Francesco
@fran
Francesco
hard to acknowledge but so so true
Because secrets do not increase in value if kept in a gore-ian lockbox, because one's past is either made useful or else mutates and becomes cancerous. We share things for the obvious reasons: it makes us feel un-alone, it spreads the weight over a larger area, it holds the possibility of making our share lighter. And it can work either way - not s... See more
A stab at making connection is exactly why I started
Ah!
I feel even more broken after reading this
Instead of spending the majority of our time on self-promotion, perhaps more of us could be focusing on finding ways to form solidarity among artists or among disciplines, especially in fields where there is no single industry-wide union that protects individual creators.
Rebecca Jennings for Vox Media
Ollama
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App to run a variety of AI models
Because self-promotion sucks. It is actually very boring and not that fun to produce TikTok videos or to learn email marketing for this purpose. Hardly anyone wants to “build a platform;” we want to just have one. This is what people sign up for now when they go for the American dream — working for yourself and making money doing what you love. The... See more
Rebecca Jennings for Vox Media
And so we get on the Facebook merry-go-round, boosting our posts, counting our followers, and creating ever more content in the hope of being noticed. There are so many other ways to make an impact and earn trust. Much of what we take for granted in our marketing toolbox was considered a risky innovation just a few generations ago. It’s worth disca
... See moreSeth Godin • This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See
One of the surprising and counter-cultural truths about modern-day marketing, which I suspect drives many efficiency-minded people practically insane, is that physical direct mail continues to work really, really well.It makes no sense purely from an efficiency standpoint because it's a very expensive way of reaching a single person. But from an ef... See more
Rory Sutherland • Rory Sutherland on LinkedIn: #advertising #creativity #behaviouralccience | 348 comments
slow and steady wins the race!!
Totally explain why I’ve always felt a sense of curiosity and excitement towards marketing material I got mailed to me over the last 10 years