DTD Portfolio & Promotion
Underway · people on non-default pathsLiving portfolios for founders, makers, creators and quiet outliers — then helping the right people discover their work, story and value.
See the portfolios →Here’s what’s new is happening
This page is the present tense of the work — what is underway right now, the directions that have started to appear, and an open door if any of it resonates with you.
The story so far
For months I have been building in public — teaching, writing, coaching, shipping products — as one continuous practice of being true to myself. It began project by project — and grew into more. The branches keep cross-linking, and what is forming looks less like a list of projects and more like a small organisation taking shape. It does not have a name yet, on purpose.
The intent is simple: grow it gradually into something self-sustaining — earning from the value it gives people, at its own pace, without pressure to become something it is not.
Underway right now
Some are already underway. Some have only started to show themselves. Help me realise which stream has the most life in it: vote for what you think will work, what you personally want, or both.
Living portfolios for founders, makers, creators and quiet outliers — then helping the right people discover their work, story and value.
See the portfolios →Personal coaching to hear yourself and design your path, alongside peer connections with others walking away from the default at the same time.
Start Your Journey →Learn to build real apps and sites with AI — an income skill that lets you stand on your own, the way I did in three years coming from outside the typical dev path. Workshops and courses are live; institutions next.
Visit the school →Helping a person uncover their own values, recognise the unusual combination that makes them who they are, and shape a life that is true to it.
Read True to Myself →A place for products selected through real use, clear reasoning and honest trade-offs — helping people buy with confidence instead of noise.
Visit The Honest Shelf →Conversations, podcasts and collaborations that bring non-default lives, useful ideas and the people behind these streams into view.
Bringing the essays, blogs, posts and future editorial work under one home — a media company for ideas and lives that differ from the default.
Read the blog →Every vote is a signal. Together they help me see where belief and real need overlap as this grows into a self-sustaining organisation.
See how these branches connect into one end-to-end offering →
Ways in
A year from now, the truest sign of progress is people building alongside me. Here are the concrete ways someone steps in:
Tell me which way in is yours — or something I have not imagined. One message starts it.