#005 New Base: Lisboa. Teaching No-Code. New Digital Tools I Love.
#005 New Base: Lisboa. Teaching No-Code. New Digital Tools I Love.
Settling in a new country: Challenging and fun simultaneously. Starting to teach no-code: Full of excitement.
Bye Istanbul, Hello Lisboa.
Hello dear friend,
It's been two months since our last conversation. At that time, I changed my country, and Lisboa is my new base now.
The procedures to start a life in a new country were much more involved and took a lot more time than I thought. Fortunately, I am relieved to have rented an apartment we love so much in a neighborhood we also love.
Of course, the whole two months were not just about moving out. I spent the month of June touring the coastline of Turkey with my wife. We were guests at our friends' houses, had lovely days with them and enjoyed the sun and the sea. It was enjoyable enough to say goodbye to a country so beautifully.
There is still work to do with settling in. But now it's finally time to return to learning and writing about the subjects I love. Here I am.
Enjoying Teaching
I like teaching. I love designing learning journeys. Thankfully I could spare some of my time during these busy days to craft a learning path for the participants in the 100-day No-Code Challenge. It's called How to Build a Membership Site? (with a free Softr and Airtable account).
I designed a 7-day, email learning journey, which took me 30 hours to complete. The first participants will start in August. I'm super excited, and I can't wait for their feedback.
Unfortunately, you don't have access to the learning path. Please let me know if you're interested in building a gated, members-only website. Also, I'm planning to put this content on my website; you'll be the first to know when it's ready.
If you're curious about no-code and want to learn more about building digital products without coding, you can visit the 100-day No-Code Challenge site.
While I was crafting this learning path, I discovered two new tools:
I liked the simplicity of Whimsical, and I use it for ideation, brainstorming, flows, and wireframing. It's so cool to do all these with one easy-to-use tool.
I used Loom several times to shoot tutorial videos, but I switched to Tella after using it for the learning path videos. You can onboard yourself in 5 minutes and start creating videos. It's that easy to use!
a Hello From the Distant Past
I got a call from one of my old friends while packing to move. I was a rookie, and he was a pro at sound design and production during our radio days. I learned that he is the founder of Yodiviki, a digital platform for audio infotainment and edutainment content, and he is looking for mentorship for his start-up's investment journey.
We had two sessions to improve Yodiviki's investor deck, and I hope I'll be able to contribute to the investment journey as well. You can install the app and try it if you're interested in audio content, but the content is only in Turkish right now.
They say life is slower in Lisbon in August. I will spend this quiet month exploring the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem. I will, of course, share with you what I discovered.
See you on another sunny day. Stay curious until next time ✌🏼
Tolga