Reading Time: < 1 min Joe Rogan used to have one of the most popular podcasts on the internet, but in mid-2020 he signed an exclusive deal with Spotify, reportedly for $100M. Therein lies the problem. I don’t fault Joe for taking the deal. If Spotify offered me $100M for almost anything, I’d do it. However, I love the open […]
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Making RSS about people
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve been talking about RSS feeds for about 13 years now, and have been using them much longer than that. I recently suggested that most everyone should be using them, and you can see how they fit into my larger system here. That said, I’m constantly adjusting how I use them, which is part of […]
Don’t wait for inspiration to strike
Reading Time: < 1 min There are times when I find it difficult to come up with a subject to write about on here, but the solution isn’t too difficult — just dive in. In the book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, he shares a great example: Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule […]
Social media is vapor
Reading Time: 2 min If you’re reading this post in 2021, there is a good chance you found this post via social media. If you’re reading this at some point later, you probably didn’t — at least not from a social post of mine. My posts about it have come and gone, just like millions of other posts every […]
Or current resident
Reading Time: < 1 min You’ve seen it before; probably nearly every day. An important looking envelope in the mail, but with a dead simple giveaway — it’s addressed to you “or current resident”. If it was important, and meant for you, they wouldn’t say “or current resident”. The same goes with any message that you put out to the […]
Who is “the media”?
Reading Time: 2 min We hear quite a lot about “the media” leaning to one side, or the “the media” not promoting a particular event, but who exactly is “the media”? Increasingly, it’s us. This is media. This post can be found in Google, or perhaps you found it via a social media channel. It’s media as much as […]
Don’t start tomorrow
Reading Time: < 1 min If you’re thinking of starting a blog, or writing a book, or exercising, or anything else, a good time to start would be tomorrow. A better time to start would be today. In his book The War of Art, author Steven Pressfield says: We don’t tell ourselves, “I’m never going to write my symphony.” Instead […]
What record label is Taylor Swift on?
Reading Time: < 1 min What label is Taylor Swift on? It doesn’t matter. It matters to the record label, and it might matter to Taylor, but it doesn’t matter to you or I. We just care whether we can access her on Spotify or YouTube Music or wherever we try to stream. What network produced “The Office”? All most […]
Why Seth Godin doesn’t tweet
Reading Time: 2 min Seth Godin doesn’t use Twitter. He has a Twitter account for his blog, but it’s just for his team to share his latest posts. He’s made it clear before that he doesn’t have a problem with Twitter, and thinks some people make great use of it. In terms of his time and his focus, it’s […]
An hour without a mouse
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve seen people try to use the web with just a keyboard for a full day, or even a week, but I thought a good place to start would just be a single hour. It doesn’t sound too tough at first, but you quickly realize — how do I switch tabs with my keyboard? Or […]