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Dan Rowden

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πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ’» Web developer & designer Building β€’ ilo.so - all your stats in one place β€’ pollkit.co - polls for email Ghost Expert: danrowden.com/ghost-expert/ Developer Experience Engineer at loops.so

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If you haven't read @densediscovery.bsky.social, you're missing out.

One of my favourite newsletters.

(And featuring pollkit.co today!)

04.02.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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PollKit Polls and surveys in any email.

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

31.01.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll check it out, thanks!

27.01.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely is!

27.01.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturdays are for coffee and book shops

25.01.2025 11:11 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t have them local to device. They should be available wherever you log in

23.01.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

23.01.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

14.01.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PollKit Polls and surveys in any email.

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

13.01.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ˜‡

12.01.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been doing similar for Django-sent transactional emails. So nice to be able to view them with placeholders or even real data before they get sent out!

12.01.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish my Kindle had a big Push for Audio button too

12.01.2025 07:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PollKit Polls and surveys in any email.

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

12.01.2025 07:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeh my normal rate is similar. I don’t expect weekly calls for a whole year but obviously I need to be ready for that case πŸ˜„
Would be interested to see where you land if you create a similar offer!

08.01.2025 05:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Talked with @dvassallo.com who I got inspiration from. Demand isn't one call per week per customer, and I'm flexible enough to add more call hours if demand gets crazy high. But I like talking Ghost and helping people so more calls isn't a bad thing :)

07.01.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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/

07.01.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In my experience it’s not worth your time building tools for the Ghost ecosystem

06.01.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

First blog post of 2025 is up!

danrowden.com/blog/how-i-h...

02.01.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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!

02.01.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Big if true

01.01.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.01.2025 08:34 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†

30.12.2024 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

30.12.2024 12:29 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Using Ghost's in-built Header block; might need some custom CSS on larger screens πŸ‘

30.12.2024 12:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dan Rowden – Ghost Expert Personal Ghost support and consultation from Dan Rowden, a Certified Ghost Expert.

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/

28.12.2024 14:20 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

AirPods 4 sound is a lot different from my 2nd gen ones πŸ‘Œ

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

27.12.2024 19:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Directly from the Bluesky API

26.12.2024 18:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Finnish β€œChristmas tart”. Plum jam on pastry πŸ˜‹

22.12.2024 17:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Its definitely Christmas now

22.12.2024 11:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Premier League results Bluesky account

Premier League results Bluesky account

Trying my hand at some Bluesky bots.

First up, Premier League scores: @premierleague.matchdaybrief.com

22.12.2024 10:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0