Category: Creator Economy
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The First Decentralized Newsletter Platform to Pay Writers Has Shown up.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The chimps at Mailchimp banned me for life. Build an email list and you’ll own your future, they say. Wrong. Centralized tech can still nuke a writer’s career for no reason. I don’t know why the chimps at Mailchimp banned me. I will never know. It’s a dictatorship, where they lay the bear traps…
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These (Basic) Routines Can Make You Indistinguishable in 90 Days.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The quiet man walked onto the stage with a deck of cards. Nothing too exciting. We’ve all seen card tricks performed by big swinging d*cks before. Why would this one be any different? The act starts with the cliche ‘pick a card and sign it.’ There’s a lame-ass shuffle. I’m half asleep. Then the…
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Ten Faster Ways to Discover Anything 210% Faster.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The word “learning” gives me diarrhea. School taught me to hate the word. The high school career counselor said I’d never have a career that involved learning. She told me I’d be a laborer at best and should just quit school as soon as possible. Hey Ms Douglas, surprise! I ignored the old dingbat.…
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Lessons You Should Unlearn If You Genuinely Wished To Succeed
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Our brains become full of useless lessons. We acquire them throughout life and unconsciously store them in our minds. A tweet the other day helped remind me of all the lessons we should unlearn if we want to be successful. “You have to pick a side” No you don’t. I refuse. Life isn’t so black…
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9 Passive Earnings Sources for Writers Who Want to Work Less (Within 12 Months).
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The phrase “passive income” pisses a lot of people off. There are so many arguments about what it is and how it works — especially amongst us writers. But those who understand and proactively seek out new passive income sources have a much better time as writers. Obviously passive income requires work. As writer Niharikaa Kaur…
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What’s the Right Company Design for Excellent Writing?
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Join 20,000+ others who get my thoughts about creators, communities, and crypto — in as few words as possible, no more than twice a month. Subscribe now Dear subscribers, What’s the right business model for good writing? Many platforms have strong opinions about how writers should make a living: Advertising remains the go-to model…
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The Seven Fatal Sins of Customer Technology
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now The Seven Deadly Sins of Consumer Technology The seven deadly sins are a classification of our most fundamental vices—the negative personal characteristics that are human nature, and that we all…
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Krispy Kreme, Crocs, and Keeping the Main Thing the Main Point
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Krispy Kreme, Crocs, and Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing When I was 12, I bought my first stock. On my birthday, my dad told me that the U.S.…
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95% of Individuals Looking for a Mentor (Bizarrely) Fail
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Will you be my mentor, sir? I get this multiple times a day. When you’ve had any tiny success on the internet it’s a common question. We love mentors. The business world teaches us to seek them out. Startup unicorns brag about how they had Bill Gates or Arianna Huffington mentor them. The stats…
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I’m About to Be a Father in 21 Days. Here Are the 21 Principles I’m Going to Teach My Child.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Yesterday I watched 6 live childbirths. It gives you a newfound respect for women. It’s unusual to see a tiny person come out of such a small hole. Yet mother nature makes it happen. My wife wants me to watch live births to be prepared for the big day. She knows I can’t stand…
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