How to work with me
Inspired by “How to Rands,” this is my living guide to how I work best: what helps, what hinders, and how to skip the awkward figuring-each-other-out phase.
Inspired by “How to Rands,” this is my living guide to how I work best: what helps, what hinders, and how to skip the awkward figuring-each-other-out phase.
After many emails asking how I set up my Boox Palma, here it is: all the tweaks I made to Readwise, KOReader, and Calibre, plus some extra system customizations.
I tracked my reading this year and pulled together some stats: 22 books, lots of sci-fi, and a surprising love for crime novels. Here’s the breakdown and what I’m aiming for in 2025.
I find it fascinating how most people I talk to who’ve had some level of success online crave anonymity — while still loving the process of creating and sharing. We all just want to make cool stuff and then disappear again.
Me included.
A look back at the tech I used this year: the hardware I rely on daily and the software that keeps my workflow running.
The typical lifecycle of a Substack writer is that after a while, all they write about is Substack.
Each post becomes commentary about the platform, until their identity is consumed by being a Substacker rather than a writer. That's what happens when your personality is "having opinions for money."
Your thoughts are uniquely yours. Even if something’s been said before, it hasn’t been said by you.
Over the years, I’ve pieced together my own philosophy. A work in progress shaped by curiosity, creativity, and the belief that balance beats perfection. This is what I believe in.