Hi, my name is Brad and I’m addicted to browser tabs. I have no idea how many I have open right now. Maybe hundreds. Who says web discovery is dead?
Hi, my name is Brad and I’m addicted to browser tabs. I have no idea how many I have open right now. Maybe hundreds. Who says web discovery is dead?
The following was sent to subscribers of One Great Read, an email newsletter I send out periodically. Check out the archives and subscribe if you would like to receive them via email in the future.
Looking at the list of subscribers, I think I know most of you personally. I’m also pretty sure most of you are music nerds, or at least music lovers. In my mind, if you fall into either category, you are undoubtedly a David Byrne fan. I mean, really, how could you not be? Over the weekend we watched the Coachella stream on YouTube and thankfully caught David Byrne’s incredible performance. He’s not only timeless, he’s still extremely relevant, creative and infinitely talented. If you didn’t catch him last weekend, make it a point to watch him this weekend. In the mean time GQ posted a long read on him worth your attention.
Chapters often have page after page of paragraphs. It just seems such an awful lot of words to concentrate on, on their own, without something else happening. And once you’ve finished one chapter, you have to get through the another one. And usually a whole bunch more, before you can say finished, and get to the next. The next book. The next thing. The next possibility. Next next next.
Read amazing comics all summer long: my top graphic novel reviews of the past year
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Being a compendium of some of my most popular graphic novel reviews from the past year, from The Encyclopedia of Early Earth to RASL
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Going direct-to-fan takes more than a website and an e-commerce store. It takes strategy, planning, and information. Below are a few stories we think are helpful for all three, as the latest installment of the semi-regular Required Reading column. Enjoy.
Another edition of Required Reading is up on the Topspin Tumblr.
At Topspin, we’re obsessed with all things direct-to-fan. And that extends to our reading choices as well. Required Reading is a semi-regular series showcasing stories you may have missed, focusing on the obscure, the counter-intuitive, and the inspiring. Our goal is to connect the dots, educate, inspire and even challenge. Enjoy.
Enjoy this little reading list I put together for the Topspin blog. It’s going to be a semi-regular thing.
I’m trying something new. 10 articles you should read every week or so. It’ll be a mixed bag of music, media, tech, health, privacy and other topics. I started feeling like I rad such great stuff that I need to find a better way to share it. What do you think?
Over the past week or so I have had no less than a dozen people ask me the same question, “how do you find out about stuff?” One of the things that I preach to my staff at Topspin is to never answer a question for one person. Chances are if someone asks you a question, there are others who probably want to know the answer as well. Now it’s time for me to take my own advice.
The short answer is, I don’t find good stuff. I follow other people that find good stuff.
The important thing is that the good stuff is almost always pushed to me, which means I don’t spend nearly as much time as other people pulling the stuff. It’s an important distinction and it allows me to be on top of good stuff without a lot of effort. I could be a lot better about sharing stuff and I’ve recently employed Buffer to help with that.
Here’s how I do it:
Follow smart people on Twitter and Tumblr. Follow the tastemakers and smartest people in your industry in both applications and check out the people that they follow. Services like Curate.me and News.me will work a lot better and help you cut through the noise.
Finally, make sure you’re not just pulling all the time. Push to your networks as well and let people know about the awesome stuff you find. Chances are you have an audience that knows less than you do and wants to know more.
How do you find good stuff?