Ian Wootten

Ian Wootten

Jun
04

Should You Work on Many Projects or Just One?

I've been relaxing on the beach for a lot of the past week and getting stuck into the massive book
4 min read
May
07

Building My Sawmill: Rethinking My Approach to Content Production

Originally, creating content for me was about marketing my work to a new audience in the midst of the pandemic.
3 min read
Apr
03

Have You Had Your Fill of AI Yet?

This month has been completely crazy in terms of AI activity. Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are all racing to see
3 min read
Mar
05

Getting a Years Worth of Traffic in a Day

Last month, whilst riding the attractions at Legoland Windsor with my family, my site was getting hammered by visitors from
3 min read
Feb
05

Side Projects that Don't Make Bank

I was excited to see a new "Side Projects making $500+" thread crop up on Hacker News this month. Mostly,
3 min read
Jan
01

Setting Goals for 2023

I'm careful about setting New Years resolutions. I know they could end up broken - so instead prefer to set
3 min read
Dec
04

Making $384 in a Week with my Digital Product 💰

I mentioned "Side Projects Making $$$+" - my first digital product back in April of this year. I'd spent a significant
3 min read
Nov
06

Is it Time to Fly the Nest?

The big news this week is the massive changes afoot at Twitter HQ after its purchase by Elon Musk. As many as 4000 staff are apparently being laid off in an effort to recoup some of the $44bn he recently paid for it. It's sad to see so many talented engineers be let go and especially brutal with so
3 min read
Oct
02

AI is Everywhere!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is appearing everywhere right now. AI is being used within software generating art, video, audio and even Tesla's latest robot . AI Art in particular is seemingly evolving at a rapid pace and shows no sign of relenting. I've been experimenting with DALL-E , Stable Diffus
2 min read
Sep
04

I finally caught Covid

It finally happened, after 2 and 1/2 years I've caught that nasty virus. I've felt pretty rough for a few days and not up to much. A perk of being self employed however means I have a very understanding boss. Whilst practically my work isn't affected since I can happily develop at home, the reality
2 min read