Words & discoveriesLive
A daily detour through ambiguous headlines, curious facts, quotations and things worth a second look.
A small dose of curiosity, every day.
Read today’s edition (opens in a new tab)Perfectly Reasonable Content Creation
Ideas,
taking shape.
A collection of websites, tools and creative projects at various stages of development.
Some are live. Some are working prototypes. Others are still on the drawing board.
Explore the collectionThe project index
The collection
Follow a curiosity.
See where it leads.
20 projects
From live websites to first ideas. Every project has a stage.
Culture & discoveryBeta
Books, albums, essays, art and science, one discovery at a time. A growing collection for people who like knowing things.
Web edition available. Mobile app in development.
Explore Scroll (opens in a new tab)Places & peopleLive
A practical guide to Hanoi, with walking videos, local answers, a city map and a look inside the streets and hotels.
Includes Street & Lobby, Secrets of Hanoi and How to Vietnam.
Find your way around (opens in a new tab)Insurance & practical toolsBeta
A broker’s guide to unfamiliar risks: markets, appetite, application routes and the questions to ask next.
A working demo. Market guidance remains in development.
Explore the demo (opens in a new tab)Film & televisionLive
A personal movie discovery tool that uses your preferences to help find your next film.
Build a taste profile and explore recommendations.
Visit Hazlitt (opens in a new tab)Film & televisionBeta
Recast films and television shows, try casting challenges and see familiar stories with a different set of faces.
An early public version, with more in development.
Try a casting challenge (opens in a new tab)Writing & practiceLive
A daily writing practice with prompts, exercises and feedback. The writing stays yours.
A public writing tool with further experiments underway.
Start writing (opens in a new tab)Everyday toolsPrototype
Benny’s Day Book
A personal organizer for tasks, appointments, shopping, spending and the details of a day.
Private prototype. Voice capture and mobile use are in development.
Writing & editingPrototype
Margin
An editorial workspace for thoughtful comments on a draft, while leaving the writer’s words intact.
Private prototype.
Everyday toolsPrototype
Stride
A simple run-and-walk timer with short audio cues, designed to work alongside your music.
Private C25K timer prototype.
Insurance & practical toolsPrototype
Rating by Kyle
A marine insurance rating tool for working through boat details, eligibility and premium calculations.
Early build. Not publicly available.
Ideas & discussionConcept
Reasonably Big Question
Philosophy for the rest of us: one big question at a time, with room to discuss the sticky bits.
An early project, still taking shape.
ExperimentsPrototype
Be the First to Say It
An honour-system attempt to say every number up to a billion. Then, perhaps, a trillion.
Private working prototype.
Ideas & discussionPrototype
Say It Out Loud With Words
Speak or type an argument, examine its assumptions and find out what you actually think.
Early build. Not publicly available.
Everyday toolsPrototype
Cascadia Meal Planning
A calendar-based meal planner bringing meals, grocery lists, nutrition and costs into one place.
Early build. Not publicly available.
Places & peopleConcept
Moving Through Places
Calm, practical video walkthroughs of airports, stations and other unfamiliar places, before you get there.
A video project in development.
Writing & publishingConcept
An independent writing site
A home for essays and original writing, with separately identified experiments in AI-generated work.
Working concept. Title to come.
FictionIn development
Short fiction
A novella project and a longer-term collection of short fiction.
Writing in progress. Publication details to come.
TheatreIn development
A one-act play
Two old friends, a bar after a funeral, and a shared history that does not stay in the past.
An untitled play in development.
Writing experimentsPrototype
The Daily Polish
An experiment comparing how different AI models approach the same joke.
An earlier private experiment.
What do the stages mean?
- Live
- Available to visit and use.
- Beta
- An early public version. Still being developed.
- Prototype
- An early build being explored privately.
- In development
- Work in progress, not yet released.
- Concept
- An idea or plan still taking shape.
About PRCC
Room for more
than one idea.
Perfectly Reasonable Content Creation brings an evolving collection of independent projects together in one place. There are reading diversions, writing tools, experiments in film, practical applications and work about the places we live.
The stage beside each project tells you where it stands. Live sites can still grow; prototypes can change direction. New work joins the collection as it takes shape.
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