Designing life around the kids

Modern day world means we are pressured to design a life around work. I've spent the past 15 years working towards the opposite—designing my life around my family's needs. I can't see any other way now. This is the way, or at least,

Over engineering the internet and why newsletters are the dumbest

She says as she sends you daily emails, yup! Go me!

Sometimes it's the little "insignificant" things

When I talk to others about unschooling I feel they miss the point of how the insignificant little are actually the big things. It's pretty exciting not to have to do all those little things anymore. And people (probably) see them as "insignificant" because they either

ChatGPT as theft

And what I'm going to do about it, maybe

Think how they are wrong

Perhaps this is a bit of a spicy take, but when I look at things, I like to think how it is wrong. Or how it can be done differently. Or what would happen if the opposite was done? Or how it doesn’t apply to me or a specific

The sad state of imitation

And the need for indie founders to become explorers.

The Forrest Gump Model

Sometimes I feel like Forrest Gump. I wrote the below tweet on the spur of the moment, and then I felt like I had to keep on writing. And so I did. The post was a bit longer than the original. Every time I do something like this, I end

Learning to type can be an entry point to our children's minds

Unschooling is such a fascinating journey. We make things up as we go. We spend more time together than most. We are forever juggling every aspect of life. We stress. We celebrate. We live in awe of each other. We consume and process what is around us. Learning happens when

I'm going for...

I'm going for less is more. Shipping every day. For no pushy fomo. No promotional growth hacks. For respecting people's inboxes. For minimalism. For the density of value. For only working on what I care about. For supporting others unconditionally. I’m going for imperfection. For

Everyone is obsessed with growth and discoverability

Yet the most successful marketeer never pays attention to his stats.