Kindling Signal
Brand Studio

Kindling Signal

The home for
the work I want
to keep building.

I design and build software end to end — from product shape to interface feel to whether the thing actually holds up once people start using it.

PhantraceTaskJunkyBaby Werewolfteag.me4 products

Selected work

A few things I've been building.

Different products, same standard: strong interfaces, good systems, and enough taste that they don't feel generic five minutes after you open them.

Phantrace logo

Drawing app

Phantrace

Phantrace drawing canvas and tool interface

An iPad drawing app for artists who care about feel, focus, and getting better through the work.

TaskJunky logo

AI task system

TaskJunky

TaskJunky task detail view on iPad

A task manager built for AI agents, with shared state, continuity, and actual execution instead of chat history theater.

Baby Werewolf logo

Family game concept

Baby Werewolf

Baby Werewolf mark

A spooky-cute hide-and-seek game reimagined as a touch-first haunted nursery instead of a themed deck of cards.

teag.me logo

QR platform

teag.me

teag.me mark

Dynamic QR infrastructure that makes physical-to-digital traffic measurable without feeling like marketing software.

Story

Kindling Signal exists so the work has somewhere to live.

I did not want this to be a portfolio wrapper, an agency front, or some vague personal brand. I wanted a name for the work I am actually trying to keep building.

The name works because it is about beginnings with intent. You place kindling carefully. You shape what catches. You build enough heat for something bigger to hold.

That is what I want this to be: a place where good work can accumulate, get sharper over time, and start to look like a real body of work instead of a pile of unrelated projects.

4

Live products

8+

Active brands

Utah

Based in

Portrait of Michael Teagle
Open to work

Founder

I'm Michael Teagle.

I design and build software end to end, with most of my attention going to product shape, interface feel, and whether the thing actually holds up once people start using it.

I care about things being clear, fast, and useful. I also care whether they feel like they were made by someone with taste instead of pushed out by committee.

Product designFull-stackiOSAI integrationBrand identity

I'm open to the right full-time role and to selective consulting. Kindling Signal is where I keep building either way.

What's next

This is the base camp,
not the final summit.

I'm looking for the next project worth building, and I'm open to the right consulting work in the meantime. Kindling Signal is where that next stretch of work begins.

Start a conversation

Tell me what you are building.

If there is a product, consulting engagement, or role that feels like a fit, send a note here and I will take a look.

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