We make things that sing.
Sunbird Labs is an independent technology lab. We follow a question until there's something to use: software, hardware, and whatever else the idea turns out to need.
What we do
Experiment. Build. Ship.
We're small on purpose. That means we can chase an odd idea on a Tuesday and have a working version by Friday. It also means we're not obligated to make everything the same shape.
We experiment
Most of what happens here starts as a question. An old protocol, a half-forgotten format, a thing that should exist and doesn't. We build the prototype to find out.
We build
The idea picks the medium, not the other way around. Some of what we make compiles. Some of it you can pick up and hold. We'd rather learn a new discipline than force a good idea into the wrong one.
We ship
An idea isn't finished until it's in someone's hands. We release a small number of things, keep them maintained, and answer our own support email.
On the bench
TerminalPost
A packet radio BBS terminal for iPhone. Connect to packet BBSs, run your own bulletin server, and work HF or VHF with a hardware TNC or the built-in software modem. Next one might not be an app at all.