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Product Manager by day. Creator by night.

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Music, video & media — YouTube deep dives and short-form commentary.

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Meadow vs. Machines

What happens when you let 7 AI tools reimagine your dog? Two experiments. One deeply confused Frenchie.

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The Pixar Trailer I Made For Myself (Because I Could?)

An extremely unnecessary experiment in AI filmmaking.

AI VideoCreative Experiment
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TikTok

I Accidentally Went Viral

AI-generated animated skits about sports, tech, and pop culture. 7.2M views, 6.4K followers, and 84K shares on TikTok.

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The $700 Toaster That Silicon Valley Tried to Make Cool
YouTube634 views

The $700 Toaster That Silicon Valley Tried to Make Cool

A faceless mini-doc about the $700 steam toaster that became a Silicon Valley status symbol — and then flamed out.

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The MP3 Player Apple Forgot to Kill: The iRiver Story
YouTube464 views

The MP3 Player Apple Forgot to Kill: The iRiver Story

The rise and fall of iRiver — the Korean audiophile favorite that rivaled the iPod, then lost the war.

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Shofar So Good

An alternate reality where Kanye apologizes — told in 6 AI-generated tracks.

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Genie, Jordan & Jack Nicholson? The wildest pop culture mashups in Disney classics.
YouTube389 views

Genie, Jordan & Jack Nicholson? The wildest pop culture mashups in Disney classics.

The most surprising pop culture cameos hidden across Disney classics — from Genie’s impressions to a Space Jam pose in Hercules.

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The Rise and Fall of Rio Karma: The MP3 Player that Rocked Too Hard
YouTube87 views

The Rise and Fall of Rio Karma: The MP3 Player that Rocked Too Hard

The Rio Karma had FLAC, Ethernet, and a scroll wheel before anyone else. So why did it vanish faster than your Napster playlist?

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Napoleon Attacked by Rabbits
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Napoleon Attacked by Rabbits

The totally true, totally ridiculous story of the time Napoleon got ambushed by a bunny army.

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Hitler's Accidental Internet
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Hitler's Accidental Internet

The Hellschreiber sent text over radio waves during WWII — one pixel at a time. It wasn’t invented by the Nazis, but they gave it their own spin.

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TL;DR Theater

An AI-powered YouTube channel about forgotten tech, culture, and history — built with SceneStitch, a custom tool that turns scripts into fully produced video assets.

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Spotify

I Created a Pop Star

A fully AI-generated pop star created from a data model that ranked 300+ real artists across four dimensions of cultural staying power.

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Why Mini Disc Failed
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Why Mini Disc Failed

The story of Sony's beloved format that never quite made it.

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Zordon Explained: How a Floating Head Became Power Rangers Legend
YouTube133 views

Zordon Explained

The complete history of Zordon from Power Rangers.

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