Projects
Active Projects
Here are some of the projects I am currently working on. Some are side projects, some are client projects, and some are just for fun. I like to build things and I like to share what I learn along the way. If you have any questions about any of these projects, feel free to reach out.
🏗️ JSONL Tools
I am working on a set of tools to help me work with JSONL. JSONL is a simple format for working with JSON data. I am working on a set of tools to help me work with JSONL data. I will use these tools to help me work with my own data as well as help me build my own APIs. Read more about this project in my blog post about building JSONL Tools.
🤖 Make Storytime
Personalized children's stories generated by AI. This is an app I am building with my kids.
📠 Fax Online
Yea, I know. But there is a long tail for everything and believe it or not there was an underserved market for people that need to send a fax online. Some people (like me!) just need to send a one time fax.
Read more about this micro Saas project in a blog post about building an online fax service.
🥑 Free URL Indexer
Free URL Indexer is a free tool to help you index your backlinks and get them into Google faster. It's a simple tool that I built to help me with my own SEO efforts and I decided to share it with the world. It's a free tool and I don't even ask for your email address. Just paste in your URL and click the button.
Past Projects
- ⚙️ Flow Export - Export Salesforce flows to Miro for collaboration SaaS
- 💀 GroupText - An app for organizations and schools to send group text messages SaaS
- 💀 CloudNumber - A virtual phone number service for your website, e-commerce store, or app SaaS
- 🌱 Spider Plant Care - A website about my favorite office plant. content
- 🚵♂️ Trailmon - We use solar powered internet of things devices to provide you with mountain bike trail conditions updates SaaS
- 📈 Measurelog - Measure what matters in your SaaS to track campaigns to conversions SaaS
- 💀 MobileGive - An SMS-based donation platform SaaS
- 💀 Shop Number - Get a phone number for your Shopify StoreSaaS
- 🔥 Fireplace Vent Covers - Make and sell online fireplace vent covers e-Commerce
- 💻 WordPressSharp - Most popular C# library to work with the WordPress XML-RPC API Open Source
- ⚙️ WordPress To Markdown - A tool to migrate WordPress content for static site generators SaaS
- 📝 UI Pads - Sticky notepads that look like device screens to sketch out UI ideas e-commerce
- 💀 Blockchain in Agriculture - Monthly newsletter focusing on blockchain in ag newsletter
- 💀 AgTech.email - Weekly newsletter focusing on agtech newsletter
- 💀 AssociateSwap - A gamified shopping experience for Amazon Affiliates SaaS
- 💀 Pitch A Reporter - A reverse HARO marketplace for journalists and PR professionals SaaS
- 💀 WordPress Des Moines - Co-organizer of local WordPress User Group community
- 💀 LaunchChimp - Hosted custom landing pages for Mailchimp list signup SaaS
- 💼 CaseSimple - Designed, produced, and marketed a line of cases for speakers and bikes. Featured in WIRED. e-commerce
- 💀 Posterous Import - WordPress plugin to import Posterous content open source
- 💀 PrairieCast - Co-host of a podcast focused on midwest entrepreneurs podcast
- 💀 Managing The Edge - Co-host of a podcast focused on digital strategy podcast
- 💀 PrintShowerGames.com - printable baby shower games e-commerce
- 📠 Fax-Fax - the Fax Gif library lol content
- 🚲 RAGBRAI founders - learn the history of RAGBRAIcontent
- 🚲 Ames RAGBRAI - a website chronicaling each RAGBRAI trip through Ames, Iowa content
- 🚲 Waukee Trailhead Art - learn about the Waukee Trailhead Art project content
- 💀 Slackvite - launch and build public communities on Slack SaaS
- 💀 Staff Ninja - software startup for staffing and recruiting agencies from Startup City DSM SaaS
- 💀 Zendesk WPAdmin - a Zendesk powered helpdesk plugin for WordPress admins Open Source
- 💀 jQuery Analytics - a jQuery plugin that supports declarative event tracking in Google Analytics Open Source
- 💀 WordPress Bootstrap for Gravity Forms - A WordPress plugin to apply Bootstrap 3 styles to Gravity Forms plugin Open Source
- 💀 WP Slash Slack command - A WordPress plugin to provide a WordPress REST API backend to a Slack slash command Open Source
- 💀 Hey Kramer - A custom Slack command powered by a WordPress REST API full of Kramer gifs Open Source