You go to the hole and dominate.
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You're getting this either because you signed up for my editorial jobs list or my general newsletter. Well, there's no more editorial jobs newsletter. It became too hard to connect all the interested applicants with the people that are hiring. So I'm rebooting this sucker as a sparingly sent general update will all my latest writings and other whimsy. Not for you? No hard feelings. Unsubscribe here. Still on board? Great. On with the first issue.
Like all whipper-snapper Millennials, I don't know much about print. So launching a print magazine for 99U was out of my comfort zone. We aren't the first to go the online to print route yet no one seems to be talking about this, so I shared 5 things I learned launching my first print magazine.
Zach Lowe, the best NBA writer around, watched Space Jam for the first time and wrote a "too-serious" review. Choice excerpt: "You think it’s maybe a bit cavalier to walk away like nothing happened when the greatest basketball player ever just vanished down a golf hole? You don’t want to call the police?" I enjoyed this one so much I went and watched Space Jam in the theater this weekend.
The internet's original sin? Advertising. The article leans Maciej Cegłowski who founded a Delicious-like bookmarking service called Pinboard. The dude has long been an outspoken critic of the VC / advertising system we've seemed to find ourselves in. Basically: The costs of experimentation online ore negligible. So charge directly for your product and you wont need to raise millions of dollars in VC. In fact, $37 should do just fine.
Former TBD-er and Thunderdome-er Jim Brady is starting a local news site in Philly. To put it lightly, the local media scene has been dicey in my favorite city. My friend and Technical.ly co-founder Christopher Wink has some advice for all local news startups with an eye towards Brady's site.
Currently on the Kindle: The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, as suggested by master thinker Jocelyn Glei. This book is by two long-time university professors and is reshaping the way I approach learning new subjects. This one will take you three or four settings and is written clearly and actionably. Recommended. Next up is this guy.
NY and SF get an obnoxious amount of attention. But nine of the ten fastest-growing large metropolitan areas are in the sun belt. "Few urbanists wax poetic about Dallas or Des Moines ... but these 'opportunity cities' offer what Descartes called 'an inventory of the possible' — urbanity as an engine of upward mobility for the middle and working classes." In case you want to get mad at NY, here's a trend story about married couples choosing to live in two separate Manhattan apartments. In case you want to get mad at SF, visit.
Take your kids out of school and let them play.
My friend Paul Jun on his advice for 20-somethings who think they should be successful by now.
Chip Kelly = genius. Even if you're not into football I'm sure you can dig someone who is shaking up a stale industry. And it doesn't get much more stale than NFL coaching.
If you dug this, forward to a friend. I promise to high-five you the next time I see you.
- Sean
You're getting this either because you signed up for my editorial jobs list or my general newsletter. Well, there's no more editorial jobs newsletter. It became too hard to connect all the interested applicants with the people that are hiring. So I'm rebooting this sucker as a sparingly sent general update will all my latest writings and other whimsy. Not for you? No hard feelings. Unsubscribe here. Still on board? Great. On with the first issue.
Like all whipper-snapper Millennials, I don't know much about print. So launching a print magazine for 99U was out of my comfort zone. We aren't the first to go the online to print route yet no one seems to be talking about this, so I shared 5 things I learned launching my first print magazine.
Zach Lowe, the best NBA writer around, watched Space Jam for the first time and wrote a "too-serious" review. Choice excerpt: "You think it’s maybe a bit cavalier to walk away like nothing happened when the greatest basketball player ever just vanished down a golf hole? You don’t want to call the police?" I enjoyed this one so much I went and watched Space Jam in the theater this weekend.
The internet's original sin? Advertising. The article leans Maciej Cegłowski who founded a Delicious-like bookmarking service called Pinboard. The dude has long been an outspoken critic of the VC / advertising system we've seemed to find ourselves in. Basically: The costs of experimentation online ore negligible. So charge directly for your product and you wont need to raise millions of dollars in VC. In fact, $37 should do just fine.
Former TBD-er and Thunderdome-er Jim Brady is starting a local news site in Philly. To put it lightly, the local media scene has been dicey in my favorite city. My friend and Technical.ly co-founder Christopher Wink has some advice for all local news startups with an eye towards Brady's site.
Currently on the Kindle: The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, as suggested by master thinker Jocelyn Glei. This book is by two long-time university professors and is reshaping the way I approach learning new subjects. This one will take you three or four settings and is written clearly and actionably. Recommended. Next up is this guy.
NY and SF get an obnoxious amount of attention. But nine of the ten fastest-growing large metropolitan areas are in the sun belt. "Few urbanists wax poetic about Dallas or Des Moines ... but these 'opportunity cities' offer what Descartes called 'an inventory of the possible' — urbanity as an engine of upward mobility for the middle and working classes." In case you want to get mad at NY, here's a trend story about married couples choosing to live in two separate Manhattan apartments. In case you want to get mad at SF, visit.
Take your kids out of school and let them play.
My friend Paul Jun on his advice for 20-somethings who think they should be successful by now.
Chip Kelly = genius. Even if you're not into football I'm sure you can dig someone who is shaking up a stale industry. And it doesn't get much more stale than NFL coaching.
If you dug this, forward to a friend. I promise to high-five you the next time I see you.
- Sean
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