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Why

I write because thinking silently turns corrosive, corrosive to mental alacrity and corrosive to growth. Left alone, ideas harden into certainty or dissolve into dread. Putting them in public forces them to survive contact.

This is where I test metaphors and dismantle assumptions. Where I pull at the thread labeled “normal” and see what unravels. If a thought can’t withstand daylight, it doesn’t deserve to stay.

31 Mar, 2026 You’re Still a Designer, You Magnificent Fool
in which our hero warns you that speed just means you can fall harder further away from the right place
29 Mar, 2026 when everything breaks, do it yourself
in which our hero will do it live
23 Mar, 2026 Felt arcane; might delete later
in which our hero tests a new social graph and, surely, will delete this later
19 Mar, 2026 RE: My Friends Are Making Blogs, And I Don't Know How RSS Works
in which our hero has more opinions AND free time today

Whom I Fight

I fight the quiet belief that “good enough” is neutral. In healthcare software, “good enough” locks people out. It hides disabled patients behind workflows and calls it efficiency. "Good enough" is not addressing provider burn out, letting people get worse. It mistakes compliance for care.

Accessibility is not a feature. It is infrastructure. If someone cannot use your system, that is not unfortunate. It is designed.

What I Build

I build systems that assume disabled people will be present. I translate lived experience into engineering requirements. I make accessibility measurable, testable, enforceable. The bar is not “can they technically access it.” The bar is “can they thrive.”

Where I Am

Madison, Wisconsin. An aging orchard we’ve been restoring for years. Two cats with questionable work ethics. Barn owls who mind their business. Flying squirrels who absolutely do not.

Restoration is slower than destruction and restarting. You prune rot. You reinforce what’s living. You accept that growth is seasonal and setbacks are inevitable. You do the work anyway.

How I Live

Trans rights are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Healthcare is a human right. Disabled people are not edge cases. Dignity is not partisan.

I try to live in alignment with those facts. Some days that looks like policy work. Some days it looks like writing. Some days it looks like picking up fallen apples before they spoil. There are a lot of apples.

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