Michael Perusse is a writer and programmer based in Los Angeles. He works as a product manager at Google, building new experiences for Search and previously for Google Doodles. In college, Michael was a comedy writer for the Harvard Lampoon, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and the Harvard Math Department. He worked as a film development intern at Blumhouse Productions on projects like Five Nights at Freddy's. Michael is interested in making great stories for your laptop, TV, and phone screens. Ask him about his latest animated children's project, 'The World's Largest Prime Number' book, or the silliest Easter egg he has slipped into Google Search.
Product Manager
Blumhouse
Film Development Intern
Course Assistant for MATH157: Mathematics in the World
Associate Product Manager Intern
Teaching Fellow for CS50: Introduction to Computer Science
Microsoft
PM Intern @ Microsoft Research Lab
Projects
BirthdayTexts
Get text reminders for important birthdays. Personal project turned micro-SaaS for 250+ users.
The World's Largest Prime Number
A parody coffee table book that is just 400 pages of the largest known prime number. Thousands of copies sold.
Ransom Note Generator
Send a ransom note to your friend as a shareable link! Or else.
HPT 171: France France Revolution
Co-wrote the 171st musical from The Hasty Pudding Theatricals. 10k+ tickets sold in Boston, New York City, and Bermuda.
GameGifts
Send an e-card with an embedded video game to anyone for their birthday.
Panipuri Google Doodle
Created original music for a popular Google Doodle video game about the Indian street food Panipuri.
Marie Tharp Google Doodle
Interactive Google Doodle celebrating the geologist who discovered contrinental drift.
Tokyo Olympics Google Doodle
Massive Google Doodle video game celebrating the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
The World's Smallest Prime Number
A follow-up parody book to The World's Largest Known Prime Number.
Turning Silicon into Gold
Case studies about Silicon Valley with over 32k downloads. Published by Apress.
Lame of Thrones
Parody Game of Thrones novel from The Harvard Lampoon. Published by Hachette Book Group.
Artistprof
Website to create free portfolio websites in minutes. (Deprecated)
StravAI
Parody app to create fake Strava runs with AI.
Harvard College
Harvard College
Projects
BirthdayTexts
Get text reminders for important birthdays. Personal project turned micro-SaaS for 250+ users.
The World's Largest Prime Number
A parody coffee table book that is just 400 pages of the largest known prime number. Thousands of copies sold.
Ransom Note Generator
Send a ransom note to your friend as a shareable link! Or else.
HPT 171: France France Revolution
Co-wrote the 171st musical from The Hasty Pudding Theatricals. 10k+ tickets sold in Boston, New York City, and Bermuda.
GameGifts
Send an e-card with an embedded video game to anyone for their birthday.
Panipuri Google Doodle
Created original music for a popular Google Doodle video game about the Indian street food Panipuri.
Marie Tharp Google Doodle
Interactive Google Doodle celebrating the geologist who discovered contrinental drift.
Tokyo Olympics Google Doodle
Massive Google Doodle video game celebrating the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
The World's Smallest Prime Number
A follow-up parody book to The World's Largest Known Prime Number.
Turning Silicon into Gold
Case studies about Silicon Valley with over 32k downloads. Published by Apress.
Lame of Thrones
Parody Game of Thrones novel from The Harvard Lampoon. Published by Hachette Book Group.
Artistprof
Website to create free portfolio websites in minutes. (Deprecated)
StravAI
Parody app to create fake Strava runs with AI.