vlog Retrieving my Mavic from the bottom of the ocean in The Philippines I've been tweeting about this one coming. It's the one where my practically-new Mavic drone meets an untimely demise in rather spectacular fashion - and then I find it at the bottom of
vlog What's coming next at Ghost This week I'm moving on from Thailand and talking about what we've been working on at Ghost for the last few months that I'm really excited about! I've just arrived in Cape Town,
vlog One night in Chiang Mai with Pieter Levels The journey back to Chiang Mai was long, but hanging out with Pieter is always fun! This week's video involves scenes of a sensual nature. Right now I'm in The Philippines, it's 😱 beautiful.
vlog Mauritius: One of the most beautiful places in the world My recap of a stunning 10 days on the stunning island of Mauritius. Complete with Class-2 tropical cyclone. This was really one of the best trips I think I've ever done. I can't
vlog En route to Mauritius In this week's video, I go to extraordinary lengths to acquire a DJI flying camera device via the medium of international air travel. Also, I'm on the way to Mauritius! It's a few
vlog The 2-wheeled Chiang Rai expedition I'm back with episode two of my grand 2017 experiment with video. Catch episode 1 here, in case you missed it! This time, we head through the mountains of Thailand to Chiang Rai.
Life You are the features and bugs you surround yourself with Recently I came across a Joe Rogan episode with Aubrey Marcus (#878) which had a wonderful metaphor buried around 2/3rds of the way through. Kind of a nerdy take on "you are
vlog We showed up at the airport with no plans I'm doing something new this year. It's pretty terrifying. I've decided to start experimenting with video based content, and in general for 2017 I'm vowing to make many more things. I'm still battling
Singapore On Moving to Singapore I had such a great time last week talking to Chris and Stephen on the Winning Slowly podcast about Ghost's recent move to Singapore. We got a great deal of questions right after
Snapchat Snapchat Recently I've noticed people around me using Snapchat - now - much like they used Twitter in circa 2010. Which has been a really interesting trend to observe. It seems as though there's
Medium The State of Casual Blogging Last week Dave Winer wrote a post lamenting the dangers of posting your content to somewhere like Medium, and how we should make an effort to save the open web. I agree with
wordpress Thoughts on Calypso, WordPress and JavaScript Three years ago we sat down and tried to imagine what WordPress might look like if it was rebuilt from the ground up using modern technology - purely focused on publishing. It was
In Memory of Austen Heinz Dude I am so fucking hungover. Those were the first words Austen ever said to me. I didn’t know Austen well. I only met him briefly on two occasions. His terrible hangover
Sustainable Open Source Open Source Business The intersection between open source projects and businesses has long been a fascination of mine. In many ways they’re opposing concepts which simply should not function. One is an entirely socialist idea
Vision Building a startup is like climbing a mountain where you can only see forward, but not up. In fact, the most accurate way that I think I can describe building a startup is
Open Source Creating Open Source Culture Jason Cohen once said that “Every company has a culture. The only question is whether or not you decide what it is.” - I couldn’t agree more. I think this can extend
Startup Life The Secret Sauce The internet is abound with advice for startups and entrepreneurs. It’s gotten to the point where every time you turn your head there’s a new buzz word and a new set
Startup Life You're Always Going to Trash Your First Startup Ignorance is bliss. I sat there, deep in thought. Perhaps there was some other way to monetise? There must be. There must be some avenue that I hadn't explored yet. After all, this
Startup Life The Price of Success It's easy being the underdog. I don't say everything I'd like to. Not any more. There was a time when I could tweet or write anything about anyone and feel good about it.
How to Kickstarter The Anatomy of a $300,000 Kickstarter Campaign (I) A little over a year ago I successfully funded a new publishing platform called Ghost on Kickstarter. If you're interested in the back-story, I've covered that in a 5-part series which starts here.
Internet Jumping The Gun It has become a bit of a disappointing trend in recent years that whenever [big company] does anything with [small company], total outrage about their motivations ensues. Examples? Sparrow, Skype, Yammer, Instagram, Nest,
Building Ghost Part V: Preparation for Trial by Fire The follow on from Part IV: Let's Talk About JavaScript As February slowly laid its head to rest and March awakened from a deep and lonely sleep, a new dawn and a new
Building Ghost Part IV: Let's Talk About JavaScript The follow on from Part III: From Fiction to Function The transition from year to year is always a weird one. Everything sort of goes to shit around December 16th and doesn't really
The Meaning of Life Resolutions Traditionally this is a time of year when we all sit down and make promises which we have but the vaguest intentions of keeping. In some obscure manner, the calendar ticking over to
Building Ghost Part III: From Fiction to Function The follow on from Part II: It Started with a Blog Post In the entire lifespan of Ghost to date, mid-November 2012 was probably the most daunting. It was like I had just