brilliant mindworks
I'm Scott Fegette. I help creative professionals, teams and organizations harness their creativity and balance the use of AI — through consulting, tools and writing.
What I Do
I provide product strategy & user experience design, tactical AI workflows and content strategy that simplifies technology for creative professionals.
Creative Strategy & Consulting
I help creative teams and individuals cut through the noise and build workflows that deliver. From tool selection to design — practical, opinionated, built around how you actually work. I've created products and content at companies like Adobe, LinkedIn & Macromedia - and can help you as well.
App, Web & Product Development
I design and build web sites, apps & services, and develop Apple ecosystem apps and utilities for creative people and innovative workflows. No subscriptions, no bloat. Each tool does one thing well and helps you work either better, or faster - because it's something I needed myself.
Writing, Content & Education
Co-author of a forthcoming Apress book on AI for Creatives, and a sci-fi epic titled "The Frequency of Dust". I've spoken worldwide at conferences like SXSW, Adobe MAX, An Event Apart and more. Available for workshops, speaking, and team training for creative organizations and agencies.
AI Pipeline Design
The meta-skill: I design and deploy multi-agent AI systems that actually ship, while keeping full creative and aesthetic control in human hands. AI is a force-multiplier for me, not a media generator. I work this way on my projects and can turbocharge your team or project in the same way.
How I Work
A few principles I bring to every client engagement and project.
Precision
Detail, quality, and your voice. I don't ship half-baked work, and I don't let good enough be the enemy of right.
Transparency
You always know where things stand. No black boxes, no surprises, no hand-waving. Process is part of the product.
AI-Augmented
Every project I take on is AI-augmented, but only as an assistant — the bits, pixels, vectors and notes are mine.
What I'm Building
Small, focused apps for Apple platforms. No subscriptions, no bloat.
Record anything. Instantly.
Lightweight macOS menubar webcam and audio recorder with a built-in teleprompter. Free and open source.
Apple Intelligence for your menubar.
On-device AI via Apple Intelligence — no API keys, no cloud, no Ollama. One keystroke away, always private.
Build, tweak and reharmonize chord progressions.
Construct chords and progressions manually or from recorded audio. Substitute and reharmonize, export MIDI to Logic Pro — with an Apple Watch recording companion and iCloud sync across all devices.
What I'm Writing
Long-form work on AI, creativity, and the worlds in between — published and in progress.
The Frequency of Dust
An electromagnetic shield called the Veil keeps a planet alive — until a buried ship’s final transmission reveals what it was really built to contain. A science-fiction novel in progress; the opening chapters are up to read.
creative ai
generative and agentic ai for design thinking and the creative industries
by tom green & scott fegette
Creative AI
A guide to understanding and applying design thinking in an industry becoming increasingly reliant on generative AI — co-authored with Tom Green.
The Other Thing I Do
Thirty-five years of playing, recording, and touring — the music side of my practice.
What I'm Thinking
See, read and hear what's going on in the Brilliant Mindworks Labs.
Homebrew CMS for the Win
Holy crap- my brand-new homegrown CMS is SO MUCH faster than WordPress. It’s also very small & specific to my needs, which is why.
Let's Connect
Ready to start your next project? Get in touch.
... or reach me directly:
hello@brilliantmindworks.com