Things I've Made
I have a hard time leaving a good idea as a slide.
Sometimes the answer to a problem is software. Sometimes it’s a book. Sometimes it’s a stack of question cards. Sometimes it’s several pounds of paper in a fire-resistant case.
These look like unrelated products. They are all doing the same thing: take something complicated, uncomfortable, scattered, or easy to put off, and make it possible for an ordinary person to actually do something about it.
That may be the cleanest description of what I like building.
The things
- Estate Organization System
- The CLEAR KitA physical estate organization system. Forty-seven sections that put the documents, accounts, contacts, and wishes your family will need in one findable place.
- Book
- No Loose EndsEverything that has to happen when someone dies, and everything you can do in advance to make it survivable. Wiley, 2026. Two awards.
- Website
- AuthorChecklistThe book publishing checklist nobody hands you. From the ISBN to libraries, reviews, and awards: what matters, when it matters, and who should handle it.
- Card game
- One More Story126 cards that get people telling the stories you did not know you wanted to hear until it was too late to ask.
- Card game
- Nothing Left UnsaidThe harder companion. A structured way into the estate and end-of-life conversation, so you do not have to find the words yourself.
- Website
- Heirloom & TellA private platform for a parent's, grandparent's, or family's life story, told in writing, by voice, or on video, before it turns into half-memories.
- Charitable
- End of Life CareersA free guide to the professions connected to death, dying, loss, and care. Six fields, 27 careers, and the schools and credentials behind them.
- Jan 2027
- The RetURN IDA permanent identifier for cremated remains, so what is in the container is still knowable long after everyone who knew has gone.