First - thank you to everyone who responded with podcast app suggestions. I’m going to start my experiment with Spotify since they’ve got some of my people exclusively and I’ve been reluctantly missing out for long enough (Brene, Esther - I’m back). I’ve already raved about John Green’s book, The Anthropocene Reviewed, but if you … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: John Green Reviews Adam Grant’s WorkLife
Patrick O’Shaughnessy has done it again. His Invest Like The Best interview with Matthew Ball covers all things media, content, and distribution. The range of questions he’s asked in this interview and the sheer depth and clarity of his responses show his craft. Ball’s ideas have widened the way I understand how companies like Disney … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Matthew Ball On The Future Of Media
Getting two new Run The Jewels tracks as a preview to their upcoming album was a welcome surprise this week. It’s also a tease. They’ve been touting how proud and excited they are about this new record for a while, but in the great tradition of music and marketing, we all must wait. Now the … Continue reading Sunday Music: Ooh LALA, Ah, Oui Oui (New RTJ)
It was 1988. Our thumbs were numb from mashing buttons into controllers. Contra was a two-player Nintendo game where you and a friend would shoot your way through an endless barrage of enemy soldiers and aliens. The game itself wasn’t just hard, it was ridiculously hard. It was die and start over on the first … Continue reading The Power Of The Cheat Code
Since at least the mid-1980s, parents have worried that their kids are playing too many video games. Tobi Lutke was one of those kids. Born in 1980, he spent his formative years staring into a faintly glowing screen while anxiously mashing buttons. What does he have to show for it today? Well, for starters - … Continue reading Video Games (Probably) Won’t Rot Your Brain After All
