I'll build weird things!😁

A few years ago, learning robot learning meant stitching together dozens of papers and courses — with no clear path from the basics to what state-of-the-art systems actually do. This was one of the motivations behind creating @ETH's course "Robot Learning: From Fundamentals to Foundation Models", to provide a structured path from first principles all the way to modern foundation models for robotics. I strongly believe that education should be accessible to everyone, so I have made all lecture recordings publicly available on YouTube. Creating this course was one of the most challenging projects I have taken on. It was my first time designing and teaching an entire curriculum from scratch, while simultaneously working full-time in industry. On top of that, the course proved to be more popular than expected and we had to scale it to almost 300 students, which was only possible thanks to an amazing team of TAs. Looking back, it was an absolute privilege to teach this class and an incredibly rewarding experience. If you are getting into robot learning, this is the starting point I wish I had. 📚 Main lectures: youtube.com/watch?v=X0k14u6p… 🎤 Guest lectures: youtube.com/watch?v=aG8NPTPh… 🌐 Course website: cvg.ethz.ch/lectures/Robot-L…

(My) 15 Lessons to Build a Successful Start-Up in Ghana. alexbram.com/

It was nice discussing Notion Workflows with other Notioneers🙂‍↕️

day four of adding complexity to this drawing per Y14.5 until ASME tells me to stop

How damaging is the NITA bill to the Ghana tech ecosystem? We sat with @TheDumbTechGuy and @jdghinson to discuss this, as well as simplify the bill.

How I wish I could repost this several times

Y’all limit LinkedIn to just a place to post content and be visible to recruiters But deep it The only platform hosting 1B folks with their real names and 50 data points across professional, educational and personal info You’re lost if you’re not using it for intel

UPDATE: 240 and still climbing. Thank you to everyone who signed the letter to @mocghana & @NITAGhana. A big thank you to all the reviewers of the letter - @PaulinKuranchie @enyonvm @Maukeni_ @Amegaxi @TheCharleSmith, @pazunre @MacJordaN and others. #NITABill #AskNITA

I for lef Ghana: the case of evaporating patriotism – Keni Ribeiro keniribeiro.com/2023/05/27/i…

Such a timeless piece. And it's quite sad. What irks me is the fact that when it comes to national issues some people want it to be about NPP vs NDC. Must national issues always be viewed from the lens of partisan politics? Sigh...

I talk to a lot of young people who explain new ways of making money to me that I have never heard of before. They are also quite successful in these niches, which helps them amass serious wealth. The most consistent problem they have is with human relationships. It seems that to be very good at what you do, relationships eventually suffer. Pep Guardiola became estranged from his wife because of his dedication to football. So many people I know who are obsessive high achievers frequently have multiple failed marriages. Most of the time, they go into relationships promising heaven and earth but end up putting their partners in the background and prioritizing their passion for work over all else. Sadly, both sides are already driven too far apart before they admit that there is a problem. I lost an 8-year relationship once because work came first before anything else. If you ask me if I would do things differently all over again, to be honest, I would not. I should have ended things early. Choosing your career and success over relationships when you are younger and have opportunities should not make you feel guilty. The problem comes when you have no exit plan. The reason most relationships fail with workaholics is that they have no exit or retirement plan. Two things forced me to slow down. Health issues and losing money. Without those two things happening, I would have driven everyone around me miserable. The pandemic also saved many relationships, as we were all forced to slow down and rethink everything. Adversity is almost always a blessing in disguise.

Brand designers learn illustration — because identities need original visual language, not just layouts. Video editors learn motion design — because cutting footage is not the same as designing movement. Illustrators learn brand storytelling — because images now live inside systems, not just frames. Product designers learn UX writing — because interfaces are shaped as much by words as visuals. UI designers learn interaction design — because screens are judged by how they behave, not just how they look. Motion designers learn storytelling and pacing — because movement without intent is just animation. Specialists are still valuable. But the industry now rewards designers who can extend their craft beyond a single label.

A few thoughts about the #NITABill ‘stakeholder session’ and what that means for civic engagement.

The type of politics we do in this country is ugly, and the kind of governance we have accepted as normal stinks. There are no saints on either side of the house. Every sector is showing signs of rot, and just when many of us thought we were making some real progress, you want to act like citizens suddenly can’t read or comprehend basic sentences. What’s so difficult about saying: “We made a mistake, and we are going to fix it”? Why is accountability treated like weakness?

Access the bills here drive.google.com/file/d/1XzA…

4 months for inputs but didn’t even try to share on twitter till we chanced on it

Despite a very full plate, I have been needled by a Ghanaian business journo friend of mine based in NYC to have a go at the debate that has taken Ghana's tech community by storm: the draft NITA bill. My short essay effectively aligns with what everyone else is saying: shred the bill and come back with something more aligned with modern tech reality! But in the tradition of the Scarab, I try to go into a bit more detail than most mainstream pieces. I also point out something that seems missing in the debate. With the rapid surge of technologies like AI, everyone is or will soon be doing stuff previously considered "ICT professional stuff." Licensing ICT professionals is akin to licensing bloggers in today's rowdy information environment: trying to stop a hurricane by blowing fumes from one's mouth. brightsimons.com/2026/05/the…