Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
Hide and seek
Hide and seek with Wilder is a trip because he will just reveal himself, quickly. To say this is the wrong way to play misses the point. There is no right way to play. In his mind, hide and seek is a game where you hide and almost immediately reveal where you have hidden so that the other person can find you and joy can be had by all.
... See moreGreetings from Read Max HQ, and welcome to our weekly roundup column. This week’s is the year-end READ MAX AWARDS EDITION , featuring previous selections from the Read Max Roundups given important year-end awards like:
- Best book I read all year
- Best alternate histories I read this year whose counterfactuals turn on the Columbian Exchange
- Best looming
Best Books, Movies, and Music of the year
nice ask for going paid
What does this “building in public” phenomenon actually look like in action? For both Allred and Domm, it looked like vulnerability and authenticity.
Jordan Odinsky • The Value of a Velvet Rope: Effects of Hype and Exclusivity on Launch Strategies
“It is a highly valued function of society to prevent changes in the rules of the many games it embraces... Deviancy, however, is the very essence of culture.
James Carse • Finite and Infinite Games Quotes by James P. Carse
culture is the natural deviation from the norms of society is to create
Tactic 3: Pin friend (for iPhone)
This is my favorite method and the method of disconnection I currently use. The idea was born out of really enjoying using a dumb phone, but finding it difficult to navigate without Google Maps. I wondered, “Is there a way I could have a phone that just offered texting, phone calls, and maps?” It turns out, there... See more
This is my favorite method and the method of disconnection I currently use. The idea was born out of really enjoying using a dumb phone, but finding it difficult to navigate without Google Maps. I wondered, “Is there a way I could have a phone that just offered texting, phone calls, and maps?” It turns out, there... See more
A harm-reduction guide to using your phone less
the cool and the weird and lil sites doing cool things
h/t @kristoffer in the sublime slack… this is insane
Reading is a passionate act. If you read a story not just with your head, but also with your body and feelings and soul, the way you dance or listen to music, then it becomes your story. And it can mean infinitely more than any message. It can offer beauty. It can take you through pain. It can signify freedom. And it can mean something different... See more