Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Reset Month
No update this month
I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am taking some time to figure out my next project.
Retrospectives will resume in July.
Join My Six-Week Blogging Course
I’m teaching a small-group, live course about attracting readers to your blog through Hacker News. Sign up by Monday (June 24th) to reserve your slot.
Why take a class with me?
My blog receives 300k-500k unique readers per year. After Google, Hacker News is the primary way that new readers find my writing.
My blog receives 300k-500k unique readers per year, with Hacker News largely connecting me with new readers.
Reset Month
No update this month
I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am taking some time to figure out my next project.
Retrospectives will hopefully resume in a month or two!
I Sold TinyPilot, My First Successful Business
My first two years as a bootstrapped founder went poorly. I could barely find any paying customers, and all of my businesses lost money. I began questioning my decision to quit my cushy Google job.
In mid-2020, yet another of my businesses had flopped, and it was only kind of COVID’s fault. Desperate for a distraction, I made a little contraption that controlled my home servers through my web browser. I called it TinyPilot.
Hiring: Freelance Blog Cartoonist
Applications closed
Previous overview
I’m a blogger, and I often commission custom cartoons for my blog posts like this one:
An example of a cartoon I commissioned for the blog, part of my year-in-review series
The blog’s previous cartoonist was the awesome Loraine Yow, who worked with me for six years. She recently changed careers, so I’m looking for someone who can take over as the blog’s official cartoonist.