'Why Content Isn't King' (The Atlantic, July 2011)

'In fact, the dirty little secret of the media industry is that content aggregators, not content creators, have long been the overwhelming source of value creation.'

.Paul Graham on having kids

In September of 2013, nathanjurgenson wrote a piece for Snap Inc.'s blog: 'The Liquid Self'

It was an attempt (and challenge) to re-think the permanence of social media.

Less than a month later, Snap introduced Stories — a product that forever changed social media permanence.

Random thoughts
- TripActions might go down as one of the worst rebrands of all-time (Navan)
- Google Domains selling/migrating to Squarespace is the ultimate betrayal of customer trust
- Framer is the best 'no-code' website builder, and I'm not sure it's close.

Match-3 puzzle games (Candy Crush, Royal Match, etc.) retain and monetize better than every other mobile game. It's also the most competitive genre.

This talk from GDC 2014 might be the best deep-dive into 'why' certain puzzle games perform better.

gdcvault.com/play/1020579/J…

A new meta on Twitter has formed?

People are speculating that by promoting you to open the keyboard it counts as engagement (which boosts you on the FYP)

I think about this tweet a lot...

Idle games (tap the screen) are the modern version of the rats in the Skinner box (press the lever)

Royal Match (Dream Games) is showing zero signs of slowing down...

They recently grew from $2bn to $3bn in revenue in ~5 months...

oh???

random rabbit hole of the week:

rare plant facebook groups

we are officially in the era of music where it’s unclear if this is a real leak or AI.

People talk about Costco hotdog being inflation proof, but Meijer’s still has a mechanical horse that costs $.01/ride

Fairly convinced that most of America runs off of Monster energy drinks

Anton Ego's monologue in Ratatouille is absolutely incredible.

'But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new.'

We all just mindlessly consume content made in the past week.

It is strange how few study the past.

“We are choked with the news, and starved of history.” - Durant