One question that kept growing.

I started The Mind Pot because I was interested in mental health and emotional wellness. How do we notice what we feel? How do we find the words for it?

That interest turned into trying to understand how the mind works, and how software could support emotional wellbeing instead of wearing it down.

Then I started researching how to make those tools inclusive, especially for neurodivergent people, who can be overwhelmed by loud, fast, unpredictable interfaces. That’s where Calm mode and our quiet, private design came from.

Then I went to a fashion show in Nairobi where the models were blind. Fashion is one of the most visual worlds there is, and yet it had made room for people who can’t see it. I left wondering why most apps and games still don’t. I wanted to learn how to build tools and games that support blind and low-vision people, and how to build them with them. The first experiments in that direction are under way.

I’m still learning the details of accessible technology, and I’m doing it in the open. If you work in this space, I’d love your help.