Dodo Bird Labs
We make
digital things
that feel good.
Indie studio. Big ideas. Useful apps.
Fun games. Ongoing experiments.
Selected work
Hoop Dreams TX
Sign-ups, scheduling and payments for a youth basketball academy.
IndieWe build what we love.
FocusedSmall team. Big impact.
ExperimentalAlways learning. Always shipping.
ThoughtfulMade with care for real people.
The lab
Curious
by nature.
Dodo Bird Labs is an independent studio for useful software and original ideas.
We believe the best products feel obvious after someone has cared deeply about every invisible decision. So we stay small, sweat the details, and leave room for delight.
01Make it useful.
Start with a real human need.
02Keep it clear.
Complexity belongs behind the curtain.
03Leave room for delight.
Personality makes good things memorable.
Field notes
From the workbench.
Short dispatches as products hatch, change, and make their way into the world.
Launch
Wishdrop takes flight on Android.
Wishdrop is now on Google Play, so friends can share wishlists on any phone. Next up: the ideas still taking shape.
Client work
Hoop Dreams TX gears up for winter.
New tryout sign-ups, online waivers and winter rec league registration for the academy.
Launch
Wishdrop lands on the App Store.
Our social wishlist app is out on iPhone. Make a list, share it, and get gifts people actually want.
New game
Trump or My Cat goes live.
A silly little voting game: Trump’s wall, or my cat knocking stuff off the shelf. You pick.
Studio update
Wishdrop starts hatching.
First sketches and first code for a wishlist app that takes the guessing out of gifts.
Client work
Hoop Dreams TX goes live.
A new home online for a youth basketball academy in Justin, Texas.
Have something in mind?