Thom Gibson | WFH Dads

@kanekallaway @theKevinShen is the man at this!

Visual sets are going to become massive in 2026. Oren mentioned this before, but doubling down. As the short-form feed conforms to simplest route of scaled production, the easiest way to cut through visually will be to have a signature visual "in world" set. If you're a podcast, like @markbrazil, having a unique 1/1 visual set & look is a massive differentiator. The clips just jump off the feed compared to everything else. I think set design and "world building" will ultimately extend to all YouTubers and eventually all education content on all forms. We've already seen this on Youtube for a while, but it will triple down as you'll be able to build virtual sets with AI that look indistinguishable from reality. Sets are one of those things that are painfully annoying to design/build initially, but once cracked, are one of the highest ROI moves you can make. My homie @theKevinShen is the best at bringing these to life IRL. He also has a sick database of visual inspiration for people looking to upgrade their physical space (maybe he'll link it here).

@RafalTomal @lovable Nice! Just got a job at a cybersecurity company and they're pretty strict about what apps you can download on the company computer (as you can imagine) and both my time tracking app and to-do list app are unfortunately not on the list! Trying this it out today.

@WFHdads @lovable It saves in browser’s local storage so you won’t lose it until you manually clean it up. I think it’s good enough for a to-do list.

Couldn’t find a perfect to-do app so I built my own with @lovable. No logins. No distractions. Just your list, saved right in your browser. Check it out: mono-list.lovable.app

@jasonportnoy @beehiiv @kit Biased but I'm team Kit. I run my own newsletter for WFH dads out of there. Love being able to have a mini-website that showcases my past newsletter issues, links to my socials, products, etc. You can see mine here: wfhdads.com

Trying to decide… @beehiiv or @kit

@danielgtaylor @kit Daniel - really sorry about this. Did you end up getting a hold of support? If not, could you DM me the email tied to your account and the issue you're running into?

It seems @kit has reached maximum capacity as they no longer provide customers with support. As such, I'll cease recommending them to clients and find another email service.

@nathanbarry @kit @Replit Every week can be Create Week 🙌

I just released a new @Kit App to let you add custom fonts to your emails as images—directly from the Kit editor. This is all AI written built on @Replit.

@jayclouse Damn. So good. Side view is my favorite.

🚨 NEW STUDIO PREVIEW! 🚨

@StriftCodes @kit Hey Laurent - could you share more of your workflow? If you schedule an email, then go to the Broadcast page and click 'Edit,' it should keep the scheduled time. In the past, you would have to unschedule it to edit but we changed that last year. updates.kit.com/item/15293

If @kit could save your scheduled time settings when editing a broadcast instead of resetting to 'send now', that'd be great

@nathanbarry I used Streaks for a year but have moved to @HabitKit. The visuals of the filled in squares are so much more motivating and the general UI of the app is a lot better in my opinion.

Done for the day. Tracking this in Streaks.

I’m going to write and workout every day in March.

@RafalTomal 100%. I’d argue that working from home and working fewer hours makes me more productive than going into an office where I have ‘all day’ to get my work done. Smaller time windows creates more of a sense of urgency. Also known as Parkinson’s Law.

One decision I know I’ll never regret is working from home. Hearing my kids play and being able to go downstairs to hang out with them anytime is priceless. A little less productivity or efficiency is a small trade-off. This is what it’s all about.

@TakeActionCopy @kit @loom What's got you not wanting to use Kit anymore?

Please provide alternatives to @kit and @loom so I never have to use these sites again.

@nathanbarry @stephsmithio @hutchins @hristo_vassilev @chenellco @businessbarista @ChrisAmrod Hope you had the jalapeño ranch at Chuys. I could drink that stuff.

Had a fun dinner last night with so many great newsletter folks. Including ⁦@stephsmithio⁩ ⁦@hutchins⁩ ⁦@hristo_vassilev⁩ ⁦@chenellco⁩ ⁦@businessbarista⁩ ⁦@ChrisAmrod⁩ and more!

@RafalTomal @kit 🙋🏻‍♂️ 😉

I'm thinking about going to @kit's conference this year. Who else is going? kit.com/conference

@jethrojones @nathanbarry @jayclouse @JamesClear @kit Jethro! Fancy seeing you here in the comments. It’s actually here in Austin and a few of us Kit team members are sitting together. Was nice for me to have somewhere to go after dropping my kids off at school today, haha. Nathan is speaking later today on creator flywheels.

@nathanbarry @jayclouse @JamesClear @kit Are you just a normie sitting in the audience?

Listening to @jayclouse talk about @jamesclear’s flywheel for growing his @kit newsletter at the Newsletter Marketing Summit.

@jayradio @robertoblake @kit @WallyMcCarthy7 Sure thing Jason. Ping me if you’ve got any feedback while you’re setting it up.

@WFHdads @robertoblake @kit @WallyMcCarthy7 Finally got to watch this, thanks for taking the time. Very interesting...I'll have to start playing with it.

If @kit gave out physical awards for growing your email list to 10,000, 100K and 1M email subscribers… I can promise your more people would switch over to Kit and would be growing their email lists.

@NiharikaSodhi @rainar_angelo @kit Sorry for the late reply here Niharikaa - did this get resolved?

@rainar_angelo @kit @WFHdads I’ve been at it since morning. My webinar is tomorrow. Every 3 hours I’m losing sales 😖 the initial talks as quick and the moment they said they’ll connect me to a technical person I haven’t got any response since 6 hours.

@kit trying for help since 5 hours. It’s super urgent but no response since morning. Please help me log into my account!

@louisnicholls_ @fibercove would be a good coworking space. @cosmicaustin would be a good coffee house (lots of outside space with picnic tables and food trucks)

Austin TX friends 👋 I need to find a venue for a ~15-20 person workshop this Wednesday. Could be a coffee shop/coworking space or whatever. Very casual. Any suggestions? 🙏

@mattragland Yeah a few days a week, my first hour of the day goes to creating for WFH Dads. Having it first on the calendar ensures it gets done.

I had a big aha! moment about six months ago that completely changed how I prioritize my work. I realized that when I’m not creating—when I’m not making things myself—I feel less inspired to teach and coach others on their creative journey. I was trying to fill up others when my own cup was empty, and it was leading to burnout. So I made a shift: 2025 is about being a creator first, and a coach or operator second. If I’m not building, I’m not growing. That has to be the priority. It made me wonder... how do you prioritize different types of work in your life? Are you putting your most meaningful work first?

@jayradio @robertoblake @kit @jayradio @WallyMcCarthy7 made a short Loom walking through how to use Recommendations to get more email subscribers

@WFHdads @robertoblake @kit Hmmm...don't think so, I've just transferred some of my stuff over from Substack and making sure things are working correctly...I'll have to explore that.

@jayradio @robertoblake @kit Jason - have you started using Recommendations? I started my WFH Dads newsletter last year and half the growth has come from other creators recommending my newsletter to their audience.

@robertoblake @kit I have Kit...but my list growth is currently negligible.