Personal work & notes

GarethPaul Jones

I lead AI product work at Poe. I also build small tools for everyday use.

Previously Zoom, Twilio & Foursquare.Before that, Twitter, Apple & Google.

Linocut illustration of Gareth speaking into a microphone, in black and vermilion.

JonesAudio

Voice to text · macOS

JonesAudio’s actual menu: Ready, Record, fn Space, and MacBook Pro Microphone.

Keep the thought.
Keep your place.

Press fn + Space, say it, and the text goes straight to your cursor. No switching windows to get a thought down.

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FlowTimer

A macOS timer that shows the next check-in, not the whole session. At each checkpoint, choose whether to continue, add time, or stop.

Explore FlowTimer
FlowTimer’s actual interface: a circular timer, 3:02 until the next check-in, and minus-five and plus-five controls.

A lesson from Maskito, 2016

“Build the simplest thing with the highest degree of quality.”

I spent time adding login and password-reset screens while the face filters still needed work. Looking back, that time should have gone into making the core product better and faster.

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A small patch
of the internet.

This site began on Geocities in 2002. I’ve designed and built every version since.

Most of my spare time is with my wife and daughter. The rest tends to go on building, livestreaming, golf, or taking things apart.

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