Seattle, WA · originally Austin, TX 🤠
Hi, I’m Kylie.
Product manager by day, flautist by night, and a collector of ideas the whole time in between. I spend my days making search better at Yahoo — and off the clock I’m writing a novel, playing tango at a jazz club, and slowly getting better at disc golf.
Things I’m making 🛠️
The Idea Garden
A living, interactive map of every idea rattling around in my head.
Making Search Better
My day job — a career-long thread of search products at Bing, DoorDash, and now Yahoo.
Jazz Tango Ensemble
Playing flute in a tango band that performs at Seattle's Royal Room.
The Novel
I have too many hobbies to write about — so I'm writing a book instead.
Learning Disc Golf
My newest obsession — chasing pars with my husband and two dogs in tow.
Programming Tools for 20M Students
Building the coding tools — App Lab, Sprite Lab, and Game Lab — behind Code.org's K-12 student experience.
The idea garden 🌱
I think about a lot of things — product strategy, music theory, board game mechanics, what my dogs are dreaming about. I keep a living map of the ideas rattling around in my head. Poke around; it grows over time.
If the map is shy about loading, open it directly on Flourish ↗
Currently ✨
Playing
Flute in a jazz tango ensemble — we perform every few months at The Royal Room in Seattle.
Writing
A novel! It’s one of my many hobbies — I could write a book about them all, so I figured I’d start with an actual book.
Throwing
Discs, at baskets, weekly. Current personal record: three (3!!!) pars over 18 holes. Watch this space.