About Dana Hooshmand I’m a life-long hacker, traveller, and learner. I write about motorcycles, startup operations, and technology. I create guides on doing difficult things with limited resources. I also write about exploring distant destinations through studying culture and language at Discover Discomfort.
Motorcycles Four Things I Learned in Advanced Training at Queensland Motorcycle School Four Things I learned in Advanced Motorcycle Rider Training at Sunshine Coast Motorcycle School in Queensland, Australia.
Motorcycles Reflections on Crashing a Motorcycle Reflections on crashing a motorcycle - my Ducati Superbike 1098S. I was hurt and the motorcycle was damaged, but neither of us was destroyed.
Motorcycles That New Old Bike — The Ducati 999 Ducati 999 — An old, oft-maligned bike, that I (and many) actually happen to love.
Motorcycles Understanding Fuel Injection Open Loop and Closed Loop How closed-loop and open-loop modes work in motorcycle fuel-injection systems, and how it relates to your ECU.
Business Ten Powerful Tips to Improve your Business Writing Nine simple and powerful tips to improve your business writing that I wish I was taught (and I teach everyone I can).
Business Creating Amazing Products — Lessons from Mediavine What makes Mediavine outstanding as a company — an amazing product, community, and a raving fanbase.
Motorcycles Renting a Motorcycle with Twisted Road Rent a motorcycle on Twisted Road, a peer-to-peer motorcycle rental marketplace. Your first day's rental is free.
Motorcycles Does The Harley-Davidson LiveWire Have Soul? Exhaustive notes about how the Harley Davidson LiveWire (an electric motorcycle) can have a soul: Your soul.
Motorcycles Rent a Motorcycle in America for FREE with Twisted Road! Rent a motorcycle in America for a day for free with Twisted Road.
Business Convincing People: Answer the Person, Not the Question Answering someone's question is more complicated than you might think.
Business That's No Tech Startup: That's a Factory The true operations cost base of companies like Wind, Lyft, Uber and Lime — factories, warehouses, customer support centres, onboarding centres, and mechanics.
Life A Year of Love and Struggle with "Discover Discomfort" Results of our first year of blogging with Discover Discomfort: page views, revenue, what we learned, and our future.
Can Ghost Be Used for Travel and Lifestyle Blogs? WordPress is great, but Ghost is beautifully simple. But before deciding to use it for your travel or lifestyle blog, consider whether Ghost is your best option.
Tech SEO Explained Simply in One (Short) Sentence I often get asked to explain SEO. This is SEO explained simply, in just one, easy sentence.
Tech The JAMstack in Plain Language: The Difference with WordPress and Site Builders The JAMStack is the latest technology for building fast, scalable, and easy to manage websites. This is the JAMStack explained for people used to using a regular website builder
Motorcycles Zero SR/F Meta-Review: Specs, Price, Charging Time, Range, Availability A complete meta-review of the Zero SR/F, including real-world analysis of range, power, charging time, and everyday usability.
Motorcycles The Ultimate Yamaha R6 Buyers Guide: "No Compromises" Why and how to buy a Yamaha R6, the greatest street-ready track motorcycle you can buy. Alternatives to the R6 (including the R1), known issues, and how much to pay.
Motorcycles Honda FireBlade Buyer's Guide — "Total Control" A guide to buying the Honda FireBlade CBR900RR, CBR929RR and CBR954RR, the original FireBlade series made by Tadao Baba.
Motorcycles Interview: Michael Masouras of MotoHunt, the Ultimate Motorcycle Marketplace Michael Masouras is the brains behind MotoHunt, his vision of the most convenient way to buy your next motorcycle, by bringing together all the information you need.
Business Help Build A Collaborative Guide to Hiring Great Operations Managers How to Hire Great Operations People: a Survey. Help build the ultimate collaborative guide!
Business Fun (and Better) Alternatives to Bad Interview Questions Asking interview questions is hard, in operations (and everything). Here are some fun and engaging questions that are better than the vanilla alternatives.
Business Herding Wild Cats: How to Manage Self-Starters How to manage self-starters (entrepreneurs) who always want autonomy, freedom and change. (Or: why you don't want to hire entrepreneurs at all.)
Business Hiring Operations Management Talent in Marketplace Companies Hiring for engineering for marketplaces is hard enough. Then there's operations, where the rubber meets the road. Here is my guide to how to get it done.
Life Twelve Life Lessons from "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins Everything I learned from reading and listening to "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins several times, including exclusive content from the audiobook.
Motorcycles How to Build a Custom Naked Ducati Multistrada How to strip a Ducati Multistrada 1000DS naked and build your own Ducati Monster 1000DS. Not for the faint of heart.
