Remember the early days of the Internet? There were all types of easy blogging platforms, most people had a blog of some sort, there were commentaries quoting other blogs, h/t, etc.?With the advent of platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn, it sorta short-circuited what I’d say was a better way to communicate, collaborate, and exchange on the web. Plus the content was locked away behind logins, often no easy way to search, and it was branded under the platform (and not you, the content creator).Tumblr, especially in its early days, was a nice middle ground – Away from long-form blogging, simplifying the ability to add media, Reblogs were great, etc.Perhaps it’s nostalgia, but I’ve been thinking something a la the early days would be nice, but hadn’t run across anything like what existed before (or even a more modern re-imagination). Until now …Micro.blog is a simple, strong feature set, low-cost way to ‘do internet’ right – You can have your own real estate, there’s built in media sharing (even easy podcasting), a human-run community, and more.I think this exists in my future sometime soon. :)
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Some days, right? 😜Garfield, 9 Jun 2024 via Baltimore Sun
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AI Transcription optionsBeen giving serious thoughts towards activating an AI Transcription tool for business use (predominant use cases of virtual meeting transcript/ summaries & YouTube/ other video summation).Three I’ve seen contacts reference well are:Fireflies.aiRev.comOtter.aiNoting here for additional research/ evaluation - Perhaps helpful to you too.
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“Books are a frozen conversation”This reality understanding at a deeper level as I continue (slowly) making my way through Merton’s “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”.
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Boy Scouts’ first-ever change of name will reflect inclusion - Baltimore Sun“ Boy Scouts of America” to become “Scouting America”.
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CloudConvertCloudConvert - Online file converter between all different media types, including video, audio, image, text, etc.Could be very useful, perhaps in coordination with Zapier and AI tools.
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The Weekend Hustle
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Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape competition through authenticity – No one else can beat you at being you.Writing that one down.
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Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape compet
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Newspaper Club - Make and print your own newspapersHere’s a neat service that’ll enable you to print your own newspaper, from 1 copy to thousands.Choice of three different formats, two printing methods - Prices don’t look super cheap, but for the right use, very reasonable.Now to just channel the inner Hearst into the next big thing! :)
