Tell him what you think.

Colton does create things prolifically, but he deeply values input from other interested and passionate parties. Here's a massive list of things that he is actively asking for feedback on, either publicly or privately.

Two ways to answer anything below: privately, with the form at the bottom of this page, which goes straight to Colton; or publicly, as a review where the thing lives (the App Store, for the apps). Honest beats nice.

Slow Motion Birds (Apple TV)
Backyard birds filmed in slow motion and played back silently and calmly, free on Apple TV and at slowmotionbirds.com.
He wants to know: Does it work as calm background in your living room? Which birds should come next? Is anything about the player confusing on a TV remote?
Tell Colton privately Review it on the App Store slowmotionbirds.com
1000 Great Questions (iPhone and iPad)
A deck of conversation questions for skipping small talk, on the web and as a free iPhone and iPad app.
He wants to know: Which questions actually landed at your table, and which ones fell flat? Which question do you wish were in the deck?
Tell Colton privately Review it on the App Store Try it on the web
Forum Playbook (iPhone and iPad)
Tools, templates and one-pagers for running better peer forums, plus a free iPhone and iPad app with a field guide, cheat sheets and a meeting timer.
He wants to know: Forum moderators and members: did the Agenda Runner keep your meeting on time? What is missing from the field guide or the cheat sheets?
Tell Colton privately Review it on the App Store forumplaybook.com
Five Minute Expert (iPhone and iPad)
Curated five-minute briefs that get you conversant in a topic fast, as a free iPhone and iPad app.
He wants to know: Which topic do you want a five-minute brief on next? Was five minutes the right length to feel conversant?
Tell Colton privately Review it on the App Store
AI Model Guide
Which AI model to pick, how hard to let it think, when to escalate, and how to stop paying for tokens you do not need. Claude and ChatGPT, every fact checked against the vendor's pages.
He wants to know: Which advice saved you tokens or time? Which model or price is out of date? What did you have to look up elsewhere?
Tell Colton privately Read the guide
Better Birder (beta)
A bird-trip study app: load the checklist for an upcoming trip and learn the birds you will actually meet before you go. Everyone benefits when you're a better birder.
He wants to know: If you studied with it before a trip: did it change what you recognized in the field? Which trip or region should it load next?
Tell Colton privately Open the beta
Tennessee Innovation Council
A business-led council where Tennessee leaders can apply to take part, submit a topic for discussion, and see who is involved.
He wants to know: What should the Council take on first? Who in Tennessee should be in the room and is not yet?
Tell Colton privately Submit a topic Apply to take part
AI Open House
Small virtual open-house sessions where business owners watch and try real AI work, with recordings of past sessions and a free library of what was shared.
He wants to know: What do you want to watch built live at the next session? What would make it worth an hour of your week?
Tell Colton privately Request a seat
What's Your Number?
Enter a few facts about your business and see what it might be worth, what you would take for it, and the five moves that close most of the gap. The math stays in your browser.
He wants to know: Business owners: did the number feel right for your company? Which of the five moves was useful, and which was obvious?
Tell Colton privately Run your number
Will I Love This Job?
Paste a job's duties and get a written read on whether you would love it and be good at it, using the six Working Genius types, plus questions to ask before you say yes.
He wants to know: Run it on a job you already know well. Did the read match how the job actually felt?
Tell Colton privately Try it
Agency Decision Dashboard
The six numbers an agency owner should decide from, with the advice on top and the math underneath. Try your own numbers or the sample agency.
He wants to know: Agency owners: are these the six numbers you would run your agency on? Which one would you swap out?
Tell Colton privately Try the sample agency
What Should I Do In Nashville?
Colton and Aly's visitor guide to Nashville: restaurants and places with their own notes, badges for top picks, and dates showing when each entry was last updated.
He wants to know: Nashvillians: where should a visitor go that is not on the list? Anything listed that has gone downhill?
Tell Colton privately See the guide
The Prompt Almanac
The standing instructions that made working with an AI efficient: model checks, token reports, delegation triage, verification. Copy any of them.
He wants to know: Which standing instruction saved you time with your own AI? Which one would you add?
Tell Colton privately Read the almanac
What Happens Next
Ten years of AI predictions, four themes a year, sealed as a time capsule and scored as reality arrives.
He wants to know: Ten years of AI predictions, sealed. Which prediction do you think is wrong, and why?
Tell Colton privately Read the predictions
Is This A Business?
A real company run in public with Brad Montague, as a deliberately over-serious dashboard chasing its first dollar.
He wants to know: Is it? What should the company try next to earn its first dollar?
Tell Colton privately See the dashboard The YouTube channel
EO Nashville Arcade
Twenty honor-system arcade games for EO Nashville, open to register by real name with leaderboards.
He wants to know: EO Nashville members: which cabinet should be next, and which one is broken on your phone?
Tell Colton privately Play
Mah Jongg Helper
A first-timer's table companion for American Mah Jongg: the first moves, a rack checker, and a practice table.
He wants to know: First-time players: did it get you through your first table? What confused you that it did not explain?
Tell Colton privately Open the helper
The Lag Loop
A scroll-through explainer that turns gamer lag into something your body can feel.
He wants to know: Gamers and parents of gamers: did it make lag make sense? Where did you stop scrolling?
Tell Colton privately Scroll it
The Calm Board
A full-screen board that says in very large letters whether anything needs attention right now. Usually it says no.
He wants to know: Would a board that usually says 'nothing needs you' calm you down or make you suspicious?
Tell Colton privately See the board
The Inspiration Repository
Sites, films, frames and sentences worth stealing from, tagged by layout pattern, in three different views.
He wants to know: Send him a site, a film, a frame or a sentence worth stealing from. Which of the three views do you actually use?
Tell Colton privately Browse it
The films
His travel films, family films, birds and night skies, on Vimeo.
He wants to know: Which trip should he cut next? Which film would you share with someone, and which would you skip?
Tell Colton privately Watch the films
This site
builtbycolton.com, the page every Colton site now links to.
He wants to know: What should this site say that it does not? What made you trust it, and what did not?
Tell Colton privately