Jason Leow

The Bootstrap CDN always screws up the CSS for the main site. Time to consider replacing..

Copying is frowned upon and a matter of principle and pride for creators and creative folks. The worst is direct plagiarism. Word for word, pixel for pixel, or line by line of code.

Don’t do that. But otherwise, copying is fine.

“Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” – Picasso

I think of the ten different brands selling the same ketchup in the supermarket—albeit with packaging—and I think near-identical copying is fine. You don’t have to be unique to win, or at least have a slice of the pie.

Twitter and Telegram copied Clubhouse.
Facebook and Instagram copied Snapchat.

Businesses build on one another’s ideas all the time.

Everything is a remix, after all.

Copying is underrated. Copy more, create more.

There are NO rules.

Here’s an awesome idea to get started building your very first SaaS:

"Want to build a micro SaaS? You just need to find an API then productize it, in the end, add a pricing tag, offer a monthly or yearly option! Congrats, you are a SaaS founder" – @damengchen

That really go me thinking about my boring startup idea. What are some popular apps that we use daily, and has APIs ready for developers to use?

The key here is to take some of these every day tasks we do on these platforms, and use the related API associated with the task, package it in a way that saves the user some time or money, and sell that as a SaaS.

- auto-RT every 6h to catch everyone in EU, US timezones
- post poorly-lit, hand-drawn, scrappy illustrations instead of polished ones. More authentic.
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If 18-year olds can sell jpegs on the internet for millions, you can sell your Gumroad product for $9.90.

https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1485522929471397889?s=20

- curate other people's tweets/threads into my own thread. Decide on 1 theme, and pull in other people's work. Research viral ones
- Scan through my Bookmarks and curate a thread outta them. The content is there, just have to wrap a theme around them

Here’s the thing about running your own business:

You’re always too close to the trees to see the forest.

You see, I just did a call with Amar Ghose of ZenMaid.com (via the generosity of Mash from @SparrowStartup) to get some coaching on marketing. And boy did he give me some good reminders.

Stuff that I knew. But not doing.

Why is that? 🤦‍♂️

I guess that’s the true value of a good coach: They just hold a mirror up to you and you come to your own realisations. That’s more effective than him telling me what to do step by step.

This call is so timely. Just as end Jan approaches and I end my season of rest and move into hustle mode in Feb once again. Great reminders to work on the right things instead of just working hard.

Learning points:
• ⭐️ lean into my story of building a tool to solve my problem
• ⭐️ list on entrepreneur sites
• ⭐️ ask existing members what other communities , newsletters they part of
• ⭐️ groups of just daily journaling
• Launch on PH
• "every CEO shd be writing 100 words a day..."
• niche down the content
• build a fb grp
• partnerships - micro influencers, tiktok,
• check out podcast. - surroundsound saas marketing

OK my Achilles tendonitis is 90% healed.

Time to get back on that Fit AF goal, only this time, slooower:

• 2 slow runs or walks per week till my heel feels 100%
• tiny body weight workouts - pushups, squats, heel raises
• full body stretches after all that

If the injury taught me anything, is how disembodied I am on a day-to-day basis. If anything, this Fit AF goal is not just about getting back my fitness but also (re-)learning to listen to my body.

My body is my harshest teacher.

Heed, or it’ll give me the painful lesson I wished I didn’t have.

A year from now, I’ll wish I had listened well and acted swiftly today.

Might as well start now.

- tweet format idea - a spiky POV, or shitting on some popular trend/habit (e.g. dark mode, web3, NFTs)
- lean into my story of building a tool to solve my problem, share more of my origin story

I’d been trying to reduce my exposure to electromagnetic fields. Allegedly, chronic EMF exposure can lead to fertility issues, oxidative stress, and poor sleep. I’m most interested in the poor sleep part, but of course, any tangential health benefits is also appreciated.

A few glaring things in the house that emits the most EMF:

• Wifi router (including your neighbour’s)
• Smartphones
• Laptop
• Speakers
• Any other wireless/Bluetooth devices like Airpods, smart home devices like TVs, Roomba

For me, the best place to start is my work desk and bedroom, since I spend almost all my time in either every day, and it’s the places with the most electronics. A few things I’m experimenting with:

• Replacing wireless electronics with wired ones
• Switching off devices when not in use
• Adding EMF protection

I thought my $0 MRR product needed dark mode.

But in fact it just needs a more marketing.

https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1484798125508333572

- swear words usually attract unfollows. Use with f**king intention
- pull old tweets together into a thread, based on a theme eg marketing
- typos are fine. in fact, more human! See exhibit A - https://twitter.com/jasonleowsg/status/1484798125508333572

My beloved teacher had passed.

His name is Thich Naht Hanh, but we affectionately call him Thay (meaning teacher in Vietnamese). He’s a Zen master and monk who started the mindfulness centre and monastery called Plum Village, located in Bordeaux, France.

He wrote:

“The tears I shed yesterday had become rain.” – Thich Naht Hanh

Now, our turn.

Should I do it, or should I do it but sell it on my own? 🤔🤔

The three dimensions of a good life, by social psychologist Erin Westgate:

• A happy life
• A meaningful life
• A psychologically rich life

A HAPPY LIFE
Key features: Comfort, joy, security
Facilitators: Money, time, relationships, positive mindset
Outcomes: Personal satisfaction
Metrics: Life satisfaction, positive affect

A MEANINGFUL LIFE
Key features: Significance, purpose, coherence
Facilitators: Moral principles, consistency, relationships, religiosity
Outcomes: Societal contribution
Metrics: Meaning in life, subjective meaning

A PSYCHOLOGICALLY RICH LIFE
Key features: Variety, interest, perspective change
Facilitators: Curiosity, time, energy, spontaneity
Outcomes: Wisdom
Metrics: Psychologically rich life/experience

https://twitter.com/ErinWestgate/status/1415448640588599297

The grey background-color css keeps tripping up the codenewbies. I should just remove that.

- add images/gifs/memes to your tweets/first tweet of thread for visual punch. Use Unsplash, Giphy, gifs from Twitter, or memes from the internet
- provide 'unrolled' version of thread by linking the Lifelog post (therefore more backlinks). "No need to unroll this thread. Here's the original post about...... over at @golifelog 👇 "

This founder's journey is a f**king rollercoaster 🎢

🤩 Exhilarating highs
😖 Depressing lows

Staying stoic through all that is hard

But I found the right response that truly helps - in just ONE word:

"Maybe."

How does it work? Here's a story

- my pinned tweet is from Dec 2020 = outdated! I need a new and better one, that best describes what value I bring on Twitter. A thread just for the pinned tweet? Or an existing thread I sent?
- improve on design of Twitter banner image? Add more text.
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