While there was immeasurable turbulence to the year, I do have a lot to be thankful for looking back at the past 365 days. In an effort to take a hopeful and optimistic approach to life, this is going to be a piece largely about the good that came out…

O.G.P. — The kind of people we want to try to make history with. — What makes one company different from the rest? Pretty simple actually. It’s the people and resources those organized humans have access to. Who they are, what they’re doing, and how they think + interact together. That’s it. Particularly in the technology space where most of the tools and infrastructure utilized…

Bedrock is now hiring. — It’s a big day. We’re growing our family in the two key areas where we’re developing technology: data acquisition (robotics) and data management (cloud software). As the first two hires of the company, these are critical roles far beyond the technological hurdles that need to be overcome. We’re looking for…

A public benefit corporation developing technology to make sure humans get full-ocean exploration right. We’re vowing to explore and map the entirety of Earth’s oceans. — It is a scientific, environmental, and humanitarian imperative that we map, image, and classify our Oceans. We often pontificate about humanity traveling to space and becoming a multi-planetary species. Humans do need another option if we are to survive beyond the existence of Earth.

What would an ocean map look like and do for the world? (Part 3 of 3) — I love maps. I think they’re one of the most elegant and effective infographic visual formats humans have ever created. …