J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
The word community also came up more times than I could count, with young people desperate to live close to their friends (not their jobs) and have people around them who will love, support and accept them. However, it’s important to note that while the word “community” came up a handful of times, it was almost always used vaguely. Community is... See more
Halima Jibril • What would make young people happy?
Definitions are vital starting points for the imagination. What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
bell hooks • All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
Social media is no longer meant for connecting with friends; it is designed almost entirely to facilitate the following of brands and the monetizing of personalities.
Kyle Chayka - The Desperation of the Instagram Photo Dump
For, if one is aware that these know-hows will naturally, yes, automatically, arrange themselves into creative and productive patterns in response to human necessity and demand— that is, in the absence of governmental or any other coercive master-minding—then one will possess an absolutely essential ingredient for freedom: a faith in free people.... See more
I, Pencil
Relates to O’Donahue’s assertion that knowledge/gifts are not merely for us alone.
There is a growing desire among Gen Z to reclaim their autonomy from their phones and remove themselves from what Shaz describes as a passive state of being. Last year, anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm predicted that abstention would be the next big thing. On X, she wrote: “I’m calling it right now, abstention is the new big thing;... See more
Halima Jibril • Why some young people are ‘quitting’ music
tracing trends and how to win with gen-z
Still skeptical if we are over the age of hyper-consumption. I do think the angst felt by existing in a passive state of being is true.
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
Enter ‘chaotic customisation’, a phrase coined by trend forecaster WGSN that means pushing personalisation to an extreme: layering embellishments, celebrating uniqueness and embracing self-expression in its wildest, most-unrestrained forms.
archive.is
too many trends, not enought taste
how does this fit into taste? does it?
there has been a shift in the standards of what defines a successful content strategy, marked by a move away from the volume and speed formula to a focus instead upon relevancy and customer centricity
Offset • Content is king, but distribution is the kingdom
