Hey, I’m Colton.
I like figuring out how things work—businesses, technology, and the ideas that connect them.
This is where I keep what I’m building and what catches my attention.
What I’m up to
Mostly building things, then figuring out how to make them better.
Agents for Real Builders
I’m building a place for contractors and small business owners to learn how to put AI to work. It brings together prompts and examples around the kinds of jobs they already do.
A lot of it grows out of the work below.
Tools for a real business
I’ve been working with an independent contractor on the things that happen around a job: quoting, proposals, customer records, materials, and service.
That’s where my interest in AI gets concrete. I get to build something, see how people use it, and keep working on it.
A little more about that work
I used AI agents to help build a custom quoting tool, a lead inbox, proposal and signature workflows, and tools for job records, purchasing, and service. The quoting tool brought a process that took hours down to minutes.
The work also included the company’s website, search-focused pages, and Google Business Profile. An AI assistant helped with looking up job information and preparing updates.
On my shelf
Business, science, design, and a few other directions. Here are a few entries from the collection.
Things I’m exploring
I tend to follow the connections between things.
How do the different parts of a business affect each other?
What changes when AI can use the tools, too?
What can making something teach you that reading about it can’t?
The Atlas
A growing map of business ideas and the connections between them. Another way to wander through the things on this site.