Experiment

Built to experiment.

Companies, robots, world models, physics sims. Some of these made money. Most of them made me happy. All of them taught me something.

Active· Physics · AI
Project IndraA computational physics sandbox simulating pattern formation with the Swift–Hohenberg equation. Stripes, hexagons, and the question of why the universe likes the shapes it likes.Read the notes →
A frame from Indra — Swift–Hohenberg stripes, rendered from the actual simulation
The loop — world model → robot arm → world → camera → world model
Active· Robots · AI · Open source
The robot armA clean Python library for the Dobot Magician, a camera, and a screen. The library is on PyPI. The point is a large world model.
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Active· AI · Math
AI-solved mathematicsWorking alongside AI systems on open mathematical problems — and documenting what it looks like when a machine does the part that used to take a human a decade.
Adventure OS concept dashboard — tonight's site, the van's systems, the companion, tomorrow's summit
Active· AI · The van
Adventure OSAn AI companion for the van — the travel assistant I wanted and nobody had built.
The van at a campsite in the hills, chocks in, nothing on fire yet
Ongoing· The van
The van buildA 4x4 Sprinter camper and the systems inside it. The van is a tool for getting somewhere; the somewhere is the point.

Companies

The businesses. Two I run, one I help own, two I sold for nine figures, and the one I started it all with.
Ongoing· 2021–
Northern Forge StudiosFounder & Executive Chairman of an Ottawa game studio. Orna (a GPS RPG, 2.3M+ downloads) and Hero of Aethric. Bootstrap Capital Award, 2023.
Ongoing· 2022–
Sleep EfficiencyExecutive Chairman and shareholder. Take-home sleep apnea testing, built in Ottawa by a sleep clinician who got tired of waiting lists.
Ongoing· 2025–
Ottawa Rapid FCFounding owner of Ottawa's professional women's soccer club in the Northern Super League. Women in Canada are finally being paid to play, and they are so much fun to watch.
Acquired· 2008–2020
You.i TVCo-founded in 2008 with Stuart Russell. Built the engine behind TV and streaming apps for WarnerMedia, AT&T, Fox, the NFL and more. Sold to HBO/AT&T (WarnerMedia) in December 2020.
Acquired· acquired 2013
N-able TechnologiesCo-founder and CTO. Remote monitoring and management software for IT service providers. Acquired by SolarWinds for over $100M.
Earlier· 2001–2014
Flick SoftwareFounded during the 2001 Ottawa tech meltdown, from the top floor of an apartment. Mobile solutions for Intel, Rogers Wireless and others. The company that spun up You.i.