Startups Don't Just Build X For Your Country A few local product launches reminded me of this phrase. Did I write an article about it? Turns out it was still in my drafts years later. But it seems
Complex Stories: Battlestar Galactica A few months ago I began rewatching Battlestar Galactica, the Ron Moore version, for the first time since the show originally ended. 11 years had faded a lot of my
Marketing 5 Marketing Tips For People With No Friends When you're just getting started building your own projects marketing seems like a daunting task, especially if your background is in development. You spend some time learning what you can
Gaming Complex Stories: The Last of Us Part II I finished The Last of Us Part 2 recently and I've been thinking about ever since. There was a mixed reaction to the game when it released. Some praised it
Tech Why Laugh At Quibi's Failure? There seems to be a fundamental misconception of why people are enjoying Quibi's demise. Startup vets seem to believe it's making fun of people who took a big swing and
Gaming Why Do You Play Video Games? Video games have always gotten a bad representation in the wider media. It was first viewed as just kids in an arcade, then sweaty guys in their parents' basements, and
Life Screen Time For the past two weeks, I've been trying to decrease the time I spend on social media. With so little else to do due to restrictions, I've found myself spending
Thoughts Harsh Truths Elections are finally over here and we know who'll be in charge through the rest of the pandemic and the economic struggles to follow. The leader of the winning party,
Tech Growth At All Costs Years ago I used to be enamoured by the startup community. So many people building innovative companies and changing the world. The stories of small beginnings and huge achievements were
Tech Music Devaluation I spent some time today looking into how much artists get paid per stream and it really surprised me just how little it is. I've been listening to a new
Monthly Recap March 2020 Recap March 2020, the year of a month. Yet I can't remember much about it. When did lockdown begin? Have we always been in lockdown? Did I just imagine a world
Things To Do While Trapped At Home Watch movies you've always wanted toWatch movies your friends recommended that you said you'd watch but never planned toRead the news and try not to panicPlay video gamesWrite that book
Tutorials Create a Blog in a Subdirectory with Hexo When getting started with content marketing for your product the first step is usually to create a blog. But how you do that has countless options. Do you host your
Tutorials SEO Tips For Directory Sites Online directories are a great way to make a particular type of content more discoverable or target a very specific niche. Search engines are great but their generalisation makes them
Tech 2020 Won't Be The Year of Foldables Since Google first announced support for foldable screens in late 2018, they have been one of the most exciting things in tech. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops have been stuck in
Life 2019: Finding My Niche & Some Fun My journey this year has been to find my niche, the intersection of my interests, skills, and goals. I believe everyone has a niche and finding it allows you to
Unapologetic Recently I've been questioning my writing. I've written a lot but am I writing the things I should be? One of the key goals of anything I write is to
Projects Goals for Redesigning Wave Radio This week I've started working on a major redesign of Wave Radio and it's becoming a lot bigger than I anticipated. While I'm testing out new ideas and trying to
Life Sincerity Life can be a series of actions and reactions. You take action and the world reacts. You receive an action and you react. Those reactions are determined by our guiding
Maker Life Building a Blog for Wave Radio Recently I've decided to shift my focus on Wave Radio to growth. The goal is to gauge the results of product improvements I've made in the past few months since
Tech Why Tumblr Should Copy Patreon Automattic recently announced they'd be buying Tumblr from Verizon. It seems like a natural fit but the most surprising detail was the price. Reportedly, they've paid only $3 million for
Life Suffering For Art A few recent events have got me thinking about our views of struggling and pain especially in art. Chance the Rapper released his new album this week and he's been
Life What Is Adulthood? When you're younger you imagine that one day you'll be an adult. You'll know things. You'll know your path in life and be making steady progress. You'll be mature and
Life Change is Good But Scary Change is fundamental to growth. Life evolves due to changes in its environment. Those changes require lifeforms to adapt and grow to the new world they find themselves in. That
Wave Radio Why I Killed User Activity A while back I wrote about how the product incentives I'd built into Wave Radio had pushed users' behaviour in a direction I didn't anticipate. To win the weekly game
