What's Brainflow?
Welcome to Brainflow!
My name is Harry.
I’m a dad, software engineer, founder, problem-solver, coffee-addict, and beer-brewer.
Brainflow is my soapbox where I’m going to share my ideas, thoughts, and musings on Web3, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, startups, creativity, and probably a whole bunch of other cool, relevant, and cutting-edge stuff.
I’ll share my unique perspective with you all, and hope to hear about your unique perspectives as well so we can further our knowledge together.
I don’t claim to be any kind of oracle or subject-matter-expert on these topics, and I’m not totally sure what I’m going to write about. I’ll make mistakes, some of my opinions may be controversial, and some may be partially-formed.
But I can promise you one thing: you’ll get my honest, unfiltered opinions on a variety of interesting topics.
I hope to inspire, spark new ideas, bring a fresh perspective to old ideas, and generally provide insight and entertainment for y’all.
So, what’s with the name, Brainflow?
Well, it’s a description of how I write.
Thoughts flow from my brain, through my fingertips, into my writing.
I like to write in a state of flow. If I’m not there it’s really challenging to engage with the process and produce anything of value.
But when I get there things just click, words come easily, and my writing just flows directly from my brain onto the screen.
Sometimes I overthink and put too much pressure on myself and it’s hard to write because what I want to say isn’t clear in my mind.
Writing is relaxing for me.
It helps me to clear my mind, destress, and unwind.
It’s like pulling the plug on a bathtub full of water.
I started publishing articles online in 2017, just a few pieces on Medium about Bitcoin and trading.
In 2018 I switched to write about software development because I wanted to align my writing with my day job.
It was becoming hard to write about Bitcoin and trading because I wasn’t really involved in the space, I was just learning things online and then writing about what I’d learned.
I felt like a fraud.
But trying to write about software development was hard too. The space is so saturated. I was trying to make a profession out of writing, to become an “influencer” in the space.
I don’t think I was really into writing about coding. I liked the idea of having an article shared thousands of times, offering something insightful, and being invited to speak at conferences.
I just couldn’t get into a flow as often as I wanted. There was so much other work to do like creating code examples, adding the correct code examples in the article, and then writing about it.
I learned some stuff, got paid for my writing for the very first time, and had a couple articles shared widely, but I couldn’t keep it up.
So I stopped.
The last few weeks I’ve had an itch to start writing again.
I have a lot to say about Web3 and how we can change the world for the better with this emerging tech.
I’m ecstatic I found this world, I’m optimistic about the future, and I want to share that with the world.
So that’s why I started Brainflow.
I’m grateful for every one of you who got this far down the Brainflow intro post, and I hope you’ll be back next week.
— Harry ✌️