Current Projects
Commercial work where strategy, design, and engineering converge.
Shift Media
shiftmedia.co
National public affairs agency delivering rapid-response campaigns, strategic communications, web development, production, and AI-powered media intelligence.
Flashbulb
flashbulb.co
AI-powered media intelligence platform monitoring Canadian and American broadcast media and dozens of legislatures in real time — built from custom capture hardware to AI-driven narrative analytics.
Dualem
dualem.com
Full software ecosystem for a precision geophysics instrumentation manufacturer — Android and desktop field applications, a web mapping platform, embedded firmware, and the corporate website.
stephentaylor.ca
stephentaylor.ca
One of the earliest Canadian political blogs — two decades of commentary, media accountability, and digital political organizing.
Skills
The intersection of political strategy, software engineering, and intelligence.
Community Building & Political Capacity Building
Building audiences and mobilizing communities is the intersection of content strategy, platform mechanics, and authentic engagement. Stephen...
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Strategic Advice on Public Affairs & Campaign Strategy
Effective public affairs strategy requires reading political terrain, anticipating adversarial moves, and executing communications that land...
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Artificial Intelligence Business Integration
AI is transforming every sector, but the gap between what is possible and what is deployed remains enormous. Stephen works at the frontier o...
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Media Intelligence
In high-stakes communications environments, knowing what is being said — and anticipating what will be said — is the foundation of effective...
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Software Development
Full-stack engineering across the entire product surface — from browser to backend to bare metal. Stephen builds production systems that shi...
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Thinking on strategy, technology, and the places they collide.
Analyzing a Provincial Budget in Thirty Minutes
I used multi-agent AI to analyze the Alberta budget and publish a comprehensive website — 25 sector breakdowns, 26 audience guides, and 40 stakeholder briefs — in thirty minutes. What this means for government relations, AI policy analysis, and the future of public affairs.
Building Heritage Guide: A Technical Deep Dive
The technical architecture behind Heritage Guide — a Python scraping pipeline, MongoDB with geospatial indexing, React SSR with 27,500 prerendered pages, AI-powered semantic search with HNSW vector indexes, and a production deployment on a Raspberry Pi.
Getting Heritage Guide Noticed: SEO, AI Outreach, and a National Campaign
Building Heritage Guide was only half the challenge. The other half was making sure people knew it existed — through aggressive SEO, AI-powered reporter outreach, and the campaign infrastructure of a national public affairs firm.
Let's build something.
I take on select projects at the intersection of strategy and technology.