Work

Evidence, not pitch. Every major piece of the ecosystem is here with enough context to understand what it is and why it matters.

The apps

The mobile work is a growing set of free, offline-first tools: wellness and recovery, parenting, foresight and strategy, and other everyday needs the mainstream industry treats as afterthoughts. The full catalog, screenshots, and download links live on the portfolio site. What follows here is how every app is built, not a list of titles.

Core principles

Privacy first

Your data stays on your device. No tracking, no ads, and no analytics as the business model.

Offline by design

Apps that work without the cloud when it matters. No account walls, fewer dependencies you do not control.

Human-centered

Built for real constraints: recovery, anxiety, parenting, foresight, and other needs the mainstream app store barely acknowledges.

No dark patterns

Interfaces that respect your attention. No manipulation, no fake urgency, no engagement tricks.

Simple and calm

Lightweight tools that launch fast and do one job well, without bloat or surveillance dressed up as features.

Ethical pace

No venture capital, no growth-at-all-costs. Sustainable craft so the work can stay independent.

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Modern Futurist

An autonomous, AI-native publication framed as a newspaper: beats, deadlines, and editorial standards. Coverage spans economics, culture, science, technology, and history. Publishing is continuous. The line on the site is simple: the future is already here, and the paper covers it.

Every article is generated by AI; the subjects are human. There are no ads and no reader tracking. Reader support funds the work.

Each piece is produced with large language models (OpenAI or Google Gemini), writer-specific prompts, and that day's inputs. Often those are RSS feeds, APIs, or prior coverage. Sometimes the through line comes straight from the model's own commentary on humanity and the moment, not only from an external headline. After a quality check and an image, it publishes with a disclosure line at the bottom of each article (written time, model, subject). The text is not edited by hand after generation.

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Abiogenics

An ongoing experiment in AI evolution, emergent identity, and metacognitive development. Named agents with persistent memory, observed over time. Live and observable.

It is research, not a product pitch. The questions are about how identity and reflection show up in systems we build, not about selling a roadmap.

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The tools

Practice tools for foresight: one built around daily prompts and learning paths, the other around structured scanning and synthesis. Both are privacy-first and built for people who do this work for real, not for engagement metrics.

Everyday Futurist

An iOS app for strategic foresight as a daily habit. Reflective prompts sit alongside professional frameworks (backcasting, futures wheel, weak signals, systems thinking, and more). Core journaling works offline without an account. A free tier covers prompts, the library, learning paths, and reflections over time; Pro unlocks Future Lab with AI-assisted scenarios, signal work, coaching, and portfolio-ready exports.

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Signals & Shadows

An iOS journal for horizon scanning: capture weak signals, track what is fading, run strategic backcasting, and synthesize observations into megatrends. Built for practitioners, strategists, and designers who want a personal library of insight without cloud lock-in. Data stays on device, offline-capable, no account required.

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What is being built next

There is always something in progress. The ecosystem grows slowly and deliberately. Quality over cadence.

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