Websites, AI workflows, and custom tools for small businesses.
Orbital Creative Nexus is a one-person creative technology studio. I build the digital pieces a small business actually needs — a site that gets found, an AI setup that saves hours, a tool that removes a chore — and I explain every part of it in plain English.
Four things I build for clients.
Fixed scope, flat price, a working preview before you pay. You own everything when we're done.
Websites for local businesses
See a live preview of your site before you pay. Approve it and it's live within 48 hours. Flat prices from $350 for a fix-up, $750 for a new site.
Details & pricing →AI workflow setup & training
Get Claude or ChatGPT working inside your actual business — client intake, writing, admin — with your team trained to use it well and keep their judgment.
Let's talk →Custom tools & small apps
A web tool, a Mac menu-bar utility, or an iOS app that does one job your business needs and nothing else. Scoped tightly so it ships.
Let's talk →Automation & cleanup
The spreadsheet nobody wants to touch, the weekly report built by hand, the files that never get named right. I make those run themselves.
Let's talk →Got a messy spreadsheet right now? Try the CSV Cleaner.
Remove duplicates and blank rows, tidy emails, phones and dates, and split or merge columns. Your file never leaves your computer.
Three steps. No retainer.
A short call and a one-page plan.
You tell me what's broken or missing. I come back within a day with what I'd build, what it costs, and when you'd have it. Flat price, written down.
A working draft in days, not weeks.
You see something real early and we adjust from there. No big reveal at the end, no surprises on the invoice.
You own it, and you know how it works.
Everything is yours — code, accounts, files. I walk you through it so you're not dependent on me, and I'm a text away if you get stuck.
Or pick something up and use it today.
The same thinking, packaged. Plain-English guides and small tools you can buy once and keep.
Getting Started with AI
Use AI as a personal assistant, thinking partner, and life enhancer — without handing over your judgment.
CSV Cleaner
Fix a messy spreadsheet export in a minute. Remove duplicates and blank rows, tidy emails, phone numbers and dates, and split, merge, rename or reorder columns.
Browse all guides and tools
Free and paid. New ones ship every few weeks — sign up below to hear when they do.
Clarity first. Automation second.
We focus on making work understandable before making it faster. Every site, workflow, or tool is designed to help you know what to do next — not just do more, faster.
A one-person studio for practical digital work.
I'm Douglas Hall. I've shipped an iOS app, built internal tools and automations, and written a free guide on using AI without handing over your judgment. Orbital Creative Nexus is where that work is for hire — and where the guides and tools that come out of it are sold.
The goal is simple: make modern tools easier to understand, easier to use, and easier to trust. No glowing robot heads. No exponential synergy. Just systems you can actually pick up and run with.
- Clear over clever
- Practical over performative
- Repeatable over one-off
- Responsible over reckless
Common questions.
Who do you work with?
What does it cost?
Do I need to be technical?
Will I be locked in?
How is this different from an agency or Fiverr?
What about the guides and tools?
New guides and tools, by email.
One short note when something new ships — usually every few weeks, never more than that. Starts with the free SDR cheat sheet.
Let's build something useful.
Tell me what's broken, missing, or taking too long — a website, a workflow, a tool, or just a question. I reply to every message myself.