Solve the real problem
Start with the work, the user and the outcome—not a feature list looking for a reason.
Independent software + creative studio · Missoula, Montana
Useful
software.
Wild ideas.
Broadcast technology, specialized software, native apps and original products—built for real work and made to be remembered.
Explore the workThe operating system
Serious capability.
Uncontained curiosity.
Make it dependable
Architecture, edge cases and operational reality get the same attention as the interface.
Refuse the generic
Serious software can still feel alive, specific and unmistakably its own.
Stay close to the work
The person shaping the product is the person responsible for making it work.
What we build
Software first.
Range on purpose.
Original products, operational systems and focused client work all run through the same product-minded studio.
01 / BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY
Infrastructure worth rethinking
Pre-seed research into a locally autonomous, software-defined Emergency Alert System platform for broadcasters.
02 / SPECIALIZED SOFTWARESystems shaped around the work
Automation, dashboards and focused tools for operational problems generic software never quite solves.
03 / APPS + GAMESProducts people want to keep
Native iOS experiences, original games and useful oddities built from a sharp idea through the final interaction.
04 / CLIENT SYSTEMSDigital work with a job to do
Custom software, apps, automation and distinctive websites for organizations that need something better than the default.
Inside the workshop
Proof of range.
The work can rethink emergency-alert infrastructure, fill an App Store page or become something ridiculous enough to wear.
Software-defined Emergency Alert System
A locally autonomous, fault-tolerant EAS architecture being investigated for radio broadcasters. A Project Pitch has been submitted to NSF America’s Seed Fund; no NSF award has been made.
JackFM Auto Loader
Purpose-built automation that turns a tedious radio workflow into a dependable system.
Psychedelic Keno
Vegas-scale energy, immersive bonus experiences and a personality that refuses to sit still.
Chicken hats
Small-run embroidered hats, available exclusively at Missoula Makers Collective in downtown Missoula.
Ambient tools. Games. Useful oddities.
A growing family of iOS products built with unusually high standards and enough character to be remembered.
About the studio
Independent
by design.
Awkward Dog is an independent software and creative company for useful products, serious systems and ideas that do not fit neatly inside somebody else's template.
Founded by Missoula native and broadcast technology leader Tommy Evans, the studio combines firsthand operational experience with unusually high creative standards—whether the result is broadcast infrastructure research, a specialized workflow, a native app or a distinctive digital experience.
Meet the studioUseful firstPersonality mattersBuilt to lastNo beige software
Software · Apps · Product R&D
Tell us what should exist.
Bring the hard operational problem, the product idea or the system that deserves a better answer. You will work directly with the person shaping and building it.
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