Alex Burns
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Alex Burns
make websites cool again!!! pt 2. // visual diary/creative inspiration #017:
I think our brains have gotten so used to the homogeneity of the design of platforms - built on efficiency, uniformity, ease… that to see stuff like this, un-templated containers of content, is such a delight and surprise. website as art. art... See more
Arrianesubstack.comPart of what makes fall so accessible to Gen Z is that you can create content about it from inside your bedroom, with a string of orange LEDs, a hot beverage, and a few pumpkin throw pillows. Summer doesn’t offer the same accessibility: Conjuring summer on the feed means vacations (costly) or bathing-suit content (not everyone’s thing). Fall is a... See more
Kathryn Jezer-Morton • Welcome Back, Social-Media Fall
Betches is exploring a variety of strategies to grow, from sports and events to a splashy podcast deal with the TikTok news star V Spehar of Under the Desk News. It’s in talks for a partnership with the comedian Ilana Glazer (a gushy fan who described Betches as “if ‘Broad City’” — her cult hit TV show — “were a media company”).
The ‘Betches’ Got Rich. So What’s Next?
Substack for volcano brains (could be a neat video).
Thinking of your site as a full & adaptable encapsulation of yourself.
The concept of “soft publishing” and “self curating.”
The technicals: sections, tags, home page design.
The three are among a cohort of former child stars, many from Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows from the 2000s, who have started podcasts as a way of connecting with a nostalgic Gen Z and millennial fan base. In doing so, they are embracing roles that they played as children and teenagers — characters that some had spent years trying to move... See more