I build delightful consumer products.
I've spent my time building apps and software for everyday people to use and love. A sleep tracker, a social map, group video chat, an email tracker, a bunch of open source — you name it. Over 400 million people have used things I've built professionally, and about 5 million people have used things I've built for fun.
Lately, I've been building Gizmo to make the fun and interactive feed for the next generation of social creation:
Gizmo: Make Gizmos
Gizmos are built for touch. They respond, pop, and play back—so you can feel the fun.
Visit gizmo.party ↗Projects
- Muse
Be inspired by music — a daily companion that surfaces songs worth hearing.
- Rize
Your AI news digest, distilled into a short, readable briefing.
- BabySafe
A babyproofing scanner that spots household hazards from a photo.
- iTrackMail
Email open tracking — know when your messages are read.
- SleepBot
A sleep cycle tracker and smart alarm, built with a small team.
- Big Brother
A camera security app that reached the Top 25 Overall in the US.
Writing
- Shutting Down a Service with 500MM Requests per Month
Chronicling the wind-down of a service at the height of its traffic.
- SleepBot for iOS
Bringing a beloved sleep tracker to iPhone with a small team.
- Big Brother Camera Security Returns To The App Store
Twenty-one months after Apple pulled it, the app is back.
- Startup School, Big Brother, And Moving On
A weekend at YCombinator’s Startup School, and what came next.
Archive
- Shutting Down a Service with 500MM Requests per Month
- SleepBot for iOS
- Big Brother Camera Security Returns To The App Store
- Startup School, Big Brother, And Moving On
- Big Brother Removed From App Store
- Most Common iPhone Passcodes
- Detailed iPhone App IPA Statistics
- Big Brother Enters Top 25 Overall
- How To Detect Installed iOS Apps
- Piracy Doubled My App Sales
- 2011 Killed My iAd Fill Rate