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* it wasn't a thing you "recover from" per se — it required cutting out corn. all corn. including corn derivatives, which means essentially every convenient food such as "grapes & potatoes from the grocery store" and "butter, milk, flour, baking powder, etc. except this ONE, specific brand." FUN
i've finally recovered* from my absolutely disabling brainfog, and i'm back to work
been 100% heads down on consulting & putting out fires
BUT
expect new stuff here soon 👀
solving real people's problems *as* a real person is more relevant than ever.
In short: bet on yourself over a technology that continues to underwhelm, continues to cause huge problems and will eventually pop.
Be ready for when it does, for the $$$
AGREED, BUT
you can & should use a thesaurus as long as you know what the subtle distinctions between words are, or if you bother to look them up! & don't overuse
i use a thesaurus all the time. sometimes the perfect word doesn't pop into my head on its own
they're a source for ideas, not "truth"
nobody would say "kingslayer" is violent speech and you know it. that's reductio ad absurdum.
one of them says "i can call you anything i want and you can't be hurt" and the other says "stop calling me something, it hurts"
no they don't
always had that vibe, unfortunately
an embarrassing mess, practically apocalyptic, and all unforced errors.
Using Figma Desktop on a train with a spotty connection is infuriating. Of all the apps that should be offline first, Figma is high up, surely (yes I know it’s a wrapped website).
How this software became the industry “default” will forever baffle me.
imagine pretending to have anything to do with writing — the most human endeavor — and wanting to insert CHATBOTS into it. honest to god, you sicken me. you are disgusting and your work is evil.
@paulallison.bsky.social hey buddy you suck shit!
so weird that YOU follow ME and yet you somehow think i won't call you on the absolute steaming pile of bullshit that is subjecting CHILDREN to chatbots?
you should feel the deepest shame. you should be barred from all educational endeavors
“I got this.”
(Because you’re confident)
“I got this.”
(Trying to convince yourself)
“I got this.”
(A resignation, statement of fact.)
If you’re at the bottom, work your way to the top.
a lot of ppl supposedly in content marketing (or marketing content) view their work as nothing more than filling a hole…
they don't ask WHY they're creating content
WHO it's for
WHY that audience should care
WHAT that audience will take away from it
HOW it affects their own brand/reputation
What looks like ‘just a conversation’ to you is actually:
• Customer insights
• Trust building
• Early warnings
• Decision support
Community is operational intelligence.
Colleen and Lianna here (hiiii) - we started SMG to help close the delta between amazing SaaS products and their absolutely *terrible* (or nonexistent) marketing.
The next cohort starts soon! Join at www.saasmarketinggym.com.
i thought the first one in this set was going to be a hookah and now i need one with a hookah
there are VERY few people i'd trust on this topic, rand is #1
click thru for the whitepaper
a lot of ppl supposedly in content marketing (or marketing content) view their work as nothing more than filling a hole…
they don't ask WHY they're creating content
WHO it's for
WHY that audience should care
WHAT that audience will take away from it
HOW it affects their own brand/reputation
unsplash is right there!!
there are so many very easy options for free or super cheap stock art
which also communicates a lack of care imo but not as insulting
Learning curves should not be something you can fall off.
heard from one of our launch clients that he had his best launch EVER, despite a sexy new competing product launching at the exact same time
your competition is rarely your competition.
the thing that costs sales is not doing the necessary sales work!
Hello friends, I am back on the job market and looking for Elixir opportunities..if your company is hiring or you come accross opportunities please DM me.
Retweets appreciated 🙏
#elixirlang #elixir
Jobs had many flaws, but the man had taste, loved good art, and could tell you *what* he loved about the artists he loved. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen spent decades of his life learning guitar and built a museum dedicated to Hendrix. We used to have a better class of robber baron.
writing, famously a career where job opportunities are easy and plentiful and pay well… jk writers who just write for a living are often living in hell
Aluminum badge on a metal box that says good design with a stylized g as a logo.
"Good design is tasteful." "Good design is user centered."
Wrong, wrong, all wrong.
Good design is only when you name your brand "good design" and put a badge that says "good design" on all your products.
hi!
i wrote recently about new tools i'm trying on my new mac — was that what you meant? that's on amyhoy.com
and thank you!
truly they know no shame
1. they're not a "personality"
2. they don't even show their face
3. they don't talk
4. they don't have a cool set with cool lighting
5. they don't do long videos
6. they don't do weird hype shit
they "only" offer interesting, useful, consistent, well-presented recipes for the air fryer audience
feeling bogged down with a list of things you think you "have to do" to succeed?
try opening your eyes to see the many, MANY forms of success all around you.
this cooking channel gets hundreds of thousands of views on a majority of videos while not doing ANY of the "youtube requirements"