About

The 31 year road to CTALK

SideQuest LLC

Started in 1994 to 1999 getting my CNE (Certified Novel Netware Engineer - no need to look it up - they are not as they once were),

then my MCSE ( Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer )

Then learning SUN systems , SUN = Stanford University Network, but I will save you some time in research, they went out of business. too bad.. good unix based computer systems,

Then IT/SE/Systems Engineering, coding, in C++ , and all the fun flavors, then ad-tech, and hardware, and now the last 2 years have been the most exciting working and building 93 verions of hardware and software and AI LLM Models that are bad to good, probably because the way I built them, but hey that how you learn,

Now the more exciting last 2 years. Here are photos of the first models of CTALK,

Early board, idle: “Long press the button to say something.”
Early board, idle: “Long press the button to say something.”
Built blind: all world knowledge, the size of a credit card.
An answer on the first display.
An answer on the first display.
The CM4 in its first enclosure, battery underneath.
The CM4 in its first enclosure, battery underneath.
LCD, with battery included.
Listening…
Listening…
The small LCD answering a question about Canada.
The small LCD answering a question about Canada.

Hardware, Software, Easy of Use are the goals, I have bad Dyslexia and ADHD so using CTALK to help me keep up with life, and it is working. stay tuned for more updates. (OMG Stay tuned.. you can tell i am old. HAHA ). ,

Say hello: hello@ctalk.fan · Press: press@ctalk.fan

Last updated October 2026. This page gets updated as the glasses do.