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I had dinner with Richard Branson & accidentally wrecked his house
"I'm really sorry," I offered. But it was too late. After several thousand miles of travel to a private island, this would be my legacy.
What it’s really like to run a fully remote company
How do you manage a team of people who you can't see or hear, none of whom even work the same hours? The reality, after 7 years.
We bought a boat
The beginning of a brand new chapter in the book of travelling the world and working remotely. This time, across oceans.
Nomad travel gear
The ultimate gear guide for digital nomads. Every single thing I've been using and testing while working on the road, full time, for 10 years.
The journey from $0-1M
I talk to Courtland from IndieHackers about the journey of growing Ghost from nothing, to millions of dollars in revenue, and the lessons learned along the way.
The bad advice that cost us $2million in revenue
A very simple rule for how to figure out what advice to follow and what to ignore, when building a business of any kind — and a story of how we got this very (very) wrong with Ghost.
Travel, and the loss of wonder
The long term impact of internet use on life, travel, and everything in between — plus some ideas about what's next.
Getting the gang back together
The surprisingly significant effect of retreats for remote teams, and a preview of Ghost's next major feature
Welcome to Rediverge!
An introduction and overview to Rediverge, how it works, and what it will hopefully turn into with your help.
Ghost 3.0 - The Next Chapter
A new business model for publishing, a more powerful headless CMS and a refined publishing experience.
You are the features and bugs you surround yourself with
Joe Rogan and Aubrey Marcus have a great take on how humans are all like open source software, and how you spend your time influences how you think.
The State of Casual Blogging
What is the future of publishing on the open web, and what responsibility do we have to the platforms which we use to publish content online?
Thoughts on Calypso, WordPress and JavaScript
Three years ago we sat down and tried to imagine what WordPress might look like if it was rebuilt from the ground up using modern technology - purely focused on publishing. It was an amazing problem to mull over, and one which we spent a long time thinking about.
In Memory of Austen Heinz
Let me tell you about this other guy I met while I was over there; he prints DNA with lasers.