Derek Liston 🌎

Founder of dijjoo | AdventureTech Entrpreneur. We transform your life adventures into beautiful photo books with JUST 1 TAP.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

I love telling claude code that a feature we’ve built is a “hot mess” and seeing what it says.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@JohnnyFennPhoto Love that shot!

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

MESSAGE

I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach.

Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world's great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace.

An enduring resolution to conflict, including the ones we see in the Middle East or between Russia and Ukraine, must be rooted in dialogue, diplomacy and mutual respect — approached with the understanding that, at the deepest level, we are all brothers and sisters.

I urge for and pray that the violence and conflicts may soon come to an end.

DALAI LAMA

31 March 2026

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@StephNass Agreed, however, that’s easy to say when you are Tesla. Everyone knows what Tesla is. That in itself lends to simplicity. When no one knows who you are or what you sell, it becomes a little more complicated. Imagine the sentence “we sell Teslas” before anyone knew what a Tesla is

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@BenStiller @MichaelDBrandt I love that one of your reasons for this “it’s fun”. As an ER doctor, I get asked all the time why I built an app for group adventures and I love to tell them “because it’s fun!”

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

Mini and Raksha are the best! Such impressive guys!

[Johnny Fenn @JohnnyFennPhoto]

I couldn’t have done this without them.
Mini Lama Tamang and Rakcha Lama Tamang (cousins from Dhading) walked the entire way with me, often carrying 45kg, doing all the cooking, and never losing their humour.
Strong. Loyal. Capable.
This journey was shared.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@marcrandolph Love this! We are our own worst enemies!

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

What an honor and a wonderful experience it was for me to be able to trek with @JohnnyFennPhoto for just a week of this adventure! I will never forget that feeling of likely being the first non Nepali some of these kids had ever seen! Wonderful photos from an amazing adventure.

[Johnny Fenn @JohnnyFennPhoto]

In very remote villages, everyone noticed.
Children hid.
Adults watched quietly from fields and doorways — amazed, curious, smiling.
For many, it was the first time they had seen a non‑Nepali in their village.
114 days. West to east. No map.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nepal #TravelMemoir

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

Clearly very early in the trek because your beard is still quite tame!

[Johnny Fenn @JohnnyFennPhoto]

Right at the start.
No meat. No alcohol. Just simple food and moving on.
I had no idea then I’d lose 17 kg (about 2.7 stone) — or that I had that much to lose.
From the early days of a 114‑day walk across Nepal, west to east, no map.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nepal #TravelMemoir

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

That’s quite a grand Nepalese house!

[Johnny Fenn @JohnnyFennPhoto]

Houses in the far west of northern Nepal were built differently; heavier, more enclosed, shaped by terrain and weather.
Life going on.
From a 114‑day walk across Nepal, west to east, no map.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nepal #TravelMemoir #Photography

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

My good friend @JohnnyFennPhoto once again illustrates that light is the most important element of a great photo! Can’t wait to see more from the trek!

[Johnny Fenn @JohnnyFennPhoto]

First portrait of the walk.

Near the Indian border at Jhulaghat, Baitadi district — an old man keeping warm by the fire.

This was the start of a west‑to‑east crossing of Nepal: 114 days, nearly 1,500 miles, no map.

#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nepal #TravelMemoir #Photography

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

And that’s NOT pass interference on the last play of Miami v Ole Miss? Honestly, I don’t care who wins but that sure looked like PI to me.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@MartinGTobias Which is exactly why we built dijjoo, so those family memories are cherished forever.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@Zecca_Lehn BA in Economics, Masters in Public Policy, Doctor of Medicine.

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

I have a fun tech startup party trick.

I can make an investor disappear instantly by saying “consumer startup founder”.

Works every time. 😁

[Will Travers @willtravers]

#WalkontheWildSide. Yes, on 8th Aug I’m up for it! With ⁦@BornFreeFDN⁩ Colleagues, and our friends from #Juice, we’re walking 23,000 steps for 23,000 wild, free-living #lions. My target £2,300. Please donate, protect them, make a difference! RT Wx https://t.co/MtrVuYSLUE

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@jasonrowphoto

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@Matt_Pinner New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

[Jo Cantello @JoCantello]

Incredible Journeys by @Levisonwood is one of @TheScotsman’s recommended summer reads for kids. https://t.co/K7CCzce9jS

[Derek Liston 🌎 @dc_liston]

@Levisonwood Oh my! That’s wonderful! Congratulations!