Writing Without Expectations: my new writing practice
Why you should not write engaging articles, writing without expectations and how I defeat the Blank Page Paralysis monster every week
Chronicles
My observations, pain, hot takes, secret recipes and behind-the-scenes stories as I build a bootstrapped business. Goal is to share radically honest lessons without getting bogged into making the post "engaging".
Beautiful tools inspire beautiful work - doubling down on Ghost
Why I spent a week building custom Ghost themes for my blogs with AI and why you should too
GPT-3 vs. Human: Who can write a better article on community building?
I wanted to see how GPT-3 performed when I asked it to rewrite my latest article on community building. Here are my notes.
Unintuitive things I've learnt about building an online community
Whether you are setting up your community, growing engagement or measuring the return on your efforts, here are 11 mistakes to avoid as a first time community builder
I quit programming 3 years ago. But DHH's promise of Rails makes me want to get back to it.
For the past ~3 years, I have been making a living as a community professional. I help startups turn their faceless audiences into online co
Remote work is a fad. Just like remote learning, remote shopping or remote publishing.
It is easy to dismiss remote work for all the obvious challenges that come from missing human contact. But the smartest people of tomorrow will be the early adopters today who focus on power of the innovation.
3 Pillars of On Deck's Community Building Playbook - that you can use in your own community
I'm going to discuss each of these pillars and describe how On Deck created a high-value experience around them, so that you may use it for your own community.
15 key community-building takeaways from the book: Business of Belonging by David Spinks
Also, my fan letter for David and his book
You should expect "equal pay for equal work" at your new remote job
Tough questions to ask your remote employer who gives you Cost Of Living based compensation and some thoughts on how remote compensation will work in the future
