Keep Up With Nate / Field notes

Notes on
building
useful things.

Apps, experiments and practical lessons from the work, written under the pen name Nate.

A pen and headphones resting on notebooks
The work behind the notes · Photo: Alex Muromtsev / Unsplash01 / Nate
Business ownershipApp creationField notes
01 / Current work

Built around
real life.

Explore the work ↗
01 / BUSINESS

Boston Made.
And beyond.

Running multiple businesses, including laundromats, and building the Boston Made family of projects.

The businesses ↗
02 / DIGITAL PRODUCTS

Apps with
a purpose.

I’ve started creating apps. Explore Spot Check and the digital platforms connected to my work.

The apps ↗
03 / ESSAYS

Lessons
from the work.

Essays on ambition, discipline, setbacks and what it takes to rebuild.

The stories ↗
02 / Start reading

A few places
to begin.

All stories ↗
01

Why “Boston Made”?

A dog, a city, and the story behind the name.

Read ↗
02

Checkmate & Battleship.

Why the Boston Made plan is built like a war plan.

Read ↗
03

Founder Briefings, free.

A daily briefing on AI, startups and Boston business.

Read ↗
04 / Keep up

Stay for
the next chapter.

The projects, the stories, and the work as it develops.