Category: Links of Interest
Matt shares new music
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Well at least it’s new to me. Over on his site he’s been sharing an album a day and I’ve been listening to them as I’m always searching for new music. Overall, Matt’s got great taste. Most of the albums have been excellent, and the rest have been fine enough for a listen but not…
YouTuber’s Waste My Time
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Watching YouTube videos today for PKM Weekly and the biggest frustration I have with YouTuber’s is “fancy” intros that spend a minute or more wasting my time showing off stuff. Just get to the point. Even the PKM community is not immune to it. What baffles me is that some of the “biggest” channels spend…
Writing advice from Matt Haughey – Don’t be an asshole
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Good advice from Matt. Forget the word salad corporate speak and just tell people what you’re providing. I find this in YouTube videos as well. Everyone wants to do some fancy intro so you don’t get to the meat of the content for at least a minute. My goal is to get people into the…
Does VC Money Do Anything Good?
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After reading this article about the future of media companies I wonder if VC money does anything good at all. Uber was supposed to revolutionize cars, but just looses money. The only thing it did was drive pricing down for similar services, like Taxi’s, and make it harder to earn a living in the field.…
Apathetic about Social Media
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Much like Tom, I’m feeling pretty apathetic about social media lately. Social media drives little traffic to my site. While people I have met on social media have contributed to my career (working an entire year for someone I met via Twitter) I’m still not sure I want to invest time there. What if I…
Every Twitter Thread should be a Blog Post
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The title says it all. If you’re thinking of writing a Twitter thread, stop and write a blog post. Yes it takes a bit more work, but instead of giving your content to Twitter for free, keep it for yourself. Then write a single tweet summary and link to what you wrote. Will you get…
2 Safari Tips from Tom
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2 quick Safari extensions to keep your browsing more private.
No More Hacker News?
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Most site owners are happy to get any type of traffic. I remember having long arguments about why a client shouldn’t care about Stumbleupon traffic because all it did was increase their server load and never brought people that wanted to interact with your site long term. Well how about we take it a step…
My Favourite Review of the M2 Air
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Unsurprisingly my favourite review of this new computer was written over at Daring Fireball. The M2 Air is not designed for rendering huge amounts of video. It’s not designed for those that have huge 3D modeling needs. It’s designed for my wife who does email, and occasionally needs to edit audio with minimal tracks under…
How I Keep Creating
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My friend Chris asked how you keep writing. I don’t find this question hard. How do you keep doing anything you find valuable, you schedule time to do it. I keep writing by scheduling time to write almost every day of the week. There is no secret. Inspiration isn’t the key. Sit down and write…