About
Oklahoma Hail
Oklahoma Hail is the name on Dave Hail’s essays, software, and small tools on fundraising, story, and judgment. It gets made in Norman, Oklahoma.
The work spans writing tools, decision tools, and essays, but the through-line is consistent: most of the difficulty in a hard decision isn’t a shortage of information, it’s a shortage of structure. The products here try to supply the structure without pretending to make the judgment for you.
Each project is built and maintained independently, and each one is listed below with a plain description of what it does. If a tool here isn’t the right fit for you, the description should make that obvious quickly.
What gets built here
Software · Built for Track15 · Live
Nexus
Fundraising intelligence I built for Track15’s work with nonprofit clients.
Software · Writing studio · Beta
InkwellA writing studio for long manuscripts. It keeps structure, characters, and continuity where you can check them.
Software · Scripture study · Working name · In Development
Fathom
Scripture, investigated. A personal place to study the text and the evidence beneath it, with the ambiguity left in.
Fiction · Live
Henry Hail and the Whittier KidsA middle-grade mystery adventure series.
Software · Reflection · Live
MarginSomething worth stopping for, and room to answer it. Margin moves on when you do, not when the calendar does.
Case study · Live
Operation FloridaSeven people, thirty options, one week in Florida. A record of how the answers became a plan.
Live
PathmarkTravel intelligence across deals, timing, and planning.
Beta
Inkwell JrA writing studio for young storytellers.
Software · Part of Pathmark · Beta
HorizonDisney trip planning. It turns crowd patterns and ride timing into a day-by-day plan.
Software · Private prototype · In Development
Storytelling by Waymark
Work on how people tell stories others can trust. It starts as a private curriculum, with me as its first student.
Software · Listening assistant · In Development
VantageA listening assistant that decides which podcast episode is worth your time next and shows its work for every call.
Research · Serial writing · In Development
The Storytelling Project
Story is not a communication technique. It’s one of the primary ways human beings become human. This is a long public exploration of where that idea leads. I don’t know yet where it ends.
Methodology · Built for Track15 · Watching
Track15 Readiness
Given a specific opportunity, is the organization ready to pursue it? The answer describes sequence. It never rates worth.
Software · Set down · Retired
Waymark Leadership Development
Leadership formation built on waypoints. The model held. The product around it didn’t earn its place next to the rest of the work.
Small tool
Norman Dinner DealsVerified restaurant deals in Norman, for the weeks nobody wants to cook.
Elsewhere on this site
Stories collects essays on narrative, meaning, and how people decide, including why that writing exists.
To get in touch, email dave@oklahomahail.com or see the contact page.