Before Blackbox had launched one of its beta testers called it “Apple Design Award material”. In response I wrote something in my journal that night: “Cross my heart and hope to die. What a f — king dream that would be.”

Almost a year later at WWDC 2017…

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Later in the week with the help of Genady Okrain who makes the WWDC Parties app I quickly planned a meet up at a park near the conference. I ran to my car and started speed walking to the park with my cardboard box of a dozen or so t-shirts to give away, the Apple Design Award jostling around on top. I got to the park and realized there was already another group meeting there and I briefly panicked that no one would be able to find us before realizing they were all there for Blackbox…