I’m working on 12 Challenges to make the internet a bit better
I’m a technologist and writer who believes that we need more interoperability to create tools that give people control back over Big Tech platforms — and that we’d better do this fast, because AI is only increasing Big Tech’s power over its users
Three things I care about
- Giving people tools to control the Big Tech platforms they use
- Making all software and hardware interoperable, regardless of Big Tech’s legal barriers
- The ways AI might affect human-computer interaction, and what that means for Big Tech
About me
🤔 8 years ago, I started worrying about Big Tech’s power over our lives.
👨💻 So I quit my job, taught myself to code and began working on tools like Nudge to help people use the internet in ways that work for them.
🏢 In July 2021, Facebook banned me for life for creating Unfollow Everything. 12,500 people used the tool to manage their Facebook usage before I had to take it down.
⚖️ In May 2024, Ethan Zuckerman launched a suit against Facebook for the right to create Unfollow Everything 2.0.
📝 I’m now working on various bits and pieces: advising a large foundation on its tech strategy, writing at 12 Challenges.
Experience
💼 Aside from my work building software to counter the harms of big tech, I’ve done a few different things.
🛠️ As a product manager and developer, I’ve been co-founder of multiple SaaS startups, including Stacker, a no code tool that makes complex apps from Airtable and Google Sheets, and Cloakist, which I exited in March 2022.
🖱️ As a marketer, I’ve consulted for the CEOs of startups like Eve Sleep, City Pantry, Steward and YPlan.
🏦 Before working in tech, I worked as an M&A analyst at Goldman Sachs.
