About

• 2008–2016
  2026–present

  tightwind

  An independent weblog about computing, product design, economics, politics, and public life. The restored archive contains hundreds of essays, observations, reviews, and links; the revived site continues the same project.

• 2015

  iOS 9 and the Information Ecosystem

  On apps becoming interoperable sources of information and actions rather than isolated destinations.

• 2014

  Apple Watch

  An argument for a computer designed to reduce the attention demanded by the phone, published just after Apple introduced the watch.

• 2013

  Unconscious Computing

  A vision for computers that quietly observe, coordinate, and handle work for people so they can focus on living.

• 2012

  The Future of iOS

  On breaking application functions out of their interface shells so software can work together across the system.

• 2012

  Design for Purpose

  Why products should begin with what they help a person accomplish—not with a list of available features.

• 2012

  The Automated Future

  An early examination of what follows when automation reaches knowledge work as well as manufacturing.

• 2012

  A Newspaper for the Web

  A proposal for finite, curated publications that restore context and editorial judgment to an abundant web.

• 2009–2010

  Macworld

  Reviews of early iPhone and iPad applications, with an emphasis on whether interface decisions served the product’s actual purpose.

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• Current

  AI and product leadership

  I design and build AI agents and workflows for a large enterprise, and lead the architecture and development of the internal platform used to build and serve them. One of my primary interests is applying a human-computer interaction perspective to AI: How can we design systems that amplify human capability?

• 2026–present

  Margin

  An experimental AI-native Markdown editor I created to explore human-computer interaction: how people and AI can research and write together while keeping human intent and editorial judgment at the center.

• Six years

  Audit and accounting

  Before moving into technology leadership, I worked directly with audit clients. That experience continues to shape how I approach professional tools: domain context, evidence, reliability, and the judgment of the person doing the work all matter.

• 2012–2019

  Basil

  Designed and developed a smart recipe book for iPhone and iPad. Basil imported recipes from the web, organized them automatically, converted units, created timers from directions, and kept the interface focused on cooking.

• 2013–2016

  Urban TxT

  Taught iOS development to high-school students in Los Angeles as they formed teams, chose problems worth solving, and carried products from an initial idea through working software and a public pitch.