About

I’m 33, living in Florida, and originally from Minnesota. I’ve spent most of my adult life making things for the internet. I started my first company when I was 21, worked as a graphic designer for years, and eventually learned to program because I got tired of stopping at the mockup. Now I can take an idea all the way from a vague thought to something people can actually use.

These days I build small, focused software. AtMe is a way to anonymously meet and chat with people who share your interests, Min keeps AI close at hand on the Mac, and Foxtrot gives messy thoughts somewhere natural to branch and grow. They look different, but they all come from the same obsession: removing friction without removing the useful part.

I also write about software, design, personal growth, and whatever else has my attention. I’m less interested in pretending I have answers than in following a question until it leads somewhere interesting. Though sometimes I do have the answers, and I’ll share them. Outside of that, I listen to a lot of podcasts, watch weird YouTubers, work out, and spend a truly unreasonable amount of time sweating in Florida.

My software shelf

A few products have become landmarks in my life and changed what I believe software can do. This is my software shelf, arranged loosely by when each one found me. It isn’t a ranking or a complete list. It’s just a collection of tools that made me more curious, capable, independent, or excited to make things of my own.

• Amazon: My first real lesson in how a massive, incredibly complex real-world operation could be hidden behind an interface that felt completely obvious.
• IMDb: It took that post-movie curiosity we all get and turned it into an endless, searchable trail.
• Wikipedia: It made getting lost down a rabbit hole one of the absolute best ways to spend an afternoon.
• Google Maps: Changed how I travel. It made unfamiliar cities feel navigable and gave me the confidence to just show up somewhere new.
• YouTube: It opened a portal to the wonderfully weird corners of the internet, while somehow making it possible to learn practically any skill for free.
• Reddit: Showed me the strange, beautiful power of thousands of obsessive people comparing notes on hyper-specific topics.
• Audible: Slipped books into the busy parts of my day when sitting down to read wasn’t an option.
• Spotify: Took an overwhelming world of music and made it feel deeply personal and always within arm's reach.
• GitHub: Showed me that code doesn't have to just be static files on a hard drive; it can be shared, evolving, and alive.
• Pinterest: Gave my visual taste a place to accumulate and grow, way before I had the design vocabulary to actually explain what I liked.
• Sketch: Made interface design feel direct and tactile, convincing me that software itself could be used as a creative material.
• BetterTouchTool: Let me sand down all the tiny annoyances on my Mac and invent gestures, shortcuts, and behaviors that made it feel truly mine.
• Google Drive: Untethered my work from any single physical machine. Suddenly, my office was wherever I was. Completely dethroned Dropbox based on price. Sorry Dropbox.
• Telegram: Did messaging right and I never looked back.
• Qwant: A great reminder that we don't have to just accept default search engines, and that building alternatives actually matters. Dethroned DuckDuckGo.
• Discord: Turned online communities from passive audiences into virtual spaces people actually hang out in.
• Notion: Made digital information feel like Lego bricks that I could endlessly rearrange into systems that make sense to my brain.
• Sorted: Helped me turn that vague, abstract pressure of a massive to-do list into a realistic plan for my actual day. GAMECHANGING.
• Apple Shortcuts: Showed me that the boring, repetitive routines of daily life could actually be quickly programmed.
• Raycast: Turned a simple launcher into the command center for my entire Mac, putting nearly anything I want to do just a few keystrokes away.
• Arc Search: Reminded me that even something as fundamental as browsing the web is still open to fresh reinvention. It's sooo good.
• Spokenly: Made it incredibly easy to talk out loud and dictate a thought for any reason.
• Codex: Brought AI directly into the build process, massively shortening the distance between the initial spark of an idea and working code.

The common thread is that each one gave me something back: time, confidence, curiosity, or a new way to think. That’s the standard I’m chasing in my own work. If that sounds like your kind of thing, you can subscribe below and I’ll send you something whenever I have a new piece worth sharing. Peace and love y’all.