Select work
Research
Live Relay. Make and receive calls without needing to use voice or hearing. Launched at Google I/O May 2019.Photobooth. Camera mode that automatically takes photos when it sees smiles. Launched October 2018 to Pixel phones.
Perspective. Machine-learning powered api to improve conversations online. Launched February 2017.
Writing
How one moment led to a passion for public service. U.S. Digital Response. 2021.Towards Resilient Systems. Google Design. 2019.
Backpacking with Less: A Personal Introduction to Ultralight. REI Co-op Journal. 2017.
So you want to be a Design Researcher. 2017.
Audio
One Year of Routes Podcast. Interview with my brother on making, pushing yourself, and going it alone. 2018.Hiking to Canada. Multi-media podcast from when I hiked 500+ miles from Bridge of the Gods to Canada. 2016.
Art
Audio inbox. Digital voicemail for strangers, family, friends. Ongoing. 2020 – present.Photos of trees while kneeling. Ongoing. 2019–present.
Self-portraits. Ongoing. 2019–present.
Thing I’m working on. 2019 – present.
Sounds. 2016.
Web experiments
Best read. 2018.Blank tab. 2016.