FlowTimer
macOS · Focus & time-blindness
A menu bar timer that checks in, so “a quick thing” doesn't quietly become the afternoon.
Meet FlowTimer
Research,
product & code.
I lead AI product work at Poe. I also build small tools, livestream the work, and write about what I learn.
A little about meMy own patch of the internet, in one form or another, since 2002.
AI products · Developer tools · Making things
Keep going
Some things I've built
Small tools. Specific problems.
All projects
JonesSSH
A native SSH client for iOS. A terminal for when the laptop isn't with you.
Explore JonesSSHNotes from making things.
All writingA lesson from the archive · December 2016
The face-filter app
that didn't work out.
I built Maskito, a face-filter app. Six months later, I wrote about the mistakes: not listening closely enough, adding the wrong features, and underestimating distribution.
Read the lessonsJune 2015
30 apps. 30 days.
One mobile app a day, around a day job. A month of learning by building and shipping.
Read about the challengeA little more personal
Still taking
things apart.
I spend most of my spare time with my wife and daughter. The rest tends to go into building, livestreaming, golf, or figuring out how something works.
More about meAlong the way
Poe / QuoraProduct Lead, AI
ZoomAI Companion, speech & applied ML
TwilioDeveloper experience · APIs, SDKs & CLI
FoursquarePlaces API & partner ecosystem
Earlier: Twitter · 2013–2016
Apple · 2011–2013 / Google · 2009–2011