MINDFUL DESIGN COURSE PROMO DOT MP4 (via my loves @piccalil.li ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik0a...

Booked travel and hotel for keirwhitaker.com/craftandwork... in a couple of weeks. I just checked my calendar and the last time I was in London was 6 years ago 🤯

All I want is a new Tomb Raider game.

After a 6 year hiatus where I wanted to focus on building @withjack.bsky.social, I am going to be speaking at Craft+Work next month! keirwhitaker.com/craftandwork...

Next up in my interview series "9 Questions For..." is the founder of @withjack.bsky.social Ashley Baxter (@ashley-baxter.bsky.social). As I always say, "The questions might be the same, but the insights certainly aren't!" Read here: keirwhitaker.com/blog/9-quest...

I needed those words. world.hey.com/jason/go-do-...

I looked through 78 payment-related claims and wrote down the 3 mistakes freelancers make when chasing late payments.

Another good post from @justinjackson.ca which has made me want to pay more attention to the activities where I feel "most like myself". justinjackson.ca/zone-of-genius

I just published April's mini experiment. I write about creating and optimising landing pages and look back at the first quarter of mini experiments. iamashley.co.uk/aprils-mini-...

Things I am enjoying right now: * Celeste on Switch. So challenging but rewarding when you get it right * Jigsaws. An hour or so every day I totally zone out * The Four Seasons on Netflix

2x5 at 145KG. This used to be a weight I'd get in my head about for a single rep. Combination of learning to trust my back and taking my breath at the top (therefore not losing tension when resetting on ground) has helped me rep this weight out.

Always liked the idea of invoice insurance, but that's two insurtechs that have now went out of business (Moojo and Nimbla). It's challenging getting people to buy products for anticipatory problems. Freelancers tend to only look for solutions to their payment problems when experiencing the issue.

Wow, the new Crunchbase is terrible. It no longer does what I need it to do (and the reason I bought a subscription). It feels like they've used AI for no other reason than it's the current thing everyone is talking about—not because it improves the tool.

Anybody got recommendations for a communications consultant (freelance)?

Is this helpful? Interesting? If so I'm going to make it a monthly feature.

I want to get back to growing With Jack after a year of distraction by running lots of mini experiments. I'm going to publish February's mini experiment soon and would love if you'd sign up to my newsletter! iamashley.co.uk

Our mum died at the start of the year, just as my sister (a dress designer) got the keys to her new shop. I want to show you all my sister's shop because the achievement got lost in hospice visits, funeral planning etc. I am so proud of my sister. 📍Fitzroy Pl, Glasgow

As someone who deals with freelance hiccups daily, if there's one thing freelancers should do right now to mitigate risk it's have protection for copyright claims AND a method of record keeping for third-party assets and licenses.

* Brexit * IR35 * VC-backed competitors * Covid * Cost of living crisis Some of the events my bootstrapped business has managed to survive and even grow through. Got to admit—this year has been a rough start though.

Scotland's strongest natty woman, 2025.

Bonita, my tripawd.

I want to get back to growing With Jack after a year of distraction by running lots of mini experiments and being more intentional with measuring results. This was January's mini experiment: iamashley.co.uk/januarys-min...

Insurance has all of these hidden value added services that insurers are, quite frankly, rubbish at highlighting. One of them is a counselling helpline with qualified counsellors. Freelancers, please make use of this!

Nothing boils my blood more than companies trying to get out of paying freelancers. This is why I'm the right person to build @withjack.bsky.social.

I just published "A difficult business year (but I'm optimistic. for 2025)". iamashley.co.uk/a-difficult-...

One of my hobbies is strongwoman. Yesterday I pulled 160KG and it moved like butter 🤌 This is comp weight and we're still 6 weeks out.

Hi 👋 I'm here because I read @justinjackson.ca's blog post. The "It reminds me of how Twitter felt in 2010-2012" line sold it for me. justinjackson.ca/twitter-blue...