Richard Kershaw

20 years buying, building, and backing internet businesses. Sometimes they work.

Previously: WhoIsHostingThis. Currently: looking for next one.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@gregfindley @digitalocean To my eternal regret, doesn't seem to accept referral credit:-

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@carlhendy "Midnight Diner" on NetFlix, it's like Cheers set in an afterhours Tokyo restaurant:

https://t.co/rXKe5gUiQ9

[Hannah Murphy @MsHannahMurphy]

BREAKING: WhatsApp has delayed the roll-out of its new privacy policy for three months, citing "confusion" and "misinformation" about the changes - which have sent worried users flocking to lesser-known apps Signal and Telegram

https://t.co/khizDfsI5w

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@awilkinson Starting to speak another language. It's a long road, so the sooner the better. People will tell you you're 20 years too late - you're not.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

Great piece by @GeorgeSiosi on @restofworld about .TV domains & the island of Tuvalu: https://t.co/Nn6f47EhBw

[Jack Rivlin @jackrivlin]

Last year I finally sold The Tab, the media business I co-founded, raised $10 million investment for, and sadly failed to turn into a huge success.

Here's what I learned during the two years I spent selling the company:

https://t.co/vLLtg2sXSt

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@iamrofe Exercise outside & learn a a language properly (ie, intensive classes - not messing about on Duolingo). Happy to share my experience with the latter, if you want to try!

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@robkerry @blinkist Using @Blinkist instead of reading real books is like watching a trailer on YouTube, and claiming you saw the movie in the cinema.

("Citizen Kane.... Rosebud, amirite?")

I lasted one book. I am utterly mystified by its popularity.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@nikropht Looks like it's back up now!

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

We truly live in extraordinary times when a Zoom magician quotes an hourly rate double my lawyers'.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@robkerry Never used Chrome as my main browser, but I swapped Firefox for Brave, which I love. Give it another shot!

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@danbarker Odder still: I had no idea "Cops" was filmed in Telford: https://t.co/aeZbX3bCvn

[Bilal Zuberi // Red Glass Ventures @bznotes]

😳

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@ariozick @PinkPoloShorts I met the owner of one in London a few years ago, next time you're over!

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@PaulDavidMadden Had a comparable experience with my 12 month old MacBook Pro - bunch of problems from (literally) day one.

But the Apple Store in Covent Garden were enormously helpful when I was last there & fixed everything.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If the caps lock key didn't already exist and someone proposed it, it would seem like an insane idea.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@LandonB32 Thank you - I shall investigate.

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

Uptime monitoring: who do people use in 2020? Used Pingdom for years, what's better & why?

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@AndyDavies @danbarker Simple up/down checks & page load speed. Thanks!

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

@danbarker Thank you! This is what I'm looking for, as it shows unavailable/registered. Perfect

[Richard Kershaw @qualitynonsense]

Question: which bulk WHOIS tool will search for all variations of a word or phrase registered with every TLD?

Eg, https://t.co/0XsOGzh6Rx, https://t.co/ODQgEvf0ti, https://t.co/A48Kkpa5eP etc