I have always been someone who appreciates the changing of the seasons.
There is something grounding about them. Spring becomes summer. Summer becomes fall. Life moves forward whether we are ready for it or not. Memorial Day, while not technically the start of summer, has long felt like the unofficial beginning of it to me. The pools open. The grills fire up. Baseball settles in. The evenings get longer. People step outside again.
This year feels like the biggest season change of my life yet.
On Friday, the sun sets on my chapter with Ticket Solutions and TFL, and a new chapter begins. It is strange to even type that after all these years. Exciting too.
As a kid, I was fascinated by technology. I remember taking apart our old tube TV after it died just to see how it worked. I took apart computers and gaming systems too, always wondering if there was some way to rebuild them into something more than they originally were.
In some ways, this moment feels a lot like that.
I built a successful career over the last couple decades. I am incredibly thankful for it. But now it is time to carefully take the pieces back apart and see if I can build them into something even bigger and more meaningful.
That does not mean slowing down.
In fact, I expect to work harder than ever.
But for the first time in a long time, all of my energy can flow into the things I truly believe in. Getting back ten or so hours a week from commuting alone feels like someone handed me part of my life back.
Some of that time will go to family. Some of it will go to friends. Some of it will go to summer evenings, BBQ smoke, baseball games, fishing trips, and sitting outside under the stars thinking about what comes next.
But a lot of it is going into building.
I want to continue growing Transcendent Software and helping companies navigate AI, automation, and smarter systems in practical ways. There is a lot of excitement in the market right now, but also a lot of confusion. It is easy to become fascinated by a machine doing magical things. The harder part is understanding where AI fits, where it does not, where humans still need to stay involved, and how the entire system works together.
That part matters.
Anyone can bolt AI onto a workflow. Building systems that are reliable, useful, and genuinely improve how people work takes much more care.
That is also a big part of why I believe so strongly in CoffeeBreak. The platform already has a solid foundation, but now it needs real-world feedback and human guidance to shape what becomes truly meaningful. I can sit in a room and build forever, but eventually the builders need the users. Even in AI, humans in the loop still matter.
Maybe now more than ever.
Then there is Open Jibo.
That project pulls at me in a different way. I genuinely want to help bring something back to people that they lost too early. Jibo was ahead of its time. The hardware may be dated now, but it is still capable of creating joy, connection, and meaningful experiences. When the original company disappeared, people lost more than a gadget. They lost something they had emotionally connected to.
I think the work being done by the Jibo Revival Group and the broader community has the potential to give some of that magic back.
And finally, how about some fun?
Summer should still be about fun.
I am looking forward to more time with family and friends. BBQ. Nature. Fishing. Baseball. Late nights outside. Long conversations. Small adventures. This year also leads into the 250th anniversary of this great nation, and I am excited to see how the weeks leading into Independence Day unfold and what kind of celebration we can put together this year.
I have a feeling it will go off with a bang.
Honestly, that is probably how I would describe this entire season of life right now.
A season for change.
A season for building.
A season for possibility.
And I could not be more excited for what comes next.
