Janna Bastow
LightNews LightNews
banner
simplybastow.com
Janna Bastow
@simplybastow.com
1K followers 180 following 230 posts
Product nerd. Will rant about roadmaps if poked. Probably posting about cats though.

writer speaker artist chaotic good ADHD

🇨🇦/🇬🇧/🏳️‍🌈/she/they
Posts Replies Media Videos
simplybastow.com
Ebi Atawodi sharing the vision statement from YouTube Studio here at #mtpcon 🤩

Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
March 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
simplybastow.com
Oh hey new followers 👋

I might get around to doing product rants here but right now all I have energy for is cat content.
This is Orion, my ginger Norwegian Forest cat, sprawled out and showing his belly This is Kepler, my white and ginger Norwegian Forest Cat, being a little shit disturber by climbing on furniture he's not supposed to
November 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
simplybastow.com
Where do I sign up my two? Orion and Kepler, known as the Astrofloofs 💫
Two orange and white Norwegian Forest Cats in a cuddle puddle on a bed Two orange and white Norwegian Forest Cats hanging out on a cat tree
December 10, 2023 at 12:41 PM
simplybastow.com
A beer in our drinks fridge just exploded.

Happy Saturday!
Remnants of the top of a beer bottle embedded in ice that's growing along the back of a fridge that desperately needs to be defrosted, along with frozen glass shards and beer along the back and bottom of the fridge.
November 18, 2023 at 2:39 PM
simplybastow.com
Kepler the cat approves 💫
A ginger cat with a fluffy white collar/mane and paws, lies on top of a cat tree sideways
November 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
simplybastow.com
Saw Ben Folds in concert last night, yeahhhh. Then raided the merch stand for a neat new t-shirt and the last vinyl on offer 😁
Ben Folds singing at a piano Ben Folds and a band of other musicians including a cellist, view up on stage from a front row seat.
November 11, 2023 at 9:41 PM
simplybastow.com
A puddle of cat. A tangle of toebeans.
Two ginger Norwegian Forest Cats curled up together with their legs entwined.
November 7, 2023 at 7:08 PM
simplybastow.com
Furthest south I can live in the UK here, sunset is upon us already.

Double whammy as I was on a short red-eye landing before sunrise and went straight home to catch actual sleep, so missed the majority of those 9 meager hours of sun 🫠
A sunrise, sunset chart of Brighton UK, showing sunrise at 6:59 and sunset at 4:29, with 1h 38m remaining daylight.
November 5, 2023 at 2:57 PM
simplybastow.com
Very pretty, very orange, very dumb 🧡
Two orange Norwegian Forest Cats badly posing for a photo. The white and orange one is reaching for the phone because he wants pets instead. Two orange Norwegian Forest Cats posing for a photo. A rare moment where they are both relatively still and photogenic. Lasted a split second.
November 4, 2023 at 12:36 PM
simplybastow.com
Okay no one else vote for us on product hunt, we're at 69 😘
Product Hunt screenshot of ProdPad AI product launch page, showing at a naughty 69 upvotes
September 25, 2023 at 10:10 AM
simplybastow.com
Several years ago, I hinted to my boyfriend that I wanted a bonsai plant.

He bought me a bonsai planting kit instead, so I've been painstakingly growing my own from seed since the beginning of the pandemic 🫠

The biggest, a tamarind, is ready for bending now, I think!
Three homegrown bonsai seedlings, a tiny wistaria, a slightly bigger olive, and a gangly tamarind, all sitting on a table
September 23, 2023 at 8:23 AM
simplybastow.com
Gone from mobile. Bye Twitter, it's been real 😘

(Keeping account for professional reasons, but accessing through web only. Don't trust Elon with the app)
Mobile screenshot showing a confirmation asking whether or not to uninstall the X/Twitter app.
September 8, 2023 at 7:11 PM
simplybastow.com
Took a picture of a planetary nebula tonight 🌌
Picture of the dumbbell nebula, a small round nebula that's green with red outer edges, on a black and starry background
September 2, 2023 at 10:18 PM
simplybastow.com
Closing out the summer with a bit of paddleboarding 😎
The sea on which I am paddle boarding today. Sky is a pleasant mix of sun and clouds, and there are other paddle boarders, boats and swimmers in the sea and a wind farm in the distance
September 2, 2023 at 12:46 PM
simplybastow.com
Sold 🤩
A TV on the wall showing the loading screen for outer wilds
August 28, 2023 at 6:47 AM
simplybastow.com
Boyfriend bought me giant bunch of flowers 🥰
A giant bouquet of flowers in pinks, oranges, yellows, and purples, on a table in a living room Kepler the giant ginger and white Norwegian Forest Cat smelling the giant bouquet of flowers
August 23, 2023 at 11:10 AM
simplybastow.com
One of the kids transformed my mug stains into this face and I think it captures my mood perfectly
A strung out but smiling face made of two different sized coffee/tea cup stains for eyes, and scribbles to make up pupils, a nose, and a smile.
August 21, 2023 at 11:47 AM
simplybastow.com
This Sunday is brought to you by this upside down cat
Ginger Norwegian Forest Cat laying upside down under a dressing table
August 20, 2023 at 7:28 PM
simplybastow.com
Picked up an old copy of an Mike Oldfield album and am now grooving to Tubular Bells on vinyl 😎
Copy of Mike Oldfield "exposed" vinyl album on a shelf
August 20, 2023 at 4:47 PM
simplybastow.com
Newskies, welcome! Want to see pictures of my cats when they were as fresh faced as you?! 🥺🥰😘
Two tiny ginger and white kittens (and someone else's black kitten) with a grey tabby mother cat in the background A tiny ginger kitten with a grey tabby mother cat A ginger and white kitten. He's still tiny, with ears that have barely unfolded and eyes that are still blue. Two tiny ginger and white kittens curled up in a soft corner together. They are slightly older and fluffier now.
August 19, 2023 at 6:26 PM
simplybastow.com
Hi back from Orion and Kepler 😻
Two very fluffy ginger cats sprawled out on the floor
August 12, 2023 at 4:53 PM
simplybastow.com
"Show your artistic range"

I seem to lean into inspiration from the natural world 💚
Acrylic painting of skulls on black background Acrylic painting of a bee on a black background Acrylic painting of a colourful potted plant on a square canvas on a table, next to a palate filled with paint smudges A watercolor painting of giant redwood trees, looking up to the canopy
August 12, 2023 at 12:16 PM
simplybastow.com
What does this error message mean? Wrong answers only 🤪
eBay web mobile screen on search tab with a error message saying "Response parsing failed with an exception!"
August 6, 2023 at 3:18 PM
simplybastow.com
Happy Pride Day, Brighton! Was a great turnout despite blustery weather, and we had amazing views from the ProdPad office 😍

I found a permanent home for my new giant progress flag, proudly displayed out front of our home now 🏳️‍🌈
Picture of Brighton high street with crowds and a parade including folks carrying a super long pride flag Picture of a house with a progress flag hung from one of the upper floor windows
August 5, 2023 at 7:14 PM
simplybastow.com
Don't ever let anyone tell you that a curly fringe is a bad idea.

So in love with how mine creates lovely little ringlets around my face 🥰
Janna with curls swept back in loose bun, with several layers of loose ringlets around her face Janna with a short layered bob and curly fringe that falls into ringlets
August 5, 2023 at 6:48 PM