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making things
that make things make sense,
since 2005.
Pavlus explained our company and our ambitions better than we’ve been able to do. This is annoying to me, because that’s supposed to be my job.
— Paul Ford, co-founder & President, Aboard;
author, “What Is Code?”
I work with organizations to clarify complex ideas and express them in engaging ways, mainly through writing projects, consulting engagements, and short films.
clients & partners
Pivotal Ventures • Autodesk • Smithsonian Institution • MIT • Bloomberg Businessweek • NPR • Simons Foundation • Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University • Quanta Magazine • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Ziba Design • Nature • Article Group • National Geographic • Aboard • The Royal Society • Greater Good Charities • Accelerate Resilience L.A. • Spherical • The New York Times Magazine • & others
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things like…
Core narrative for Melinda French Gates’s philanthropic investment company.
consulting
writing
No-nonsense white paper on AI agents that won’t bore you to tears.
short film
3D-animated “teaser” for community-based climate resilience in Los Angeles.
writing
Oral history of how ChatGPT ate the very scientific field that birthed it.
consulting
Research workshop for a major museum exhibit on the natural history of cellphones.
short film
Brand anthem for the scientific method, screened on the National Mall.
About me
When I visited my daughter’s kindergarten class for career day, I told the kids I was “curious for a living.” They didn’t get it, but I just wanted them to know it’s something you can actually do.
My work has been published in The Best American Science & Nature Writing anthology series, written about in The New York Times, and gone viral on YouTube. A collaborator once referred to me as “a poor man’s Errol Morris,” which I treasure.
I’m based in Portland, OR but available to travel for on-site projects and consulting engagements.
About me
When I visited my daughter’s kindergarten class for career day, I told the kids I was “curious for a living.” They didn’t get it, but I just wanted them to know it’s something you can actually do.
My work has been published in The Best American Science & Nature Writing anthology series, written about in The New York Times, and gone viral on YouTube. A collaborator once referred to me as “a poor man’s Errol Morris,” which I treasure.
I’m based in Portland, OR but available to travel for on-site projects and consulting engagements.