Wait, Spotify to acquire Gimlet? This year is off to a HOT start. Love this move (fingers crossed it goes through) for all us podcast nerds and the future of audio recode.net/2019/2/1/18207…

So, Spotify wasn't joking around: they just acquired TWO major podcasting companies: Gimlet and Jackie Westrick. Lots to consider here with much unknown, though I sense that Spotify is attempting to leapfrog Apple and become _the_ end-to-end podcasting company of the future.

"When you look back 6 months from today and don’t feel embarrassed by your naiveté, there’s a problem.” - Nathan Baschez medium.com/@rrhoover/know…

How to Persuade Any Client to Choose Your Design gart.land/1MKPNA2 << my Shopify article ft. @chubbies, _, @optimizely, and more

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." - Phil Jackson

Crank Up Your Design Productivity with These 6 Little Known Tips — shopify.com/partners/blog/… << nifty article from our own Ray Sylvester

Customer Obsession: Driving Client Decisions the Amazon Way — shopify.com/partners/blog/… << the benefits of this approach never cease to amaze

Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore today gart.land/1iNMiNJ << a fascinating move very worthy of watching

Thank you to all of the new customers this week for The Smart Podcast Player! Check it out here: bit.ly/1q4cQfa

Get inside the brain behind ‘Winning Edits’ & more about #self-publishing Matthew Gartland bit.ly/211HpD3

Introducing ThinkShip, insights for ecommerce design/development shops and online retail brands. medium.com/@rocketcode/pe…

6 Tips for Crafting Great Web Copy That Drives Ecommerce Conversion shopify.com/partners/blog/… << another gem from Ray on team Rocket Code

I wrote a piece about buttons for Rocket Code — medium.com/@rocketcode/bu…

Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy gart.land/1RJDjwL << stellar read about good product mgmt

Why Using a VCS Is a No-Brainer for Ecommerce Web Solutions gart.land/1PwbANZ << great read for web engineers who give a damn

“Your pricing approach — the ways you adjust your pricing (or don’t) — is part of your brand identity.” gart.land/1QbZ2r4 #thinkship

Going Deep on a Great Night’s Sleep << AKA, how to stop being a zombie and start crushing your productivity by Ray Sylvester

People, process, and building a content operation that grows with you gart.land/1Tgfonb << by Ray Sylvester

What’s V-Commerce? Only the Future gart.land/2bQAMz1 << I always respect how Andy Dunn makes an important topic so approachable #mustread