Joe Hinton

I design and build software, especially the tools people use to run their businesses. I care about how things work, how they look, and how they feel to use.

Tools for running a business

Venture Destinations

I like turning complicated day-to-day work into interfaces that make sense. At Venture Destinations, that has meant internal tools, custom APIs, dashboards, full websites, branding, and much more.

Control without the complexity

Modular Union

My business partner and I built a white-label website builder and CMS through our company Object Red Interactive. Ad agencies controlled the design; their clients got simple tools to maintain content without breaking the site’s structure.

Reading, attention, and what comes next

hydrant+ · Ongoing research

hydrant+ explores how controlled text presentation and persistent context might help people absorb information faster without losing comprehension. Spatial approaches in VR and AR are part of the research direction.

My Background

I studied art, began my career in graphic design, and have been immersed in technology my whole life. My work ranges from sound design and photography to complex software development. At xAI, I contributed to human-data post-training for Grok-2 and Aurora, plus work on the first voice model.

My work at Object Red Interactive included projects for Disney, GNC, J.B. Hunt, Terminix, Acxiom, Alltel, and TCBY.

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