Besides being a Product Hunt nerd π what other hobbies do you have?
Business Marketing with Nika
71 replies
I like Product Hunt and social media/marketing in general BUT I try to be on many fronts in offline life too.
What other activities in your life do you find fulfilling? π
For me, it is:
β
Sport β I have made it a habit (it needs to be in my day)
β
Learning languages β same as the above
β
Photography
β
Attending cultural/educational events
Maybe I'll take inspiration from your list of hobbies and find a new one, so let's go for it. π
Replies
Milli Sen@millisen
Primeb.io
Reading, music, movies, podcasts, learning languages.
Share
minimalist phone: creating folders
@busmark_w_nika For movies, Christopher Nolan's ones. I recently read and loved The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@busmark_w_nika I can relate to all of your answers, which kind of sport do you practice regularly?
For me, the biggest fulfilling hobby is
π Sport (Crossfit, running, swimming and Yoga, I will never say no to any sport event)
π§ββοΈ Sauna (Yes, I have a Sauna membership :D)
πΉ Music - playing piano or listening to some of my Vinyl collections
βοΈ Not very often anymore, but I LOVE travelling and exploring different cultures, getting to know locals from other countries and trying to pick up their language.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@laura_riehl Thanks for the question. I really like HIIT, pilates, yoga and slight acrobatics. Apart from that (recreational running, swimming, hiking). π You are my person, sport above all :D Oh, music β I totally forgot about this one but unfortunately do not play any instrument (yet)... rather listening and dancing to the music :D I can that many of your hobbies are almost the same for me. π
minimalist phone: creating folders
@laura_riehl @abhinish we have more in common than I thought :)
Scuba Diving , Mycology , Hydroponics.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@creative_nemo Okay, I needed to search 2/3 of activities you are doing :D What did you lead you to plants? I mean, this is very unusual to me.
@creative_nemo @busmark_w_nika same! Very interesting hobbies.
I am also learning language, photography I loved most but I do it only when i am in my hometown, I like cycling but I do not have a cycle right now. I don't follow most of my hobbies.
what language you're learning. @busmark_w_nika
minimalist phone: creating folders
@nitin_joshi I was about the same question. π Which languages do you learn?
For me: Spanish and German (I started with German first).
@busmark_w_nika why do you want to learn German?
minimalist phone: creating folders
@nitin_joshi Because neighbourhood countries are German speaking + I collab on the app that origins from Germany.
@busmark_w_nika that's relevant.
I practice martial arts, play guitar and am passionate about tropical aquariums.
I am actually also into photography, but limited time has forced me to settle for taking just a few creative shots with my smartphone
minimalist phone: creating folders
@filippo_calabrese what martial arts do you practice? :)
@busmark_w_nika It's a little unconventional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba...
:)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@filippo_calabrese It must be very rare because I haven't heard about that yet. How long have you been practicing it? :)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@filippo_calabrese ah, okay. When you used the term kung fu, I started to be more "in" topic. Another unusual I have heard of is Qigong. One of my students in my past yoga classes practised it in her free time. But I am not so sure if it is a martial art because as she described it, it didn't look to be very kinetic.
@busmark_w_nika It's been around five years now. You can see it as one of the many forms of Kung-Fu. Many of the 'westernised' martial arts are nothing more than simplifications of much more complex martial forms.
In ancient times, almost every Oriental family had its own distinctive martial form, which was passed down from generation to generation. When the martial arts were then westernised, what was imported was merely a simplification of what the martial arts originally were.
In addition, it must be said that martial arts were often practised not only as a fighting style, but also in the form of gymnastics and meditation. Unfortunately, much of this lineage has been lost, at least by us.
Baguazhang for example is a martial form that studies the circularity of movements and the psychophysical balance of its practitioner. Different forms focus on different aspects. If you think, for example, of Shaolin monks, we simplistically say that they practise Kung Fu, but in reality they then decline it in different forms, with different styles and with different aims
App Finder
Sport (running, hiking, I also want to learn climbing)
Philosophy (epistemology, metaphysics, ethics) and science
And programming is also a hobby of course.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@konrad_sx Philosophy is a hard nut to crack. So many streams. Do you have a favourite philosopher? :)
App Finder
@busmark_w_nika I don't have one favourite philosopher. I see philosophy "as a science": What really matters are the ideas and the reasons for them, not who had them first or how they are stated.
But here are some philosophers with very important ideas: Kant, Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, Peter Singer.
Kant will be the most difficult to read (and I didn't yet read much from him myself), but you could start with Nagel (https://www.amazon.com/What-Does..., https://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Qu...), Parfit (https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-P...), Singer (https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/..., https://www.amazon.com/Practical...)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@konrad_sx What about futurism (Toffler)? (TBH, it is quite a long time since we had a philosophy at university, but most of many I remember this one). It is true that philosophy is an interdisciplinary science (sometimes it is also intertwined with the economy - we had a lot of that.) :D
App Finder
@busmark_w_nika Futurism is very interesting and important of course. Didn't read anything from Toffler, but Hans Moravec and Ray Kurzweil (they have a very positive view)
App Finder
@busmark_w_nika You think they will come true?
minimalist phone: creating folders
@busmark_w_nika I like reading a real overcoming-an-obstacle story for books detailing about one specific skill I want to learn more about. Here are some:
The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen.
- A must read for anyone who is building a product requiring multiple users to interact with one another in some way. Uber, tinder, etc.
The Hard Thing about Hard Things, Ben Horowitz.
- The difficult obstacles Ben has been through as CEO of LoudCloud. Had to in lay off many early employees (50%?). He's been through hell and back, dozens of times.
The Lean Startup, Eric Riles.
- Must read for anyone interested in building a startup or passionate about making money from a project. Restructure the way you think about business. You don't make a 12 paged business plan with just your intuition.
minimalist phone: creating folders
Meditate, walk, read, and play chess :)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@abdellah_abbous π§ββοΈ Do you also practice yoga? :)
@busmark_w_nika love plants and gardeningπ§βπΎ
minimalist phone: creating folders
@arslanaut this is actually a useful hobby. You can grown your own vegetable and fruit π
Martial arts - BJJ/Muay Thai right now.
Dance - West coast Swing (competed when I was younger, now it's just recreation haha)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@donaldklee Wow, I need to learn dancing too. Because I step on the feet of the dance partners. :DDDD
I enjoy traveling, cooking, playing video games, and participating in sports such as badminton and swimming.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@brandon_cccc Cooking is not my domain, to be honest :D but travelling we have in common. What countries would you like to visit? :)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@brandon_cccc Wow, I should travel more! β€οΈ What about Slovakia? Do you like castles and mountains? :D
@busmark_w_nika I have traveled to Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Indonesia, France, Italy, Vatican City, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland. My hometown is in China, but I currently reside in the United States.
The countries I particularly enjoy traveling to are Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea.
However, I would prefer to travel in China because the cost of living is lower, the public security situation is good, and the hotel service is far better than in the United States.
For hiking and road trips, I would prefer the United States because it is more convenient to drive here and there are fewer tourists compared to China.
Fantastic question, @busmark_w_nika!
Some of my hobbies are:
π Art (especially mixed media art and installation art)
π Communities
π Cooking
π Curating (everything)
π Hiking
π Listening to music & making playlists
π Meditating & manifesting
π Metaphysics
π Mutual aid
π Photography
π Potlucks
π Public speaking
π Reading
π Scrabble & Words With Friends
π Self improvement
π Swimming
π Trivia
π Watching films
π Weight lifting
π Writing
- Writing a book about language-market fit with @hashem_elassad
- Writing a book of poetry
I have been learning:
π Carpentry
π Mechanics
And I'd love to get into film production.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@hashem_elassad @nikkielizdemere you are really versatile, wow. According to your interests, I would guess that you enjoy the humanities and sociological sciences. π I wanna get into the movie industry as well! β€οΈ lately I felt in love with The Walking Dead series :DDDDD
minimalist phone: creating folders
Aside from being a gym rat, I love cool niche tech products that are so random but solve a very peculiar problem. From this, you can also tell that I'm a tech nerd. Also, I enjoy playing video games. If you want to experience some of the best stories told through this medium, you have to try out RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, and God of War. And, multiplayer games like Halo, Minecraft, and CSGO are a lot of fun to play with friends.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@sreenington I used to play Minecraft but I do not like when I can be killed by Creepers :DDDDD
I love the photography
minimalist phone: creating folders
@savannah_morris Me too! ππ
How does one become a product hunt nerd, am relatively new here :)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@busmark_w_nika read alllllllll the comments here and literally felt so good. Never thought learning about others' hobbies could be so mind relaxing and feel-good thing.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@mehtab__faiz did you pick up any new hobby among all of those comments? :D
minimalist phone: creating folders
@mehtab__faiz which martial arts? :D I have always been amazed by capoeira :)
@busmark_w_nika I want to learn Martial Arts now :D
@busmark_w_nika dayuuummmmmmm, sameeeeee, capoeira it is :D
@busmark_w_nika mmmm talking about my hobbies, I have recently discovered my love and passion for thrillers (movies/books anything). Other than that, I lovvvveeee reading books (inspirational, romantic, philosophical). I do painting as well and usually forget the track of time when I am doing one. Mmmmmm, I cant spend a day without walk. I have a special place for badminton in my heart and becomes very enthusiastic whenever I get a chance to play it.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@mehtab__faiz what movies do you watch β do you have any special tip? :)
minimalist phone: creating folders
@mehtab__faiz Can you share your favourite thrillers? :D Not horrors, I do not like them :D
@busmark_w_nika mostly thrillers and sometimes horror :D
That's a diverse range of hobbies you've got there! It's like having a virtual Swiss Army knife of interests. If you ever need a teammate for your sports adventures or a language practice buddy, count me in! Who knows, we might uncover the next big thing while capturing moments with your photography skills at cultural events. Time to add some more colors to our hobby palette!
minimalist phone: creating folders
@thestarkster what languages do you speak/practice? :)
Music - I'm on SoundCloud, running. I code as a hobby as well, even though its my job π€
minimalist phone: creating folders
@justin_crosbie Why do you like SoundCloud? In what is it better than eg Spotify?
@busmark_w_nika Soundcloud is better geared towards independant and unsigned artists, you get better exposure. Spotify only cares about already established artists.
I get more listens on Soundcloud.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@justin_crosbie aha, and as an artist, do you have there also the option to earn money from eg downloading your album or so?
@busmark_w_nika Haha, wouldn't that be nice! Unfortunately, because of the business models of streaming services, its become pretty difficult to 1) become established as an artist - even if you're good and 2) make money from your music. The streaming services have convinced the world that music should be free, and they only care about established artists. With music being free, even the streaming services don't make a lot - Spotify were posting losses up until this year.
However, this is set to change - NFT-based services are being launched so that users will have to pay for music. Spotify's days are numbered.
I'm also working on a music app that aims at giving a platform to yet-to-be established artists, which I plan on launching this year - after I get Passkeyme up and running ;})
minimalist phone: creating folders
@justin_crosbie I have heard that these services do not pay so much if you are not Taylor Swift or any other artist with billions of plays. π Anyway, I am pretty curious about the platform and happy to see it live in the future.