What I'm up to - October 2022 | Philip Ilic Thomas

✨ Highlights of last month

I spent a week in the Catskills and saw a wild bear for the first time 🐻
Shipped an archive page, social sharing improvements, and a showcase of customer websites for Postcard
Update the Contraption Co. website with a focus on "dependable tech tools"
Published "When are low-code prototypes useful?" for a presentation that gave

🤔 Things worth sharing

I started replacing work-related video calls with "walk and talk" phone calls. It's also been a fun way to talk to friends. If you want to chat, let's walk and talk.
Books: Small Giants is a good reminder of small businesses' impacts on local communities. Status and Culture made me realize that many online communities function as scoreboards for niche status groups. For example, Strava measures how quickly bicyclists ride common routes, and Nomad List measures how many places travelers have visited.
Startups: Nexus combines checking + investment accounts into a single, auto-managed tool that keeps cash consistently invested but instantly accessible. Kindred lets you swap homes - we've used it while traveling a few times already, and it's an almost-free alternative to Airbnb.
Gadgets: Adhesive pen loops are a helpful add-on for any notebook.

📫 What I'm up to this month

📍 Where I'll be (via Nomadlist)

What I'm up to - October 2022