Jiun
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Jiun
It helped me to think of marketing as simply: sharing my work with one person at a time — even if what I do on the internet can be accessed by everyone, anyone, anywhere. (This is the magic of the internet: asynchronous intimacy at scale, across distances.) This intimacy draws me closer. It lets me be more honest, more inspired, more real — like... See more
Kening Zhu • introvert marketing for creative hermits — kening zhu
The point of social media is to be “social”—to make connections. It’s not called “promotion media”!
Dave Adamson • MetaChurch: How to Use Digital Ministry to Reach People and Make Disciples
For I have a single definition of success: you look in the mirror every evening, and wonder if you disappoint the person you were at 18, right before the age when people start getting corrupted by life. Let him or her be the only judge; not your reputation, not your wealth, not your standing in the community, not the decorations on your lapel. If... See more
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Commencement Address, American University in Beirut
Impact over refinement
When building something, focus on truly creating an impact before releasing and refining it.
Then, consider focusing on other impactful work before refining your prior releases.
Here is a simple test to see if you're building something impactful: Can you write a blog post about what you're releasing and how it will change your... See more
When building something, focus on truly creating an impact before releasing and refining it.
Then, consider focusing on other impactful work before refining your prior releases.
Here is a simple test to see if you're building something impactful: Can you write a blog post about what you're releasing and how it will change your... See more
Impact manifesto
How do you get from starting small to doing something great? By making successive versions. Great things are almost always made in successive versions. You start with something small and evolve it, and the final version is both cleverer and more ambitious than anything you could have planned.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams
Dramaturgical theory
"I function like a more curated but less efficient version of GPT. My sentences are not generated by A.I., but they are largely the synthesis of my favorite authors."
I enjoy reading human writing because I like getting mad at people. Perhaps the personal quality in writing is a happy accident, and a lot of journalism could be replaced with an
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