An idea, then another

Hi, I’m Rose.

I build products. You may have used some of them: Google Maps, Gmail, Facebook Platform and Profile, Nest, Pixel Tablet, and now Search.

I used to make them the normal way. Now I use AI, and I’ve been building a lot for myself and my kids.

Here you’ll find demos and musings. Enjoy.

If you’re looking to get started building, check out this guide.

On my workbench

A few projects, and the ideas behind them.

Hearth Finance

I missed Mint, so I built a finance dashboard around the questions I actually care about: what daily life costs, what’s annual or a one-off, and which transactions need another look. Here’s a guide for your agent to build your own.

Build your own Hearth

Pip

A little hedgehog with a lot to teach. Pip is our family’s AI teacher on the TV and phone: we ask questions out loud, and Pip talks us through the answers, with pictures and videos to help. It remembers what we’ve been learning, too.

Try Pip on your phone

A Little Tidy

A cozy cleaning game based on my living room. Put away toys, books, and laundry, then come back to see what life has left to tidy.

Play A Little Tidy

Family Helper

Iris is my family helper agent. Here’s how I built her, and how to set up your own.

Build your own family helper

Spark Island

A robot math adventure where kids wake six robot friends, build an island, and launch a rocket.

Try the adult demo

Life Skills

A way to gamify daily life with the kids, reward kindness, and reduce nagging.

Personal AI · a guide

A librarian that knows my bookshelf

I turned sixteen years of Kindle history into a personal AI librarian. It knows my taste, what’s still unread, and what I might want to pick up next. I wrote a guide so you can make your own.

Build your own librarian

Field Lens

A pocket field journal for family walks: identify rocks and plants, hear kid-friendly explanations, ask questions, and save discoveries.

Try Field Lens

Sketchbook

A digital folio for collecting my paintings and seeing how they change over the years with a little AI art teacher to support me.

Try Sketchbook

Strong

A personalized AI trainer that adapts to all parts of my life and designs a progressive weightlifting schedule for me.

Try Strong

Gratitude Garden

A little garden that grows with the things you’re thankful for.

Grow a gratitude garden

Ocean Stars & Unicorn Forest

Underwater counting for Oliver and an enchanted number adventure for Ivy. These games are inactive now; they worked great for a period of time but became expensive to maintain and I realized there were some very good options that I was trying to recreate.

One Story

A place to save the little things the kids say and do, collect family photos, and turn those everyday memories into letters to keep.

Try One Story

Baby Helper

A newborn companion for tracking feeding and sleep by age and goals.

Try Baby Helper

Dragonmasters

I’m building games for Ivy and Oliver that teach through their interests: dragons, unicorns, and more. It’s been really fun for everyone, and a great way to explore the latest model capabilities.

In Dragonmasters, kids train dragons, light lanterns, restore the sanctum, and learn about physics.

Play Dragonmasters

Stories · made personal

A storybook world of their own

Berrybook was my first AI project. It’s turned into a series, and lately I’ve used it to talk about things that are hard for five- and seven-year-olds, like having a new baby sister or dealing with frustration. In my opinion, it’s the easiest thing to try with your kids.

Try Berrybook