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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Aug
14

Selling Products from the Beach 🏖️

Something really nice at the moment is seeing sales of  “Side Projects Making $$$+” without my marketing it all the time.
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