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Why I started using Ghost for my blog

Similar to many other bloggers, my path started on Blogger, then matured on WordPress, where it finally died of a miserable death by plugins. I'm 100% pro-Ghost now, and I wanted to launch this site by giving a shoutout to what this awesome team is doing. My path with Ghost

The 4-Hour Creator

A manifesto for the idea of becoming The 4-Hour Creator. #4HRcreator The 4-Hour Creator landing pageThis is the Weekend Creator, an amateur, someone who isn't even looking to create a side gig, but merely to have a creative outlet. A place to express the art, the talent, tinker with hobbies

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks is a must-read for any modern professional. Once you start thinking about your life in weeks, you think twice before wasting a single day.

How to Start an Email Newsletter on Ghost vs. Substack vs. Revue

(This post was commissioned to a writer on Upwork and is not edited). Newsletters are phenomenally effective at publicizing articles, news, and other types of content. Even with social media becoming a rage, emails remain the top form of communication as most people check their emails every day. Moreover, newsletters

Minimalist 2022 WFH setup

From a huge pandemic setup to two core items: MacBook Pro 14" and AirPods Pro.

The Marginalian by Maria Popova

I love reading Brain Pickings The Marginalian because you can sense they are written with love and passion by Maria Popova. That’s beautiful writing, but it’s mostly beautiful reading. I envy her. On her website, Maria says she’s a reader and a writer. And she’s reader-supported,

Five things for 2022

'Tis the season of resolutions! What new things will you fail at by the second week of January? I'm a big advocate for measuring things. This approach undeniably works in business, as well as in personal life. Quantifying things provides us with objective and factual data — the truth — so we

Top 5 podcasts for personal growth & development

Here's my selection of the best podcasts to listen to for personal growth and development: Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Rich Roll, James Altucher, and Ryan Hawk.

ideation

This is my atelier, a digital sandbox where I get to write and share my passion and explore the magic of online creativity.

Apple Event / October 18th, 2021

Apple hosted their October HW launch event yesterday. They kicked Tim Cook out on the grass that some poor immigrant soul forgot to cut beforehand. I expected there's going to be a ton of reasons for me to splurge on the new MacBook Pro, but it seems — maybe it's my

Upwork: my experience with blog content writers

Last week, I commissioned the same writing gig to two different writers on Upwork. Here's what they came back with:   Writer #1 from Karachi, Pakistan:Why I Started Using Ghost Instead of WordPress To Launch My Blog(This post was commissioned to a writer on Upwork and is not edited)

Why I Started Using Ghost Instead of WordPress to Launch My Blog

(This post was commissioned to a writer on Upwork and is not edited). All bloggers would have a history with Google’s Blogspot and WordPress. Blogpost did not reach the peak of blogging. WordPress emerged to be the most resilient and innovative when it came to providing that ideal platform

Google Ads / don't do that to your audience

Don't add Google ads to your blogNot if you respect your audience. Look at any site with those ugly ads. I just hate it when I'm trying to read something and I see that ugly fallen triangle with an i in it. It's disgusting. 🤮The first thing that tells you

Why I Started Using Ghost Instead of WordPress To Launch My Blog

(This post was commissioned to a writer on Upwork and is not edited). Why I Started Using Ghost Instead of WordPress To Launch My BlogBlogging is quite different from running an ecommerce website, and the latter is what WordPress seems to be all about now. So, it comes as no

Free open-source writing ideas

Tons of writing ideas for your blog, newsletter, or another form of Creative expression. We all have ideas. Every day, all day, and often during the night as well. I sometimes get an idea in the evening, or it wakes me up in the middle of the night, and I

Newsletter strategy positioning brief

Creator economy for the rest of usBuilding a newsletter in public. This is a work-in-progress document. The Creator ideas4growth positioning strategyGoogle docs template found via Dan Oshinsky's Not a Newsletter. Here's an excerpt from the brief:ideas4growth newsletter is a celebration of the Creator Economy. It complements the ideas4growth.

ideas4growth week #1 update

What does building in public really mean? I have yet to figure it out, but instead of doing a ton of academic research, I'll just do it. So I plan to be open (open source?) and transparent about it, revealing the steps I'm taking, the tools I'm using, and even

building ideas4growth.com

So I decided to try to build this in public. Inspired by Indie Hackers and all the possibilities that the internet provides, but mostly by needing to do something with this domain I've owned forever, I'll give it a go. There are a couple of caveats. First, I have a