Dan Rowden

If you haven't read @densediscovery.bsky.social, you're missing out. One of my favourite newsletters. (And featuring pollkit.co today!)

I've been working on this little app for the past month or so. It's finally ready for launch! Announcing PollKit, a simple tool for adding polls into *any* email. Great for collecting feedback or information from your subscribers, or simply asking friends' opinions! Check it out: pollkit.co

Saturdays are for coffee and book shops

I've been busy in recent weeks building out the basics of my poll-in-email product, PollKit. Here are some screenshots! Opening this up to everyone v soon. pollkit.co

My first ever poll with pollkit.co! Super easy to get feedback or votes from your email recipients. Will be working more on this! Excited

The first ever poll from my new little app, PollKit, was sent out! The second will go out tonight in an email update to the PollKit waitlist. If you want to catch it, and see what I’m building, you can sign up at pollkit.co

I’ve been working on a new little creator tool: add a poll to any email. Platforms like Kit and Beehiiv have native poll features, but on expensive plans (eg $39/m). What if anyone could create polls, on any email platform (including Gmail and Apple Mail)? Launching soon: pollkit.co

Officially launching my new Ghost support today! One-on-one support over Zoom for Ghost sites of any size. $999 = a year of calls I can help with anything: themes, memberships, strategy, hosting, integrations, etc. First five customers get $100 off with "JAN100". danrowden.com/ghost-expert/

First blog post of 2025 is up! danrowden.com/blog/how-i-h...

I didn't write a single blog post in 2024. I probably should have. I did a lot of learning and definitely had some opportunities to share what I was working on. Expecting to write a lot more than zero words in 2025!

Big if true

I think I’m addicted to making software. I do it all day for a living. Also some evenings each week. When I have a break from work, most of my thoughts are about making software. When I have down time, my body’s first itch is to sit at a computer and build. Could be worse I guess

Damn. Time off work for Christmas means I'm 🤏 this close to starting up a new SaaS project

Going to try and re-focus side project energy on consulting/freelance in 2025. Easier revenue compared to SaaS and might even work fewer hours! My first offering: danrowden.com/ghost-expert/

AirPods 4 sound is a lot different from my 2nd gen ones 👌 Also upgraded my watch to Series 10 from original SE. Love the larger screen but overall not much different. For a lot more money! SE probably OK for most people

Its definitely Christmas now

Trying my hand at some Bluesky bots. First up, Premier League scores: @premierleague.matchdaybrief.com

First customer already 🔥 😭

If you've got an hour free, this Adidas Predator documentary is excellent. Shocked it only has 64K views after a week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdPR...

I have a lot of “cool” products but very few sign ups and customers. I found it a lot easier in 2020 and 2021 to make a business out of my products.

The earth tilt is slowing right down. Almost at a standstill as we approaching the solstice. Only 48 seconds difference today. It’s over 5 minutes for most of the year here in Southern Finland.

I’ve had my iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch for 4 years. Never felt like I needed an upgrade. But battery performance in all of them is just really bad now (esp AirPods). Going to have to replace them all just to get back to “OK” performance. Happy to have got 4 years out of them all though 👏

When it’s -11°C and days are less than 6 hours long, you wonder why people ever settled this far north

What's your current go-to icon pack? Mine is Lucide

Now the Liverpool game is over, what are you watching? You can only pick one: • Leverkusen vs Inter • Atalanta vs Real

I built a next-gen fantasy football/soccer game called The Matchball. Really simple gameplay but not easy. A good balance of the two. Lots of Champions League games to be played tonight! thematchball.com

Two new things on @airview.so today! • Anyone can now trial the Follower database feature. This is not free like the stats and posting but you can try it fully for 7 days first. • There's a new period selector for your stats: 7, 14 and 30 days. 90 days and "all time" for paying users. Live now 🙌

In January I start a new journey: training to be a football coach. I don’t know how far I’ll go, but there’s a clear path from no qualifications to coaching a senior side. Let’s see what happens!

My whole house now smells like pine. Love it

The Christmas tree is up! 🎄 Anyone else?

Our youngest is turning 9 (😭), yet this is already the 32nd birthday we’ve thrown for our three kids. Crazy numbers

When real snow looks like fake snow

You can now also order the table by likes, replies, reposts and quotes, to easily see your most well-received posts 👌

Post previews! This is the fastest way to go through all of your Bluesky posts 💪 airview.so

I added post images and link previews to @airview.so, so you can see full posts in the app now. I'm adding lots of small improvements gradually to the platform. New stats, new charts and new features every week 🙌

-6°C doesn’t stop the football ⚽️

I check Airview first thing every morning

Wen Bluesky drafts. Now! 👉 airview.so

I've seen very little football/soccer content on Bluesky. Where is it?!

My tool @ilo.so lets you track your Bluesky stats alongside 12 other platforms (TikTok, Stripe, Ghost, YouTube and more). One dashboard, all of your internet stats. It’s already only $10/month but with BKF2024 you can get 24% off forever. Check it out at ilo.so

Ever need to find your Bluesky DID (eg "did:plc:jqj3rcaj6evlyjk5dao5dwm7")? You can easily query yours here: ilo.so/bluesky-did/

Testing a new Bluesky "Follower database" in @airview.so ✨ All of your followers in a simple, sortable table. Search for names and bios coming soon. If you want to try it out, let me know! (sign up at airview.so first)