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Is This What You Mean?
My son and I built a playable game prototype in thirty minutes with AI. The speed was fun. The feedback loop is what I can't stop thinking about.
Read more →Designing for the device they actually have
Notes from a UX research project in provincial Cambodia. What fourteen Cambodian teachers' phones taught me about designing for the device people actually have.
Read more →2025 in Review
An honest reflection on survival, loss, and why peace feels like the only thing worth aiming for in 2026.
Read more →Where Do We Go From Here?
After 15 years in tech for good and ICT4D—questioning what we're building, and who we're building it for.
Read more →A Decade of Building: Reflecting on Glean's Journey
Ten years of pivots, funding shocks, a pandemic, and an acquisition—still betting on Cambodian talent.
Read more →Can eLearning Help Increase Teacher Salaries?
A community fund pilot in three Cambodian schools—and what a 48% salary bump meant when USAID funding disappeared.
Read more →Why Stories Matter: Telling the Stories of Aid That People Don't See
Since the stop-work order I keep coming back to one afternoon on the Tonle Sap, a school full of kids paddling home across the water. I've spent years doing this work and almost no time telling anyone what it actually looks like.
Read more →Balancing Impact and Survival: How the USAID Halt Is Reshaping My Small Business
A global stop work order, small businesses in limbo, and why aid deserves better than disruption without a plan.
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