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I'm curious: did your team recently switch software?

1. What instigated the change?
2. Who instigated the change?
3. How did the "change agent" facilitate the change?
4. What, ultimately, convinced the boss to make the change?

@seanwes oh sweet. 👌

@seanwes Sean, what am I doing wrong on LinkedIn?

I get way more engagement here on Twitter than LinkedIn (even though I post to both all the time).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinijackson/

✨ BOOTSTRAP PODCAST CONVERGENCE ✨

I have thoughts about the latest episode of Art of Product (@derrickreimer & @r00k) and Bootstrapped Web (@CasJam & @JordanGal).

Should Derrick (Level) and Brian (ProcessKit) be charging up-front?

https://youtu.be/m4H4AzBpkfw

@ericnormand It's true!

@ajlkn @vanschneider @jessethanley Hahahaha. Yup. It's true!

RT @ajlkn: @vanschneider @mijustin @jessethanley "Success is just a decade of hard work away" makes for a shit motivational poster

@sehurlburt I've been talking about my struggles as much as I can.

@danprovost It's the brutalist aestetic.

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/brutalism-antidesign/

@dkb868 They had no money. Grew up poor.

@mokagio @benthompson Yes! I've been reading that. Really good. 👌

Disney is one of America's most iconic companies.

It took them 10 years to achieve even a baseline of success.

10 years!

Are we willing to put forward that kind of effort, in a single direction, for that long?

Are we willing to take our knocks, and keep going?

It got me thinking again about this concept of: "Gradually, and then suddenly."

For years and years, the Disney brothers are gradually clawing their way forward. It's slow and painful.

And then, suddenly, all those years start to pay off. Everything seems to improve at once.

@mokagio This one here:

https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagination/dp/0679757473/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=walt+disney&qid=1556863531&s=books&sr=1-1

For years, Disney was knocking on every door, desperate for meetings. People ignored him and treated him badly.

And now, a decade later, he's the toast of Hollywood. Everyone wants to meet him.

Suddenly, he doesn't need to bang on doors; they're just opening for him.

@iamjz Yes! @dzohrob recommended it. 👌

And suddenly, around 1933, everything starts to change for Disney.

They get their first real hit ("The three pigs"). Mickey Mouse gets popular. They invent Donald Duck and people go crazy for him.

@rezzz Congrats! 🙌

I'm reading the Walt Disney biography, and what's most striking is how long it took him to get any traction at all.

The Disney brothers start their company in 1923, and basically eat shit for 10 years.

Year after year of failed attempts, bad deals, and projects gone bad.

@ramagetime @buildyoursaas @jonbuda Awesome! Thanks.

@jmcharnes @esparkman @ealdent @AndrewFomera @etagwerker @benjaminwood @excid3 @joshuap So many beards. ❤️

@nloadholtes Thanks Nick! 👍

RT @nloadholtes: Great podcast! So cool to see The journey unfold week after week. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1124001087290261504

@kevinblank Have you tried @statamic as well?

That's what's running http://justinjackson.ca 👍

@yongfook @Mailchimp Talkshow looks awesome!

Intrigued by Talkshow Presentations...

@Simonij_dk @tailwindcss @hellovapid Sweet. Started working on that here:

https://yellow-shadow-0444.vapid.site/blog

@srobbin @TransistorFM @hellovapid @tailwindcss `vapid deploy` is by far my favorite part.

So clean, simple, and fast. 👍

Here's me rebuilding the @TransistorFM website in 3 minutes using:

👨‍💻 @hellovapid
💨 @tailwindcss

Timelapse:
https://youtu.be/buwfK07ogEY

@Simonij_dk Oh sweet! I'll check it out! Thank you!

Doing some coding: trying to use @tailwindcss with @hellovapid. Come watch me struggle. https://www.pscp.tv/w/b5tBWjM4NTU1MXwxTHl4QkF6cWdPTEpO_-8ZW7tTGUzxAT_7ITX4uBLR_8wgJLoAvDa8-OEkd7U=

lol. We should make this a website theme for @TransistorFM podcasts 😜.

https://benwiley4000.github.io/win95-media-player/

This tweet was inspired by reading @r00k and @derrickreimer's show notes for Art of Product. 😜

(Another really good show about bootstrapping)

@justinkan This is great Justin. I'd love it if you added a new section about your decision to not drink. 👍

If you like listening to podcasts about people building early-stage startups, I'd love it if you gave @buildyoursaas a try.

Every week, @jonbuda and I share the story of what it's *really* like to build a web app in 2019.

https://saas.transistor.fm/subscribe

The things I've done since I started my career 18 years ago are what brought me here today:

- The side projects I've made
- The articles I've written
- The podcasts I've recorded
- The events I've attended
- The people I've built relationships with
- The jobs I've worked

Most worthwhile accomplishments are a long time in the making.

Don't expect to start and make it overnight!

It's going to take years of small wins.

@jongold OMG. Prescient twitter.

RT @smithtimmytim: Looking for contract work! Here’s what I’m good at:

- Design/Frontend Dev
- Audio and Video Editing

DMs are open!

@mattstypa @abigailotwell Lol

@alphacolin How many people are you at now?

@cgenco Yes

@abigailotwell #NeverForget

@jongold Is that Sherwood Forest.

@stephcrowder_ @jtimberlake Did he tweet?

Why do some people and businesses weather storms better than others?

This new Seth Godin podcast is really good:

https://overcast.fm/+L0YXSHoZQ

Also live on:

📺 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/justinjackson/live
👽 Twitch: https://twitch.tv/megajustin

Taking @srobbin's minimalist CMS @hellovapid for a test drive https://www.pscp.tv/w/b5njjTM4NTU1MXwxQlJKanZPZU1ZVkp3wE8mRCDFAWow_LaCxRseTGN2uUrYwscEWVt98zbynPw=

@mattcassinelli @TransistorFM Oh no! I'll look into this. What exactly is going on? You paste and it pastes only as plain text?

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about pricing culture in SaaS.

@HCWeiss just wrote one for consultants and it's 10x better than mine.

Read it here:
https://hillaryweiss.com/money-misdirection-the-shadow-side-of-charge-what-youre-worth-pricing-culture/

RT @kaleighf: There are a few common things I've noticed about smart people over the years. They are almost always:
- extremely curious
- w…

@m1guelpf @buildyoursaas Even with separate bitrates?

@shl Haha. Love this idea. That'd be a great show to host on @TransistorFM.

RT @CADbloke: SO. TRUE. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1123473445034102785

RT @nathanbarry: Hamilton’s 4 secrets for creators https://nathanbarry.com/hamilton/

@nathanbarry Great piece Nathan! There's a lot of this that resonates with me.

Before we launched, a lot of what we thought would be true ended up not being true.

A lot of it was aspirational truisms we'd gleaned from the bootstrapping community.

But you don't really know until you launch what kind of customers you're going to have.

"A lot of the decisions we make are about 'what kind of identity do I want to have?'

Whether you choose Vue.js or React has a lot to do with your identity (and the group you want to belong to)."

@nathanbarry 1. Mom
2. Dad
3. Friend
4. Co-worker
5. Friend
6. Sister
7. Boss
8. Bot
9. Bot
10. Bot

This was a really key part of my chat with @adamwathan.

We build on Seth Godin's idea of "People like us do things like this."

https://overcast.fm/+IoArliu40

@brennandunn A big chunk of it is affiliates!

RT @buildyoursaas: Sorry it's late! Here's our new episode:

"Keeping the dream alive in Portland" #pdx

https://overcast.fm/+MBmUWQ5Jk

@1stevengrant Yeah, @kylefox's app Rewardful is good for that: https://www.getrewardful.com/?via=justin

cc @clubhouse ☝️

😜 You've gotta be mindful about what you put in someone's backlog!

From @buildyoursaas: https://overcast.fm/+MBmUWQ5Jk

@brandonhull @adamwathan it's so good

@VelocityWong Wailing Wong's Excellent Adventure

Hey @brennandunn and @shaisc, you should add this to @rightmessageapp 😉

https://twitter.com/monolesan/status/1123230490016849920?s=21

@anthonybronkema @wesbos @syntaxfm @stolinski https://youtu.be/AgH6RKTS5KY

@zslayback Where are you publishing right now? Soundcloud?

@joshuap that's bad

@andrewculver Oh god no

You can open the episode directly in @OvercastFM here:

https://overcast.fm/+IoArliu40

🙊 warning: I swear in that clip.

The best podcast interviews are with friends like ⁦@adamwathan⁩ who can ask whatever questions they want. 😅

http://www.fullstackradio.com/113

@andrew_mc12 @shl So true.

Somebody (Gumroad, Stripe?) should do this.

@joeworkman Yeah. Here's the work around: https://github.com/javan/details-element-polyfill

This is dope! 👍

https://twitter.com/calebporzio/status/1122924167769264130?s=21

Profit First is 💯.

https://twitter.com/mattgiovanisci/status/1122994375800213504?s=21

@steveschoger @tailwindcss @adamwathan THAT PRICING TABLE 😍

@SamanthaGeitz 👍

@JeffBargmann Oh nice! Are you printing it to share with someone? Or to read yourself?

Great to hang out with some good folks in #pdx yesterday. 🤙

Best guacamole story I've read today.

https://twitter.com/pjrvs/status/1122731061039886336?s=21

RT @mokagio: @mijustin So true!

I always let ideas rest and see if they still sound so great a day or two after. Then share with a friend…

Full blog post: https://justinjackson.ca/wait

There is a difference between "wait and see" and procrastination.

With procrastination, you know what you're supposed to do, but you're stalling.

But sometimes, you don't know how to proceed yet. The path is foggy. "Wait and see" is waiting until the fog lifts.

@chris_hawk @tonydehnke @DuaneStorey I've got a list of options here:
https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/

Hey Portland! I'm heading to the Zipper for lunch today with a few folks.

You're welcome to join us! We'll be there at 12:30pm.

@glenmccallumcan Wowser!

@iChris @alantocheri @TransistorFM Yeah. Whatever happened to Spots? Hmm?

@dohertyjf Just added your quote to the post! 🙌

@dohertyjf Love that.

Our natural inclination is to respond to situations immediately:

"I've got to make a decision quickly! Be decisive!"

But... I've found it's often better to wait.

I wrote about it here:
https://justinjackson.ca/wait

@earthlingworks Yes! Thank you so much. I walked away last night feeling very grateful. I always enjoy our chats. 👍

RT @geoff_baskwill: “It's OK to wait and see.” < on the wisdom of letting ideas percolate, by ⁦@mijustin⁩. 💯 https://justinjackson.ca/wait

@alantocheri @TransistorFM Hahaha. You mean that distortion effect when I say "Transistor?"

cc @iChris to bring it back.

Also: had a great dinner with @earthlingworks last night. 👍

Got to check out @JordanGal's new @CartHook office and hang out with some other folks in #pdx yesterday!

@stympy @honeybadgerapp @joshuap Nice! Can't wait to hear this one! 🙌

@hamstu Pretty good one there bud!