Now

What I'm doing now.

Updated Lexington, VA

Building Prospector + scaling out workshop revenue. Watching for whether momentum builds toward a Sep 1 decision.

Now Building

  • Prospector

    OODA-loop multi-agent sales intel platform, built for fun. Pack-of-dogs architecture.

  • Delve Deeper rewrite

    MonoGame port of the original; Steam relaunch in the works.

  • Fourfold hardware

    ESP32-S3 game console with an AI game-generation factory behind it; DIY handheld in progress.

  • Daemon

    Home server running daily automations: console, dashboards, briefings.

Now Teaching

  • Building the Agent (Fall 2026)

    New foundations course; seven-founder-task design; committee in motion.

  • Connolly Center

    Director — programs, grants, undergraduate research, Holekamp build-out.

Now Speaking

  • AAC&U Conference on AI — Atlanta, Oct 28–30

    Progressive AI literacy framework (Steps 0–5); pre-conference institute.

  • IES Abroad Annual Conference — Chicago, Oct 27

    “Embrace the Revolution: A Framework for Higher Ed’s AI Moment” — co-presenting with Mark Rush (W&L).

Now Reading

  • Hofstadter — Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Strange loops, formal systems, and how minds emerge from them.

  • Ariely — Predictably Irrational

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions.

  • Rovelli — Anaximander

    The first scientific revolution, twenty-six centuries ago.

  • Recently finished

    The Infinity Machine; Stewart Brand's Maintenance.

Now Writing

  • Constructionist Entrepreneurship

    Lenfest-funded paper — entrepreneurial mindset as learned by building + sharing products, enabled by AI.

  • Weekly Notes

    Cadence: every other Sunday. Public, no paywall.

Not Now

  • New podcast episodes

    On pause through summer; back in the fall.

Inspired by Derek Sivers (sive.rs/now). This page changes; if you see something stale, let me know.