@markbowley.bsky.social
→ Independent Designer (web, brand & content) → Build prototypes & side projects (currently http://clocksdash.com) bento.me/markbowley
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Made some improvements to this last night
— Capture and re-surface your small wins, privately
Yes the message matters, but its presentation decides if it lands
21.10.2025 12:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This week, I'm enhancing a client's @squarespace website design, following a @Rocketspark site last week
Even with DIY platforms, people still need design input to give it polish
The wait is over - @freeaiapps is on the @10words_io homepage today 🚀
Would appreciate upvotes! 🙏
10words.io
Design simplicity isn’t lazy, it’s a secret weapon for attention
29.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Observation – some people say design isn't as important as the message, but really design is what makes people actually read it
29.09.2025 12:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Streaks Grid will soon show your habits one dot at a time, day by day
Instead of just 'I did this 20 times in the last 30 days'
So not just tallies anymore - they’re days, within 30 days
Shipped this update 🚀
— Clocks in working hours will stick to the top of the grid, for easy reference.
x.com/markbowley/...
In Sept I've been attempting to do the same number of press ups as the date each day
As you can see I've missed some days, but I’m sticking to the dates
Ok I added this, but haven’t deployed yet.
—Clocks in working hours will stick to the top of the grid, for easy defence.
x.com/markbowley/...
This time with my own tracker tool
#100school
One row complete #100school 💯
27.09.2025 14:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1You can now add names to clocks on clocksdash.com, so you know who's in each city
26.09.2025 11:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I made my own 30 day streak tracker, where you can download the graphic to share on social:
26.09.2025 10:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 8 of 💯 #100School AI
Built a small app in ChatGPT Canvas
Built this for fun, but also to learn tricks to have more visual impact
Tiny bit of HTML/CSS/JS
daynighttoggle.carrd.co/
I’ve been building experiments instead of jumping straight into a big build, so it’s more motivating to learn
25.09.2025 07:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I've given my Key Stats Widget maker a bit more polish
(using the learnings from other builds)
Try it out here:
stats-widget.carrd.co
Yes there's vibe coding but for simple stuff beginners can try assisted coding - you may learn more code
1. Use ChatGPT / Claude as yr assistant
2. Compile in a code editor (e.g VSCode)
3. Deploy to Cloudflare Pages (free hosting) via Github*
*ChatGPT can talk you through this
I made a Pomodoro timer for myself
– logs my tasks (when & how long)
– let's me copy/paste the log as plain text
I've built about 15min prototypes in the last 6 weeks
Mostly for fun and learning
Some I didn't even publish, some come out really good
Here's my list minitools.carrd.co
I guess it's to keep people concise
22.09.2025 15:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
No pain point here, just a fun thing to make...
My Stock Widget shows one live stock price - BIG and full-screen
Try it here stock-widget.pages.dev
Pain point: Habit trackers aren't very shareable
I built Tracker Widget prototype for that
trackerwidget.carrd.co
🚀 Launched Clocks Dash on its own domain → clocksdash.com
A visual dashboard for remote teams, so you don’t ping at 3 AM
🕒 Add your team’s cities
🌙 At a glance day/night/office-hours
🔗 Share the view with your team
Finally know what time it is for everyone
2025 stats so far:
x.com/markbowley/...
I'm looking at selling freeappsai.com
Solid 18mo start, but I just can't give it the time
— AI directory with 300+ apps
— Brandable domain in booming niche
— Approx 6k views, 1.1k Google clicks /mo
— DA 20
Ideal for content, SaaS, or lead-gen plays
DM if interested
Nice, from James Clear's newsletter
20.09.2025 10:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As the name suggests, it's literally just stickies
stickies.carrd.co/
