Aerial view of a crescent bay on Orcas Island at sunset, with boats moored in calm water under orange-lit clouds
Sunset over the San Juan Islands from above, with an orange horizon reflecting on calm channels between dark islands
Orcas Island ferry landing at dawn, with a ferry approaching the dock past wooded shorelines
Eastsound village and its harbor seen from a small plane, wing strut in view, under a blue summer sky
Storm light breaking through gray clouds over islands and still water
A snow-capped mountain on the horizon at dusk, beyond layered islands and glowing water

Allan Tone

Orcas Island Port Commissioner • Flower Farmer • Aviation Advocate • Entrepreneur

Serving the Orcas Island community through public service, sustainable farming, and innovative business solutions.

About Me

I'm deeply rooted in the Orcas Island community, balancing public service, sustainable agriculture, community aviation, and entrepreneurship. My work is driven by a commitment to improving life on our beautiful island and dedicated to finding solutions to problems worth solving.

Buckets of freshly cut farm flowers in a wooden greenhousePortrait of Allan ToneA Washington State ferry passing Orcas Island, framed by evergreens

Port Commissioner

Elected Port Commissioner for Orcas Island, working to enhance our island's maritime infrastructure and economic development.

Flower Farmer

Co-owner with my wife Carol Wetzel of the Little Farm on Olga Road, growing beautiful flowers for our island community.

Aviation Advocate

President of the Orcas Aviation Association, providing free non-emergency medical flights to island residents in need.

Entrepreneur

Building innovative software solutions including dealeraddendums.com, atctranscribe.com, and MissionScheduler.com to serve specialized industries.

Business Ventures

In addition to my work on Orcas Island, I've developed several online businesses

Dealer Addendums

An online application for new car dealers to streamline the creation and printing of new vehicle pricing addendums.

  • Automotive
  • SaaS
  • Business

ATC Transcribe

A real-time Air Traffic Control transcription app for pilots, converting ATC radio communications into text on iPad and iPhone during flight.

  • Aviation
  • Technology
  • iOS

Mission Scheduler

An application for community flying organizations to schedule and assign non-emergency medical flights to pilot volunteers.

  • Aviation
  • Community
  • Healthcare
  • Mercy Flights

Musings

Occasional thoughts, in no particular rhythm.

  • Stop Calling It Vibe Coding. It's Agentic Software Development.

    I've been involved in application development and design for about 15 years. I'm not a traditional programmer. I don't spend my days writing thousands of lines of code. What I do is envision software, figure out what I want it to accomplish, how I want it to look, how users should interact with it, and how all the pieces should work together.

  • # What If We're Thinking Far Too Small About AI?

    We humans seem to be approaching the creation of something that, by our own standards, could eventually appear almost godlike. An intelligence with access to virtually all recorded human knowledge, capable of reasoning beyond our abilities, and perhaps someday discovering things that no human mind could possibly comprehend.

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Get in Touch

Whether you have questions about my work as Port Commissioner, want to connect about island life, or are interested in my businesses, I'd be happy to hear from you.

Allan Tone
325 Olga Rd
Eastsound, WA 98245