If you asked me what I'd say to anyone starting their project with £0, this is what I'd say.

An open-letter to bootstrappers | Otter

The platform enabling entrepreneurs & independents to thrive online. - Start selling online for free, with your very own (and fully customisable) store.

MvThru - Tools that Fuel™

An archived version of the packaging transparency page at Cupboard.

Unpacking Cupboard | Otter

"Goodbye monkey business, we've made emails simple."

Bit of a weird one, but it's pride month after all, so I'll shoot my shot...

It's no secret that throughout history, the work of queer pioneers has been censored, and in many cases, erased from the history books entirely. In an effort to preserve and celebrate the individuals who's work you've probably never heard of, but has quite literally (in big ways and small) changed the course of our lives, I want to put together a digital record that honours them and their work.

I'm looking for someone willing and able to chip in £130 towards a really memorable one-word domain, to help set things off on the right foot. If you're interested or know someone that might be, give me a nudge! 🫶❤️

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/twodos-simple-todos/id6463499163

We design and launch unusually creative digital products that change brands' fortunes.

Raw Materials | An Unusual Design Company

Motherfucking Website

Semi-regular updates on all things MoveThrough. Peek behind the scenes, and follow along.

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Dinaw Mengestu on American Writers Who Have Astounded, Moved, Haunted, and Influenced Him

James Baldwin - Library of America

https://www.loa.org/writers/233-james-baldwin/

https://twitter.com/marioecg/status/1789726485483233758

Cupboard - Specialty Coffee

20 followers, 2 following, 2 posts – see Instagram photos and videos from Sparrow Jacket Co. (@sparrowjackets)

Sparrow Jacket Co. (@sparrowjackets) • Instagram photos and videos

https://www.instagram.com/sparrowjackets?igsh=OTMyYTNla3JvaW42

It's a lively one! Packing enough pineapple notes that, depending on the strength of your imagination, you might just be able to pretend you're drinking piña coladas on the beach, not sitting in your office chair drinking coffee.

Oncilla - Coffee | Cupboard

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLAQEVXFEJ2Z6/checkout/KJGNLUW2IA5LR3YAKBZSIS24

When I started out in the coffee industry, I had a hard time with the fact that I never seemed to get the level of traction my peers did, despite similar enthusiasm and excitement around our brands. Turned out we were in different arenas. otter.work/tiny/ol2b

I've been selling online since i was 14, nobody had heard of Shopify, and selling online meant building your own systems.
13yrs later, a lot has changed, but options for merchants are still limited, expensive, and bloated. Well… they were, MvThru is here now. ;)

final test jacket, just few final tweaks to make, and some website content to write. orders opening soon… 🫶✨

If anyone's interesting in materials or sustainability, I just archived my old company's packaging transparency page. It's by no means a deep-dive, but figured some folks might find it a helpful starting point. https://otter.work/tiny/unpack

It’s happening… Orders on my first release will be open before the year’s out. 🪡🧵☺️ - Really appreciate everyone’s interest, means a lot. 🙏

got the sizing done and dusted, just waiting on a BIG delivery of buttons and then we're ready to roll! 🪡🧵

tell me about your favourite mailing lists - i'm putting together a small collection of meaningful email senders

Less social networks, more social gatherings.

just replaced my apple watch (too busy for my brain) with an analog one, and the amount of times i've already looked at it thinking i've got a notification is actually ludicrous 😅

figured i'd spice up the 404 page when someone visits a dead mailing list at sunshine.email, went with a virtual poke of encouragement to those sitting an excellent ideas...

Astra Carta watch face - Glow-in-the-dark version 🌑

So the font is progressing well! 

It's still in the early stages and requires much more attention to become usable, but I believe it was a step in the right direction.😊✨

These two latest releases are something else. ☕️🔥😳

I made a collection of Tailwind CSS buttons, it's free, easy to integrate with a simple copy-paste, no javascript.

This will be my evolving collection, I will add new styles and micro-interactions soon. Feel free to star the GitHub repo for updates 

https://buttons.ibelick.com/

Would love some suggestion/advice on what to put on the marketing site for my new e-commerce platform. Figure it’ll be a lot of user highlights/metrics down the line, but we don’t have that rn: mvthru.com 🙏 - Thoughts?

Screenshot because of the character limit. 😅

✨ Meet Twodos, my new app.

No due dates, reminders, or push notifications. You add a todo and decide if you want to do it sooner or later. That's it.

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/twodos-simple-todos/id6463499163

I discovered this site and it is amazing, I was particularly impressed because it is really different from the others! 

Watch it → https://www.therawmaterials.com/

Some points to think about as I design my next simple website…

https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

bootstrapping a project can be rough, i’ve been there many times, it’s why i’ve just dropped a pay-what-you-can plan for my email marketing tool sunshine.email, with all the same features as the pro plan ☀️💌

MoveThrough, is a springboard to explore fresh ideas, and bring all my work under one roof, whilst also being an honest example of startup life.

If you're interested in the messy reality of being a creative + bootstrapping startups, pop yourself on the mailing list. 🧑‍💻

A little l̶o̶o̶p̶ love for Coming Out Day 🫶🏳️‍🌈

#comingoutday

James Baldwin, one of the twentieth century’s most important writers, was born one hundred years ago today. If you aren’t familiar with his work, browse around this Library of America page dedicated to him: https://www.loa.org/writers/233-james-baldwin/

this animation is a weirdly accurate reference for what the visual aura of a vestibular migraine is like. mix with intense prefrontal head pain, dizziness, and weird sensations, it's spot on - [WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS] https://twitter.com/marioecg/status/1789726485483233758

yayyy! thanks for the love in this weeks digest @andy 🫶❤️

Have some nice giclée printings on my e-shop! https://lama.co/miriampersand

I use to have breakfast watching We Bear Bears, nice memories

Anyone got some coffee-related questions they want answered, or topics they want explored? 🤔☕️ - Doing some fresh written content from cupboard.coffee

this was a bit of a test run, but soo happy with how they turned out! - plan is to sell some patches alongside the jackets, primarily to include more people with varying financial situations 🫶

No matter what, people will support people. There is still humanity here after all. If you're looking for support during this time or know someone who needs it, please reach out if you're able. Do yourself a favor, do not suffer alone.

Seeing soo many coffee related posts lately, I’m soo here for it! - Determined to follow all the coffee people! 👋☺️☕️

if you’re interested in the jackets i’m making, i’ll be posting more specifically about jackets over at @ sparrowjackets on instagram, would love to see ya there! ☺️ - will defo keep you posted on here too tho ✌️ https://www.instagram.com/sparrowjackets?igsh=OTMyYTNla3JvaW42

i've started making jackets! lots of driving forces, but ultimately an attempt to step away from soo much screentime, better look after my mental health, and reconnect with nature. more soon: sparrowjacket.com

don’t sleep on email marketing, despite what many will tell you, email isn’t dead. 💀

for anyone interested, i’ve just dropped a pay-what-you-can plan over at sunshine.email. would love to help any of you get started with emails, just sign up and give me a nudge!

i'm putting together a small collection of mailing lists that you'll actually be happy to receive, anyone got any suggestions? - here's where it's at so far: https://sunshine.email/meaningful-mail

Finally got round to implementing decent meta/ opengraph data! 👌
cupboard.coffee/buy/oncilla

any barista's in the house? 👀 - home, part-time, or otherwise...

Just about ready to hit send on this new site. Let me know your thoughts 😊

Forever kinda obsessed with how the labels for my jackets turned out. 👀

This Saturday, Coffee Club is hosting our 2nd cupping of 2024 at Thank You Gallery. If you’re in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, come taste some delicious coffees with us.

Get your ticket:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLAQEVXFEJ2Z6/checkout/KJGNLUW2IA5LR3YAKBZSIS24

I probably shouldn’t have favourites, but I do… Jeremy & Solomon are some of the nicest coffee producers I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with, and I’m soo pleased to be able to showcase their latest harvest. It’s next level! 🍈🍍🍒 cupboard.coffee/shop/finca-atikvah

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