Keir Whitaker

A book by Martina Flor on how to turn your creative skill into a business and thrive doing what you love.

Free PDF of Dan Mall’s classic guide that has been updated for 2025!

Reset by Dan Heath offers a roadmap for leaders and teams to diagnose and fix the systems that hold them back.

A practical guide to creating and running a digital product business as a company of one.

An ebook for anyone who wants to work for themselves by former agency owner (now agency coach) Mark Nichols.

A free PDF download covering 14 years of Duolingo's big learnings in one little handbook!

Probably the best graphic design resource I’ve ever come across.

Industrial strength typefaces from the hand of Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. You might also know him as one half of Field Notes.

"We curate beautifully designed decks, slides, keynotes, guidelines — or whatever you call them."

All you ever wanted to know about brands that appear in film, TV and more.

Simply put it claims to be "the only footer gallery on earth". Plenty of inspration here for your next project.

Get access (via subscription) to a comprehensive, carefully researched and growing archive of categorised and tagged modernist logos.

A crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to expand, diversify, and preserve graphic design history!

Review 800 landing page examples and get ideas and inspiration for your next design project.

SimpleBits® is a tiny type foundry + goods shop + design notebook by the man whose books taught me all about web design and CSS "back in the day" Dan Cederholm.

An independent publisher on a mission to archive and preserve artefacts of design history and make them available to future generations.

A productivity multi-tool device with an LED pixel screen.

Blend live Air Traffic Control with ambient music for perfect focus!

A $3.99 Mac app that clears your desktop. Ideal for streaming, video call, screen sharing and distraction free work.

Premium sticky task pads that spilt your day up into AM and PM by Cameron Moll.

"Thoughtfully designed to seamlessly blend into your workplace and elevate your health & productivity."

An under desk Thunderbolt 5 docking station complete with power, optional SSD and cable management. Lovely but pricey.

One for UK residents who have turned up to their local station only to find out that all the trains have been cancelled!

The POP phone helps you disconnect from distractions and reconnect with people. Its USB-C connection works effortlessly with your smartphone, laptop or tablet!

A companion for all your notes and thoughts. Perfectly sized to sit between you and your keyboard.

A customisable notebook system with multiple layout and custom covers to choose from — what's not to like?

A modular workspace - an instrument for thinking by hand through writing, sketching, and visualising ideas.

Vintage and retro-style flip clocks by TWEMCO.

Old school airport display board vibes for the home for under £1k — what's not to love!

A simple but powerful email platform. Plans start from $9 a month.

Find, save, and analyse the internet’s best emails.

SaaS or self hosted email marketing platform. Plans start from $9 a month.

A one time fee self hosted fully featured Mailchimp alternative. Connects to Amazon SES — $0.10 per 1,000 emails!

A searchable directory of inspiring emails from ecommerce, small business and more.

A simple newsletter service designed to help you "rediscover the joy of writing for its own sake".

Drag-n-drop and HTML email template builder.

Twice yearly (Düsseldorf and Berlin) event focused on the web, design and technology.

You Are The Media (YATM) Creator Day is the annual occasion dedicated to creative business people.

An exclusive gathering in Leeds UK that bridges the gap between leading agencies and innovative brands.

Bringing together a diverse community of 700+ independent professionals from various industries. If you’re working solo, this event is for YOU!

Set up an event page, invite friends and sell tickets. Start for free (5% fee for paid events) or subscribe for 0% fee and extra features.

An ecommerce conference in London and New York City hosted by Vervaunt.

Whether it's your first event ever, or your biggest event yet, we make it simple and affordable to sell tickets online.

Ticketing platform used by 1,000s of technology, developer and B2B conferences worldwide!

Shopifreaks is like Morning Brew, The Hustle, and TLDR — but for people who care about the e-commerce industry.

Analysis on the intersection of media and commerce and how those principles are applied elsewhere.

The newsletter for leaders who want to get unstuck, sell more, and grow fast.

A weekly newsletter by Matilda Lucy to reimagine how and why we grow brands online today.

Brings together a compact collection of links from design, tech, art, urbanism, sustainability and more.

Newsletter (sign up in footer) and podcast hosted by Tim Richardson from Factory — The CX agency.

Weekly inspiration, ideas, tips & tools for starting and growing a small business.

One public speaking tip every Monday for Founders who want to build their personal brand.

A Substack from Lucy Werner covering all things PR for soloists.

Bi-weekly insights from a rotation of active Shopify developers.

Daily email list covering all things pricing and small business.

Newsletter and podcast for Shopify developers created by Shopify developers.

A newsletter for those trying to stay sane, solvent, and softly rebellious by a freelance designer in the UK.

"There aren’t any ‘hacks’, ‘make a mil in a minute’, or eye-roll worthy bro-speak here". Now that's my kind of newsletter.

Discover the most innovative Shopify stores, game-changing tools, and insider trends—all in one newsletter.

Helping founders cut through generic advice to find clarity and their next big move (sign up in footer).

Stories and ideas to help you live and work creatively on your own terms.

Ecommerce trends and more. Find the signup form in the footer.

A fascinating look into the computer that really changed the way we used personal computers.

General Magic, though relatively unknown, is considered by many to be one of the most influential innovation startups in the history of technology.

A power pack made almost entirely from post-consumer waste.

A documentary by The Verge on how Apple invented its future by burying its past.

A cram packed feature documentary film that takes us through Commodore's evolution.

In 1985 in upstart team of Silicon Valley mavericks created a miracle: the Amiga computer. This is it’s story.

Everything you need to share your events, schedules, calendars, and appointments—and easily add to calendar.

"Aperture is a product in development that blends AI, physical design, and digital wellbeing to encourage more mindful tech use, not by adding new devices, but by reimagining the ones we already have."

Text template, shortcut, expansion for Mac and Windows. $9.99 p/a or $29.99 lifetime.

Create and share your events in seconds and make sure no one forgets.

Neat little service to create add to calendar URLs for events, workshops, meetups etc.

Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Includes S3 support.

AI-powered notes, action items, and automations.

A powerful, native macOS app that intelligently converts files while maintaining quality.

The super fast color palettes generator!

"My name is Keir and I have a domain name problem!" Click the button, you might just feel better.

Sell digital products with no delivery fees.

Safe home for your photos. End-to-end encrypted. Cross-platform. Open-source.

A free online tool that allows you to instantly check and download or link to favicons from any website.

AI notetaker to transcribe, summarize, analyse meetings.

A treasure trove of online tools and services for solopreneurs

The Internet's icon library and toolkit, used by millions of designers, developers, and content creators.

Create full page screenshots in just a single click. Go Premium for $12.99 a year — well worth it!

The AI Notepad for people in back-to-back meetings.

A simpler way for teams to share an email address.

Kite is a screen recorder that makes your demo videos look like Apple commercials in minutes (apparently).

Stop multiplying hundreds of tabs and peek at links without leaving your current page.

"The inbox is full of distractions and too many subscriptions lead to inbox chaos. Time to liberate your inbox and move to Meco, a newsletter aggregator built for reading."

Link Meeter up to one or more of your calendars, and never miss a call again. Clicking on the meeting link in the menu automatically opens the relevant app and allows you to sign in hassle-free.

A great site to help you preview how your webpage will look on Google, Facebook, Twitter and more!

Minimis Launcher brings your phone back to basics. You control your phone. Not the other way around.

A foldable Bluetooth keyboard with numeric keypad/touchpad. Looks ideal for the road warrior who likes to travel light.

"The first VPN that can't log your activity and outsmarts internet censorship"

Create static or dynamic OG (Open Graph) images with an intuitive, Figma-like visual editor. Currently free to create templates and serve via URL.

A curated collection of the best open source alternatives to everyday SaaS products.

Flexible online form builder that support multiple integrations and payment platforms.

A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.

Simple Video, Photo & Music Editing Tools in one app.

The all-in-one solution for writing, designing, and self-publishing books with Markdown.

The simplest way to capture podcast insights!

Collect responses from your audience. Add interactivity to your emails.

An Apple Notes extension that “makes your favourite note-taking app even more enjoyable to use”.

Make your favicons stand out with this super reliable generator.

Save web pages to read later in Notion or simply bookmark them. Take screenshots, fill in database properties right within the extension and more.

A great Calendly alternative that aims to cut the friction and awkwardness out of scheduling time with people.

Upgrade your screenshots with backgrounds, window frames and subtle shadows. Runs 100% locally in your browser.

An opinionated screen recorder that makes your videos look beautiful.

Create mobile or browser screenshots and mockups.

A very hand screenshot app for pixel professionals. Does more than your average grab tool!

More Mac and iOS apps than I know what to do with including Zone Bar (world clocks in your menu bar), Menu Bar Spacing, and Memo Widget (sticky notes on your home, lock and desktop screens).

A sleek, modern notepad that lives on the side of your screen. It opens instantly so you can take notes while working, without switching apps or breaking your focus.

Create professional social media posts

A minimalist Mac writing app that describes itself as a "distraction-free space to spill your thoughts for a set time — brainstorm ideas, draft scripts, process life, whatever."

Claims to be The smallest 65W GaN Charger ever! A useful addition to the carry-on travellers tech pack.

Use your MacBook’s notch more effectively with music controls, battery indicators, calendar prompts and drop-zone file sharing.

Free AI writing, PDF, image, video, file and other online tools.

Affiliate marketing software platform designed for SaaS startups.

Huge directory of tools and integrations.

A simple but flexible website builder for when you don't want the full power of a CMS or the simplicty of a hosted form or landing page. From $7 p/m.

A collection of privacy-focused online utilities to boost your productivity including QR code and favicon generators.

Another free & simple API to get favicons from any website. Open-source, easy to use, and self-hostable.

Privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative from $9 p/m.

Replace colorful app icons, pesky notification badges, and anything that might give you a dopamine hit when you unlock your phone, with simple buttons to open your essential apps, and nothing more.