Articles
26 essays on business, creativity, product, and mind.
2021
2020
2019
Problems Worth Solving
You're looking for rug burn.
Rules of Thumb
25 ways to screw up your writing according to me and whoever told me so.
Consumption at 2x
I know. I know. Some will say the furious speed of consuming content at 2x is inferior to the comprehension when taking your time, but I don't care.
Indie Founder
Is it time for a new term? Maker. Indie hacker. Bootstrapper. Entrepreneur. CEO. Founder. They all kind of say it but none of them quite do.
As Seen on TV
One point of contention from early-stage contenders is that attaining product-market fit can be a matter of education. Is it?
Self-Funding a Home
I'm in an interesting spot with my product Blurt right now. It feels a bit like a house I can't afford.
Turn top tweets into a newsletter?
Had an idea to automate a newsletter using Twitter. Took small steps to grow it and prevent from getting too carried away with it. 😅 Here's how it went.
A technique to jumpstart your writing
Ask why.
Maybe
I vastly underappreciate the importance and occurrence of random chance in my life. It often works in unfathomable ways.
Uncharted Territory
There's no one size fits all plan for wealth or success. We're all just ships, navigating into uncharted territory. No map. Just courage, smarts, and grit. Making order out of chaos. Finding a way. That's it.
Entrepreneurial Superpowers
There are certain skills that can't be taught. They have to be discovered. And that's what makes them special. They're already within us.
Planting Ideas
Ideas have to be in the world to grow.
Naval on JRE
Quotes from Joe Rogan's interview of Naval Ravikant.
A leaky bucket
While Blurt has grown and people continue to use it, it has a serious problem. It's a leaky bucket.
Makerting
mak·ert·ing (verb) building trust by sharing the process of building something someone might want so you can learn and build exactly what they do want.
Art
It's easy to be hypnotized if we're not careful.
The dangers of watching
You can often spot a beginner not by how they climb but by how they spend more time watching than climbing.
2018
The elephant in our head
There's a creature that lurks in each of us that hides itself in plain sight.
My live-streaming setup
All the software and hardware I've used for setting up my broadcasts and some thoughts on how to do it.
Adventures in Makerland
Some real talk. I've been completely lost these last few weeks.
How I'm managing a side project with a full-time job
It's been hard work managing both a full-time job and a side project. Below are some thoughts on my experience so far.
The Juggler
There's no such thing as balance.
Why We Write
Here's why we should make writing a regular practice.