Getting there slowly with ilo.so At this rate I will hit $1k MRR around September, one year in. Way below what I was hoping, if I'm being honest. Hopefully some marketing I'm planning will kick in before then 📈 pic.twitter.com/XiNFvnP9Jl

It's here! My second Ghost theme is now available. Patron lets you publish fan-only content to your paying audience and prompts visitors to sign up to memberships. Create an independent Patreon on Ghost. (Use TWITTER25 for 25% off. Only 10 available) patron-demo.superthemes.co

I love spoonbill.io! Not 100% essential information, but it lets you keep a pulse on your followed users with zero work. An overview you can't get anywhere else. (Tip: check your own updates at spoonbill.io/twitter/data/Y…) pic.twitter.com/056qQlhmxE

Namecheap has a big domain sale on right now. Sorry! 💸 namecheap.com/promos/new-bus… pic.twitter.com/7BvMXgeJ2P

A reminder: If you work online, you can take advantage of a new “Premium visa”, which lets you live and work in Mauritius for a year (renewable). Mauritius has been COVID-free since the middle of 2020. Unlike most places, we are back to living life. edbmauritius.org/premium-visa/

I chatted with @DruRly recently for his latest Trends report. I love Lifetime Deals and have used them on both ilo.so & cove.chat. They generate • advanced interest • excited users • better user feedback • $$ up front trends.vc/trends-0047-li…

“I could contract 20-35 hours a week, and for a couple days a week, incubate ideas and work on my next thing.” (sahillavingia.com/work) THIS. This is how @sidyadav made @CircleApp. I've been thinking about the benefits of *Part-time + Projects* for a while. Maybe it's time.

🤩 I love messing around with data and charts. These little Twitter widgets on iOS are powered by ilo.so’s upcoming (tiny) API and a @scriptableapp script. Hat tip to @linuz90 for the idea! pic.twitter.com/0Wzdo0Db7X

I had my best week for impressions (148k) and third best for new followers (246) last week. I built this weekly "growth" page into ilo.so a while back but haven't launched or announced it yet. If you use ilo, is it a good addition? ilo.so/dr/growth/ pic.twitter.com/dugF3e71HF

If anyone is around for an indie maker Clubhouse chat in an hour (4pm UTC) come hang out. joinclubhouse.com/event/YPY6l1jx

Playing with an idea for ilo.so. Show users when they'll reach the next 100, 500 or 1,000 followers, based on their 14-day average. "You'll likely reach 8,500 followers in 11 days." I'd add this to the daily digest email and the dashboard. Is this helpful? pic.twitter.com/hZRpcxD4Bb

And a second Ghost theme launch today: the biggest update yet of Substation, my Substack-like theme for Ghost. It includes dark mode, some fixes (like responsive video embeds) and updates like the addition of tag page descriptions and better titles. substation-demo.superthemes.co

I've now installed 50+ Ghost sites via @_Gloat 🤩 41 self-hosted (gloat.dev) 16 hosted (ongloat.com) Most popular region: New York (48%) Most common registrars: GoDaddy (25%), Namecheap (22%) I'm very excited to help people get started on Ghost 🎉

I made another theme for @Ghost. This one’s a little different, and I’m having fun creating some more unique themes for the ecosystem. “Lede Landing” is a one-page email capture theme. Use it for a pre-launch site or an email-only newsletter. lede-landing-demo.superthemes.do

I've had to remove "Theme customisations" from my Ghost services on gloat.dev. I like doing tweaks and no-one has balked at paying $100/hour but these projects suck up so much time. It's the biggest distraction I have right now. A (big) market for someone else 👍 pic.twitter.com/4blUMeWMbt

I haven't seen this in a @Ghost theme before, so it was fun to figure out. My Patron theme shows your visitors exactly how many member-only posts they're missing out on (and how many new posts they'll get access to when they sign up!) patron-demo.superthemes.co pic.twitter.com/geo4epsVlT

I am on the @indiebitespod podcast! ⚡️ @jmckinven and I discuss: • balancing a job and side projects • the curse of not having pressure to grow them • the future of Ghost • why I built a Twitter analytics tool Search “indie bites” or listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/ae75b45e

Substack will soon release a “major refresh of the Subscribers dashboard ... You'll be able to filter, export, and send emails to subsets of your list, based on parameters that you define.” Ghost is also missing this. They have to become more like ESPs. blog.substack.com/p/new-publicat…

Playing with a super simple Twitter follower count that you can put on any web page, using your ilo.so data. (This doesn't work yet so don't try it 😅) Adding an ilo API—required to make this work—will open up your Twitter data for a ton of uses. pic.twitter.com/Pg5UB5mS4m

Who wants their live Twitter follow count on their homescreen? I could easily make this script from @linuz90 work with your ilo.so data. (Amazing work Fabrizio 👏) twitter.com/linuz90/status…

Here is where I am at 23:04. • Patron theme finished • Substation theme updated (dark mode!) • Gumroad product created Still pending: • New site for themes • Patron docs • Images for Gumroad Still got a couple of hours in me I think! pic.twitter.com/cDiq3pRjjT

It’s *really* interesting hear people on Clubhouse encouraging others to speak in rooms as if there a barrier there. It’s like the default is that it’s a “listening” app for most people.

This week was wild 🤩 Had calls with @BobbyThakkar, @csallen and @gregisenberg and did some work for @balajis. All thanks to... Twitter 🙏🏼

Just seen news that Mauritius plans to vaccinate min. 500k people (60%) to get herd immunity. Vaccinated people may be able to enter without quarantine. Though we have low priority for vaccines as we’ve been COVID-free for a while. Excited! Maybe we’ll see family again 🙌🏼

I personally haven’t seen this in a social app before. Clubhouse is starting to algorithmically categorise users by topic. pic.twitter.com/3yHad91vaJ

It’s mind boggling watching people confusing freedom of speech and a private company’s Terms of Use. How have they ever been the same thing. If Twitter deletes your account due to a violation you made of their rules, that does affect your (government-ruled) freedom of speech.

In 2021, do I start a podcast or YouTube channel to document side projects/work plus life on an island?

Lots of votes for YouTube here but it was a mention of TikTok that’s got me thinking... Low friction, visual, can create on the go, potential for discovery. But I feel it’s more ephemeral compared to YouTube, which would feel more “substantial” output. twitter.com/dr/status/1347…

I don’t think this will ever get old 😄 pic.twitter.com/nGX59aZ93g

This is my new work schedule for 2021. Having a simple framework should help create boundaries. Mon–Fri • day job • hack on side projects in free hours/evenings • answer email Sat–Sun • be with family and friends • no work • THINK. Plan. Write notes. Be ready to execute

Creators formalise as an asset class. We need more people investing in people. I’ve been beating this drum for a few months. Excited to see what happens twitter.com/mariodgabriele…

Checking my @splitbee. Love this user activity chart! This popular Twitter user is on a 28-day ilo streak ✨ pic.twitter.com/jd9zHBmZN0

According to @Gumroad's 2020 figures, if you sold over $1,000 on the platform in the year (👋🏼), you're in the top 17% of sellers. This year I am aiming (and currently on track!) to be firmly in the top 4% who make $10k+. Gumroad is so important for the creator generation. pic.twitter.com/Lv8dYF3C4Z

Just saw these mini figures on @zerotomarketing's homepage. Love them. I would love to build this for Ghost. It's possible to pull the subscriber total from the (still undocumented) members API. But! Do I add more features to Cove or build a new Ghost "mini tools" SaaS? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/EWxRYjC72M

If I would choose another platform to build on top of (after Twitter and Ghost), it would be Gumroad 100%.

If you’re a Ghost nerd like me, you will have seen this in the code a month ago 😄 twitter.com/dr/status/1335… twitter.com/ghost/status/1…

Bios on Clubhouse are now longer than your last email newsletter.

This is why Clubhouse is great. Where else will you get people like this (+80m YouTube subs combined) in one “phone call” which 1,000 people can listen in on and ask questions. pic.twitter.com/vLee2G3v5L

Building and shipping new tech is the absolute best. I could do this forerver

⚽️🐦🏈 Fantasy Twitter ⚾️🐦🏀 • Pick a “roster” of 10 accounts each week (max 3 changes/week) • Get points based on your players’ *follower growth %* • Leaderboard of people who can pick high growth accounts I’d play this! Who’s on your roster?

This is my most anticipated app of 2021 so far. It’s beautiful AND will push me to run more. @anydistanceclub twitter.com/_dantevincent_…

“Make sure you follow all the moderators, they’re so great, they’re doing this all for free. Oh and also remember to scroll to the bottom of their profiles and also follow them on social media” pic.twitter.com/tb6mafYGky

“Everybody’s life is boring. Just do it. We’re all interesting to each other. We’re not interesting to ourselves.” — @garyvee If you’re wondering if people would watch your vlog or stories or listen to your podcast. I’m still playing with a vlog idea!

The easiest way to create content around your product or service business: For each new customer request, write an article. 🙋 “Dan, how do I do X in Ghost” ⚡️ Write a post “How to do X in Ghost” They create the spark, you just have to write and publish the answer.

I'm almost ready to launch a one-page email capture theme for @Ghost. • Get email sign ups (creates Ghost members) • No web post archive • Send email newsletters on day one pic.twitter.com/HK8smS2hhR

Just got in to @anydistanceclub ready for my run tomorrow morning. It’s gorgeous 🤗 Funny, because it’s essentially “just” a run/exercise sharing tool. Expect some fleet action soon 😁 pic.twitter.com/fdyGYiMkGJ

My wife and kids just left to a hotel for two nights. It’s still summer holidays here. I’m treating this like a hackathon. I’ll use the extra free time to finish up my next Ghost theme, get going on a second one and do more of @coreyhainesco’s Refactoring Growth. Got Red Bull.

Just opened Clubhouse and it’s like all the avatars from LinkedIn have moved in. What happened. Clubhouse used to be fun. Every room I’ve been in today was dead boring and business/driven.

This evening, I've been working on my next theme for Ghost. It's called ”Patron” and you can guess the platform it emulates. I just added dark mode (and I'll add it to Substation's next release too). Super easy to add! pic.twitter.com/ZE8eSWzsaX

The work day is over so now I start work. • finish Patron theme (code tidy up) • write the docs • finish Gumroad product I’m also relaunching my theme “brand” and creating a new home site for my themes. Extra work but will be worth it. Pizza ordered! Will be a late one.