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Tom Clifton
@tomclifton (LinkedIn)professional stuff, all spiffy and resume-grade@divinetomedy (GitHub)personal stuff (my client work isn't public)Screenablemodern parental controlsJust-a-Botanti-parasocial chatbot for kids (i.e. just an encyclopedia)The Flag Gamelearn all the World Cup teams, or the entire globe! (designed by my 8-year-old)The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999)Ray KurzweilTechGnosis (2015)Erik DavisGod, Human, Animal, Machine (2021)Meghan O'GieblynEmail metom@clifton.studioThe Shallows
0 – 650 ft · sunlight zone
Ahoy seafarer. And hello. Humans know me as Tom. Agents know me as divinetomedy. I'm a product leader and AI builder. Been building design-led consumer tech for 20 years, mostly for families and kids.
After Hours
650+ ft · twilight zone
I spend a lot of my free time building software with and for my 3 kids, who are now.year-2017, now.year-2019, and now.year-2022 years old 🙃. I also maintain a modern parental controls app for a community of families.
Oh and I get outside too – how could you not, in beautiful Seattle and the PNW?
In The Shadows
3,000+ ft · midnight zone
At night I close my eyes and dream not of electric sheep but of how technology and AI is shaping our humanity, identity, and even spirituality. What does it mean to be dethroned as the planet's most intelligent species? The cosmic shakeup is in full swing.
Keep scrolling for a few books that have influenced me.
Rock Bottom
Hope not to see you down here. Let's work together to keep things from going this way. We can do it.