Tracking every hour of every day has made me happy with how I spend my time. — Every Hour The location to spend your time better, get motivated, and reflect. everyhour.xyz What inspired the idea? My friend, also called Alex, showed how he was doing more of the things he wanted to — piano, friends, and a course — and avoiding things he didn’t want to. To do this he was using a spreadsheet.

Confucius, Laozi, Xunzi, a sprinkle of Eastern history and more. — My main knowledge of eastern philosophers was genuinely from Epic Rap Battles, before this book. You have to watch it: I then read the book explaining them better, here’s a TL;DR: We can and should try to improve ourselves (Confucius, Xunzi) Aim to improve every aspect of yourself equally and at the same time (5 Virtues) Behaving “as if” something…

A progressive web app — Cheap to develop, tiny file size, no app stores — The problems of Native apps App stores They take a percentage cut (15% typically), can have questionable ranking and reviews, and can require users to jump through multiple hoops to download the app. PWAs are websites that work on mobile and can be downloaded from that website on the users browser — in one click on Android.

Coming soon — a cultural evening plan from around the world just for fun! — Every month there are countless important celebrations around the world. Let’s join in! Get a food, music to listen to while cooking and a movie to watch for one night every month, for free. Emma and I started doing this on Cinco de Mayo 2021: a big and colourful mix…

Who am I to say? I have just finished OnDeck Build for Climate! As a cohort we have crafted some great ideas and strong connections across climate tech. See my top 5 ideas here: Alex Goff on LinkedIn: #help #climatetech #ondeck the top 5 ideas from OnDeck Build for climate! or at least my favourites! if you like their ideas reach out to them and…www.linkedin.com What you will get from OnDeck A slack channel invite

Having built almost 10 side projects in the last 18 months with each changing the underlying tech — here are my suggestions. — TL;DR: Do you need to write code? If you are looking to maintain and display data, you probably don’t need code. Just use Softr.io — like I did for the World of Wordle. Softr and Bubble can fully support building prototypes that have users login. Bubble edges it as things get more complex, but you…

Recently, I was asked whether switching to a sustainable diet would offset flight travel. Let's have a look. TL;DR: ✈️ emits 38 times more than 🚄 🚄 takes 1.5 hours longer ✈️ ✈️ costs £130 (including offsetting emissions) 🚄 costs £180 (including offsetting emissions) Spending 2/3 of year vegetarian will just…

A summary of The Science of Fate by Hannah Critchlow — TL;DR: We can be predicted in certain scenarios, but our minds are also random As a baby, our brains work hard to connect neurons. To help development, they need more input and better quality input — eye contact is major here. As a teen, your brain starts to prune heavily. It…

I would not like to work with Tim Ferris, but he makes a good point — rebel against the typical work pattern! — Summary: People want results but measure effort. Know that they are not the same. You probably won’t retire — for money or boredom. People tend to support the unusual. You will be supported. Stop now and define what you want to have, to be and to do in the next year. …