Tuesday, December 9, 2025

“The minute that picture came up, I lost control of every meeting.”
– Steve Sasson –

In 1975, a 23-year-old engineer cobbled together a “toaster with a lens” that would eventually generate billions in patents… and promptly watched Kodak executives ask why anyone would want pictures without film (spoiler alert: everyone). Sometimes the most disruptive innovations arrive before organizations have downloaded the imagination to receive them. For more, Check out the article A ‘Toaster with a Lens’: The Story Behind the First Handheld Digital Camera.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad