Look Before You Leap
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Look Before You Leap
- I didn’t pick a niche . I have often admired and envied people who have their one thing —whether it’s literature, urban planning, art history, sociology, mathematics, architecture, software—because I have never been able to commit like that. The usual advice is to “niche down” if you want to build an audience for your newsletter, but trying to
Celine Nguyen • In Praise of Writing on the Internet
But I am also preparing for many moments of awkwardness and self-doubt. Parties: “What do you do?” “I’m…between things.” People generally find this exciting and cool, but you also hear the occasional “you’re doing WHAT? In THIS economy??”
Kasra • Jumping into the void
Right now the Metalabel squad is in the throes of the creative process of something you’ll see in the Fall. We’re excited about what we’re working on but we’re also in the thick of it. We still don’t know where it will all lead.
Some days the not-knowing is agonizing. The first time I experienced the feeling came while building Kickstarter, and it... See more
Some days the not-knowing is agonizing. The first time I experienced the feeling came while building Kickstarter, and it... See more