soloTHING—

AI describes people every day, and gets plenty of them wrong.

Someone just asked AI who you are.
Did it get the story straight?

AI will answer questions about you using whatever information it can find. soloTHING— gives it one clear, structured profile built from the work, credits, projects, and links you maintain. When shared work matters, Handshakes let the people involved confirm their part too.

1. Scattered information

Pieces live everywhere.

  • Website bioSenior Product DesignerDesign systems, UK.
  • LinkedInProduct Designerat Acme
  • Project creditRedesigned website UI/UXand prototyping
  • Outdated roleUX Designer2018 – 2020
  • Missing collaboratorWorked with Alexand team
  • Portfolio linkSelected work

2. Your soloTHING— profile

One clear, structured source.

Avery ChenProduct Designer San Francisco, CA solo.to/avery

Role

Product Designer

Summary

I design digital products and systems that are useful, usable, and thoughtful.

Projects

Acme Redesign2023

Led end-to-end UX, research, and design systems.

Handshake confirmed

Credits

Design, Research, Prototyping

Collaborators

Links

Machine-readable

JSON-LDSchema.orgOpen Graph

3. AI reads it right

Accurate answers, every time.

AI answer

Who is Avery Chen?

Avery Chen is a Product Designer based in San Francisco.

They led the Acme Redesign in 2023, owning UX, research, and the design system.

They collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams including Alex Kim and others.

Source: soloTHING— profile

Give AI a clear source

Bring scattered professional information into one structured public profile.

Confirm shared work

Use Handshakes when another participant’s confirmation matters.

Connect your professional record

Bring projects, credits, links, roles, and collaborators together.

Keep it current

Choose what is public and update it as your work changes.

Old jobs, abandoned projects, outdated biographies, namesakes, and disconnected credits can all become part of the answer. The more varied your path is, the easier it becomes to mix up your roles, miss important work, or confuse you with somebody else.

  1. 01

    Build your profile

    Add your work, projects, credits, roles, and professional links to one clear, structured public profile.

  2. 02

    Share your link

    Add your soloTHING— address to LinkedIn, Instagram, your website, and other public bios so search engines and AI systems can find the source you maintain.

  3. 03

    OptionalConfirm shared work

    Your profile works on its own. When a collaboration or shared credit would benefit from another participant’s confirmation, send a Handshake so they can review and confirm the project, roles, and dates.

Bring your work, relationships, credits, and supporting context into one public record.

Avery Chen

Product Designer

Lisbon, Portugal solothing.com/avery-chen

Avery designs interfaces and design systems for small product teams, with a focus on mapping tools and field research software. Ten years of practice across studio and in-house work.

OverviewProjectsCreditsCollaboratorsLinks

Projects & credits

  • Northline AtlasWeb app · 2023 — 2025Lead designer
    Confirmed by both collaborators
  • Field Notes AppMobile app · 2022 — 2023Design system
  • Harbour TypeType project · 2021Contributor

Collaborators

  • Rhea PatelCartographer
  • Tomás LindqvistFront-end engineer

Connected links

  • averychen.studioConfirmed link
  • LinkedInAdded link
  • GitHubConfirmed link

The same public profile can be understood as a professional page and as structured information in the raw HTML.

Readable for people

Avery ChenProduct Designer

Lisbon, Portugal solothing.com/avery-chen

  • Northline AtlasLead designer
  • Field Notes AppDesign system
Confirmed by both collaborators

Structured for machines

JSON-LDSchema.orgOpen Graph
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "name": "Avery Chen",
  "jobTitle": "Product Designer",
  "url": "https://solothing.com/avery-chen",
  "address": "Lisbon, Portugal",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://averychen.studio",
    "https://github.com/averychen"
  ],
  "subjectOf": {
    "@type": "CreativeWork",
    "name": "Northline Atlas",
    "contributor": {
      "@type": "Role",
      "roleName": "Lead designer",
      "verificationStatus": "mutually-confirmed"
    }
  }
}
  • Names and roles
  • Projects and credits
  • Collaborators
  • Organisations
  • Connected links
  • Structured relationships

Example data. Every public page carries the same structure in its raw HTML.

When confirmation matters, invite a collaborator to review the project, their role, and the dates before it appears as confirmed on both profiles.

  1. Step 1You add a shared project

    Northline Atlas

    2023-04 — 2025-01

    Proposed role: Cartographer

  2. Step 2They receive an invitation

    New Handshake request

    Avery Chen invited Rhea Patel to review a shared project.

  3. Step 3They review and confirm
    • ProjectNorthline Atlas
    • RoleCartographer
    • Dates2023-04 — 2025-01
    • Supporting source: northline-atlas.example/credits
  4. Step 4It appears on both profiles

    Avery Chen · Northline Atlas

    Rhea Patel · Northline Atlas

    Confirmed by both collaborators

Sources are shown as “Supporting source”. soloTHING— does not verify their contents.

Invite colleagues, collaborators, clients, production partners, and other creative professionals. As shared projects are confirmed, your profile becomes a clearer record of what happened, who contributed, and what each person did.

Invite someone
They create or connect their profile
They review the collaboration
The confirmed project appears on both profiles

Every public soloTHING— page is server-rendered with Schema.org structured data in the raw HTML, giving crawlers direct access to essential public information instead of requiring them to interpret everything from scattered text.

  • Server-rendered pagesEssential public information is included directly in the page HTML.
  • Schema.org structured dataPeople, projects, contributors, and roles are described using recognised standards.
  • Clear professional relationshipsProjects connect to the people involved and the roles they performed.
  • Public canonical URLsEvery public profile and project has a stable, shareable address.
  • Accessible without JavaScriptCrawlers can reach essential information without waiting for browser scripts.
  • Confirmed collaborationsThe public page states when a collaboration was confirmed by both participants.

FAQ

Questions people ask.

  • soloTHING— is a public, structured professional profile designed to give search engines and AI systems a clearer source about your work, credits, projects, and professional relationships.

  • LinkedIn is a professional network and publishing platform. soloTHING— focuses on creating a clear public source that machines can read directly, including structured projects, roles, credits, and confirmed shared work.

  • A Handshake allows another participant to review and confirm a shared project, role, and date. It is optional and only applies when confirmation from another person adds value.

  • Your public profile contains only the information you choose to publish. Private account information and pending Handshakes remain private.

  • Yes. You can update your public information or delete your account through the existing account controls.

Give AI a source worth reading.

The next time somebody asks AI about you, give it a clear, current, structured source built from your real work and strengthened by the people involved.