Maker Life

Stories about my projects and experiences

Total posts: 13 💌
Total words: 3818 (15 pages 📄)

Feb 18, 2019
The Trap of Building More
Being able to code can be a blessing and a curse as a maker. It's easy to fall into a trap of building more features when you should be working on other things.Typically you're drawn to the kind of wo... (230 words)
#makers #projects
Feb 16, 2019
Anxiety as a Maker
There are few things as anxiety-inducing as sharing putting your labours of love for the world to see. It's easier when it's something fun or for someone else. You're less personally invested in it an... (275 words)
#makers #anxiety
Jan 25, 2019
The Struggle To Finish A Side Project
After a lot of technical and design work in the past month to get Wave Radio ready for launch, I'm finally launching the beta today.I started working on this project in August 2018 but progress comple... (421 words)
#makers #projects #motivation
Jan 16, 2019
Putting Your Side Project On Auto Pilot
When I launched my last side project, InboxReads, it took up a lot of my time. Building the site was easy but to add new newsletters, and share content on social media took a ton of time. At the time ... (255 words)
#makers #projects
Jan 08, 2019
Vocation Not Work
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#work #creativity
Jan 01, 2019
Killing Projects
This is something I've struggled with in the past. How do you decide when it's time to kill a project? While building something, it's easy to get attached to it and lose an objective view. S... (256 words)
#makers #projects
Dec 28, 2018
Writing Code Is The Easy Part
As I've finished building my next project, Wave Radio, I'm now reminding that the coding which takes a lot of time is really the easiest part of any project.It's not that it requires little effort but... (236 words)
#makers #marketing #code
Dec 24, 2018
What's In A Name?
I posted about struggling to finish my latest project a while ago and one of the toughest challenges has been selecting a name. There are so many routes to take when deciding what to call…anything. ... (361 words)
#makers #product #names
Dec 11, 2018
Lessons Learnt: Building A Travel Social Network
The first project I launched was called TapTag. The idea was to create a new social network based on geotagged content. You'd share something about where you are and anyone who visited that place coul... (440 words)
#maker #startups #product #learning #failure
Dec 10, 2018
My Maker Journey So Far
For most of my life, I've been making things and putting them out into the world. It started with simple websites for myself, ambitious attempts at games, random blogs, videos, and now software produc... (374 words)
#maker #product #learning #failure
Dec 05, 2018
Sometimes, Build It Yourself...sometimes...
Typically picking a 3rd party tool to add some bit of functionality to your app is the best bet if your aim is to launch quickly. Why build your own email service when you can use Mailgun and get it s... (285 words)
#sideprojects #developer #makersfest
Dec 03, 2018
Fighting The Fear of Failure
It's easy to get frustrated with your progress to your goals. There's so much I'd like to do but each day feels like there's very little movement towards it. I know those little steps eventually add u... (207 words)
#makers #creativity #failure
Dec 02, 2018
Decision Paralysis
I've been struggling to finish a project I started a few months ago. It's about 90% complete but progress has completely stalled for a couple of reasons.1. Technical decisions I made early on that wou... (253 words)
#ideas #products #makermindset

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