It’s the community, Ryan Hoover emphasizes, that makes Product Hunt special—a community of makers, fans of their products, and everyone in between. On Product Hunt, users can submit and upvote products from all types of makers from around the world. Hoover himself sees 100+ products submitted everyday, and the community is only getting bigger. In …
The 24 Hour Startup Challenge mobilised indie makers. It also reignited the debate around the definition of a startup. While the challenge from Pat Walls, Armin Ulrich, and Melanie Massinger saw an action-packed weekend of highs, lows, dancing, happy swearing, and launches, there were people sniping from the sidelines. Criticism came from Reddit, challenging the …
Famous Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science researcher Herb Simon once said: “Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.” This is true of maths as it is with making products. We usually call this the design process. Makers can use it to create a work plan through psychology, sociology, …
It’s amazing how people tend to procrastinate with having a free time.
There has been a recent trend of indie makers scratching their own itch and building a product for themselves as well as other indie makers. As an indie maker, it can be tempting to sell to the niche you most relate to: there is an easy access to market, you know the problems, it is …
What does it feel to take the plunge and become a nomad maker? Pierre-Gilles Leymarie has been working on an open-source Home Automation software called Gladys for five years, and this summer, he decided to quit his job in Paris to travel and work full-time on this project. “Everyone on Twitter was moving to this …
It has never been easier to travel. You just have to visit Skyscanner.com and find tickets to dream lands far-away for less than 40 bucks. It mainly revolves around being time and location independent. Fortunately for makers, full-time or not, we usually can be both. Anyone can become a nomad maker, but it is not …
Most people in the maker community have heard of Ben Tossell. With more than thirty products made, some solo, some in collaboration with other makers, and a deep involvement in the makers space, it is hard to miss him. Having worked at Product Hunt before pursuing his own venture, he as many insights to share …
