Personal notes on innovation, the web and starting things.https://faruktuna.com/https://faruktuna.com/blog/inovanadolu-turkiyes-free-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-community/https://faruktuna.com/blog/inovanadolu-turkiyes-free-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-community/In 2018 my friends and I founded inovanadolu, a non-profit for anyone in Türkiye with an idea. Channels, projects, mentors, a 7,000-entry dictionary, tests and free tools.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/the-world-jukebox-click-a-country-hear-a-song/https://faruktuna.com/blog/the-world-jukebox-click-a-country-hear-a-song/A full-screen world map drawn like an old engraved chart. Click any country and a song from there starts playing. More than 13,000 songs from 231 countries and territories, sorted by mood, from hidden gems to traditional folk.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/airport-quiz-how-well-do-you-know-the-worlds-airports/https://faruktuna.com/blog/airport-quiz-how-well-do-you-know-the-worlds-airports/Airport Quiz is a small game for people who read departure boards for fun. 1,185 airports, five game modes, a split-flap board, and a map to explore, all in your browser.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/innovator-profile-what-kind-of-innovator-are-you/https://faruktuna.com/blog/innovator-profile-what-kind-of-innovator-are-you/I turned my PhD on innovation and personality into a free, 15-minute test. 94 questions, 10 dimensions, 8 archetypes, and a report that tells you where you shine, who you work best with, and what to try in the next 90 days.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-plane-24-hours-of-a-flight/https://faruktuna.com/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-plane-24-hours-of-a-flight/Follow one A321neo through six flights and 24 hours in an interactive story: night maintenance, fuel, load control, the turnaround and a delay's domino effect.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/great-circle-route-map-why-flights-curve/https://faruktuna.com/blog/great-circle-route-map-why-flights-curve/Flight Route Mapper draws the great-circle route between any airports on a 3D globe, with distance, flight time and countries crossed. See why flights curve.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/ali-around-the-world-geography-game-for-kids/https://faruktuna.com/blog/ali-around-the-world-geography-game-for-kids/A free, colourful world map game I built for my son: 197 countries, capitals and flags, six quiz modes, and a memory that brings back the ones he keeps missing.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/aircraft-spotter-a-plane-spotting-quiz-a320-or-737/https://faruktuna.com/blog/aircraft-spotter-a-plane-spotting-quiz-a320-or-737/Aircraft Spotter is a free aircraft recognition quiz: 26 airliners, 129 real photos, three game modes and a spotter's guide to the winglets, noses and tails.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/hezarfen-glide-from-galata-tower-browser-game/https://faruktuna.com/blog/hezarfen-glide-from-galata-tower-browser-game/A free browser game based on the legend of Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi: leap from Galata Tower, ride rising air across the Bosphorus and land in Üsküdar.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/snowy-day-a-threejs-winter-driving-game-in-your-browser/https://faruktuna.com/blog/snowy-day-a-threejs-winter-driving-game-in-your-browser/Snowy Day is a free 3D browser driving game I build after the kids are asleep: a snowy mountain road, Kurt the dog in the pickup, chess, tavla and easter eggs.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/load-control-academy-weight-and-balance-simulator/https://faruktuna.com/blog/load-control-academy-weight-and-balance-simulator/Play a shift as an airline load controller: compute EZFW, plan the hold, issue the final loadsheet and handle LMCs across eight flights, plus a 500-question exam.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/why-we-keep-playing-too-loud/https://faruktuna.com/blog/why-we-keep-playing-too-loud/A street musician is playing. There is a microphone and a small amp. But the sound is far too loud for the size of the space. Standing a few meters away already feels too much. The music does not seem meant to be heard; it feels meant to dominate. This is no longer a choice,…Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:00:55 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/stop-overengineering-everything-just-use-digitalocean/https://faruktuna.com/blog/stop-overengineering-everything-just-use-digitalocean/DigitalOcean has always been the quiet kid in the corner of the cloud playground. While Amazon Web Services (AWS) throws endless features, acronyms and certifications at everyone, DigitalOcean sits there with its clean little droplet button, a faint smile, and an interface that still feels like it was designed in 2016. And you know what?…Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:48:56 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/the-freelancers-living-through-the-ai-shift/https://faruktuna.com/blog/the-freelancers-living-through-the-ai-shift/Freelancing once felt like a promise. Freedom, creativity, and a chance to live on your own terms. For years, platforms like Upwork and Fiverr represented independence. The internet opened doors to clients around the world and made solo work feel limitless. But since artificial intelligence entered the picture, that sense of freedom has started to…Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:56:05 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/who-am-i-at-forty/https://faruktuna.com/blog/who-am-i-at-forty/When you turn forty, something interesting happens. You start wanting to put a word next to your name, maybe a title. But deep down, it’s not really about status or business cards. It’s a quieter question: Who am I now? I’ve been making things all my life. Since I was a kid, creating something and giving…Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:39:28 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/maglud-com-my-first-website/https://faruktuna.com/blog/maglud-com-my-first-website/In 1998, at fourteen, I opened Microsoft FrontPage and built maglud.com. It ended up on national TV, ranked on the first page of AltaVista for 'web design', and was promoted with home-printed flyers glued to electricity poles at night.Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:30:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/the-psychology-behind-innovation-failure/https://faruktuna.com/blog/the-psychology-behind-innovation-failure/Most ideas don't die because they fail. They die because someone got scared they might work. A slightly sarcastic field guide to fear of success, pilot purgatory and innovation theatre.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:25:58 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/invest-on-board-pitching-startups-at-35000-feet/https://faruktuna.com/blog/invest-on-board-pitching-startups-at-35000-feet/What if a startup could pitch to an investor in the middle of a long-haul flight? At Turkish Airlines we built Invest on Board, a channel on the in-flight entertainment screens that puts entrepreneurs' elevator pitches in front of the people sitting in the seats.Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/the-evza-viral-how-a-fake-90s-website-changed-my-career/https://faruktuna.com/blog/the-evza-viral-how-a-fake-90s-website-changed-my-career/In 2013 I turned my own agency's website into a gloriously terrible 90s parody, with chick-painting services, an English page written in Turkish and a price list nobody could believe. More than 200,000 people visited, Hürriyet put it on a cover, and it quietly opened the door to Turkish Airlines.Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMThttps://faruktuna.com/blog/vicahen-the-clothing-brand-that-taught-me-my-first-real-lesson/https://faruktuna.com/blog/vicahen-the-clothing-brand-that-taught-me-my-first-real-lesson/Before the startups, the agency and the airline, I wanted to make clothes. I spent a year and a half learning the trade, built a brand called VICAHEN from the labels up, and then watched the first batch come back ruined. This is that story.Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT