Landemic — I launched this NFT startup in 2019 when it became an overnight sensation. I then sold it to a private investor. NFTs are digital collectibles based on the blockchain.

Titan Seal — another blockchain startup. Government agencies hire us to digitally notarize their records. I founded the company and authored its patent, which is the first practical solution for recursive document hashes.

Dear Hannah — a cautionary tale about self-improvement. Watch my keynote at Hallmark's Trends Week or read excerpts of the book.

Send emails to . View my LinkedIn. Based in Los Angeles.

Books

• Character & Chemistry — a simple formula for evaluating potential partners
• The Perfect Thread — “How One Question Tapped into the Soul of MetaFilter”

Apps

• Permanote — text editor used by writers for The New Yorker and BBC. I conceived, designed, and coded this app from 2009–2018
• Creative Whack Pack — creativity tool featured twice by Apple; collaboration with Roger von Oech
• Tarot — one of five hundred apps available on launch day for the App Store
• Rave Light — “try not to break your phone”

Essays

• 8 Changes to My Life After Just 4 Weeks of Meditation
• The Quiet Rise of the Conversational Essay
• The Banality of Futurism — shout-out from Jason Kottke
• Amazon's Second Act — featured by Medium's editors
• How I Finally Reined in My Spending — shout-out from Ramit Sethi

Web Specials

• RealOrFake3D — reference site used by movie critics
• Prison population graph — viral infographic

Design

• EgyptWorld — Adobe's 1998 Design Award winner
• Darwinphony — bronze medalist in Ludum Dare 2012
• Primary Colors — abstract acrylic painting used for the cover of a magazine