About
I review tech for intentional people, and I make Slow Pixels: apps that don't want all of your attention.
I've been a YouTuber since 2016, mostly reviewing cameras and the tech around them. Along the way I've made short films, music video parodies and THE IPHONE SONG with iJustine, and I co-host the Full Stack Creator Show with Tyler Stalman.
I'm also a thumbnail designer. A thumbnail has to say everything in one small picture, at a glance. That turns out to be most of what designing for a small black-and-white screen is too.
Years of covering the newest gear taught me something I didn't expect. I still love good tools, but the ones I like most are the ones I forget I'm holding.
In 2025 I tried the Light Phone III and made a video about it from an iPhone user's side of things. More than 100,000 people watched it. That told me I'm not the only one: plenty of us want a phone that does its job and then gets out of the way.
Today I carry a Mudita Kompakt. It's quiet, it's black and white, and it's missing a few things I actually need. So I started building them, one small tool at a time.
It means I decide what gets my attention, instead of an app deciding for me. I pick up the phone to do one thing, I do it, and I put it down.
It means being in the room with the people I love, not half in the room and half in a feed. And it means choosing tools that respect that: no ads, no tracking, nothing built to keep me scrolling.
I think phones that do less are the future. The next few years will bring a lot more minimal phones and dumbphones: the Kompakt, the Light Phone, and plenty we haven't seen yet. The people who choose one still need a few things done well, like a calendar, a podcast app or a way to find the right bakery.
I want Slow Pixels to lead the way, with apps for whichever minimal phone you carry, and for anyone who wants their iPhone or Android phone to ask for less. Each app follows its phone's own design, so it feels like it came in the box.
Slow Pixels is just me. I design every app, use it on my own phone every day, and keep working on it until it feels right. Then I give it away.