I write about helping kids thrive in a world shaped by AI. Most of my current work lives at newliteracies.ai .
Current Focus: AI + Kids
The 8 Literacies — 80K+ words of research on the capabilities kids actually need to thrive in an AI world. The foundation of everything else I’m working on.
A Year of Tracking AI Products for Kids — 140+ products mapped. A living market map of what’s being built for kids right now.
Building My Kids’ First AI Companion — What worked, what didn’t, and what I learned shipping an AI product to the toughest users I know.
Don’t Stress About Your Kids Being AI Native — Teach them to read, not prompt.
2025 in Review — The year I committed to this mission.
Side Quests
- Where Should We Ski? — A family ski trip planner. 1,000+ resorts, filters that actually matter with young kids.
- AI Chief of Staff — A personal productivity system that makes my digital life legible to LLMs.
Essays
- Elephants: The Most Important System I Have
- 2020 in Review
- 2018 in Review
- A Personal Transition
- The History of Recruitment Technology — TechCrunch
- 17 Qualities of the Perfect Early Startup Hire
- Doing Hard Things Right
- Why You Won’t See Our Baby on Facebook
- Monoculture Sucks
- Open Sourced Feedback as Startup CEO
- Going Remote First
- Startup Funding ≠ Wealth + Success
- Life as a Startup Founder-Recruiter
- Moving to America
- Sydney to San Francisco
- An Aussie Goes Valley — Sydney Morning Herald