navigation-companies/I have an idea for the GPS companies of the world, companies like Google, Garmin, Magellan and Tom Tom. First, however, I would like to tell a story.Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/education-inflation-a-new-look-at-school/https://solomon.io/education-inflation-a-new-look-at-school/A growing number of college students are approaching the end of their college careers and are worried about finding a job. One reason is academic inflation.Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/almost-genius-1965-international-riding-lawn-mower/https://solomon.io/almost-genius-1965-international-riding-lawn-mower/Rossi pulls a push mower behind a 1965 International riding lawn mower he restored. He found the mower on the side of the road and replaced a bunch of parts.Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/ideas-for-the-future-of-desktop-computing/https://solomon.io/ideas-for-the-future-of-desktop-computing/Smartphones, netbooks and tablet computers are evidence in the evolution of how we interact with the web.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/a-day-flying/https://solomon.io/a-day-flying/My friend Glenn invited me to go flying with him the other afternoon. I got some pretty amazing pictures. Check out the spectacular rainbow from the plane!Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/thoughts-on-cognitive-surplus/https://solomon.io/thoughts-on-cognitive-surplus/The interesting part of this talk is how technology can give us a cognitive surplus, or simply free-time.Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/snow-day-february-2010/https://solomon.io/snow-day-february-2010/Auburn is not known for snow, but we’ve had fantastic snow days in back-to-back years.Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/americas-forgotten-problem/https://solomon.io/americas-forgotten-problem/America’s Forgotten Problem by Samuel Solomon / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR 12.03.09 – 05:00 am American infrastructure is failing.Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/42500-in-laptop-computers-stolen-from-haley-center/https://solomon.io/42500-in-laptop-computers-stolen-from-haley-center/An estimated $42,500 in laptop computers was stolen from the Haley Center between Nov. 6 and Nov. 9. Twenty-five laptops were stolen.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/remembering-the-berlin-wall/https://solomon.io/remembering-the-berlin-wall/“People don’t really understand, but we came within hours, we came within hours of a full nuclear exchange with the Russians,” said Paul Harris, who was in the…Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/awards-given-at-photo-xi-exhibition/https://solomon.io/awards-given-at-photo-xi-exhibition/Local photographers entered more than 100 photographs into the Auburn Arts Association’s Photo XI exhibition at the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/robot-simulates-sight-for-blind/https://solomon.io/robot-simulates-sight-for-blind/About 314 million people worldwide are visually impaired, and almost 45 million of those are blind, according to the World Health Organization Web site.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/asphalt-may-be-source-of-green-technology/https://solomon.io/asphalt-may-be-source-of-green-technology/Researchers are looking into a major source of green energy found not in the air, but within roadways.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/premature-prize-for-the-president/https://solomon.io/premature-prize-for-the-president/President Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace prize, was awarded for the things he might one day accomplish.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/students-take-adderall-even-when-its-not-prescribed/https://solomon.io/students-take-adderall-even-when-its-not-prescribed/Thirty-two percent of people have taken psycho stimulants such as Adderall without a prescription, while only 13 percent are prescribed…Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/saturns-new-ring/https://solomon.io/saturns-new-ring/Saturn’s rings captivated Galileo when he saw them for the first time nearly 400 years ago.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/new-car-plant-coming-to-alabama/https://solomon.io/new-car-plant-coming-to-alabama/A start-up automotive company focused on producing all eco-friendly vehicles will join top automakers such as Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai…Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/lawmakers-meet-to-discuss-distractions-facing-drivers/https://solomon.io/lawmakers-meet-to-discuss-distractions-facing-drivers/Nearly 6,000 deaths and 500,000 injuries can be attributed to secondary tasks while driving in 2008, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s…Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/nasa-awards-auburn-university-600000-grant/https://solomon.io/nasa-awards-auburn-university-600000-grant/A $600,000 grant from NASA has been awarded to Auburn University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics in association with the Alabama Department of Education…Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/tiger-transit-stolen-saturday/https://solomon.io/tiger-transit-stolen-saturday/One of my favorite articles of the year was when one of the Toomer’s Ten late night transport buses was stolen.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/suscc-hosts-healthcare-forum/https://solomon.io/suscc-hosts-healthcare-forum/Suzanne Repress, a legislative liaison for Children’s Health System in Birmingham, discusses the health care bill with Opelika residents: Rod Guajardo/Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/fema-demands-money-from-baldwin-county/https://solomon.io/fema-demands-money-from-baldwin-county/The Federal Emergency Management Agency has questioned whether funds allocated to Baldwin County were used properly for post-hurricane cleanup.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/toomers-ten-welcome-downtown/https://solomon.io/toomers-ten-welcome-downtown/Morgan Thacker/ Associate Photo Editor Most people who have ventured downtown at night realize that parking spots are scarce.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/yosemite-july-2009/https://solomon.io/yosemite-july-2009/Some family photos from our trip out to Yosemite.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/snow-day-march-2009/https://solomon.io/snow-day-march-2009/We had a strange late snow this year. We took the trucks (and Frank’s Mercedes) to Auburn beach.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://solomon.io/a-place-online/https://solomon.io/a-place-online/Thought I would set up a site to share things online. I don’t really know what exactly this will be other than a place to publish articles. Maybe some photos?Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT