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@coreyhaley Nice 👌

@scottbolinger Argghhhhh

Has anyone here built a mini ramp?

Looking for the best plans (especially since, from experience, I know the dimensions matter A LOT)

This is what I've found so far:
http://diyskate.com/mini_03.html

@startupvernon ☝️ @nora3000 this would be a great story for @sparkcbc!

@DustinLeblanc lol.

@alphacolin Me every day now:

@kevinrose 🥔

@ninjaparade PARTY POTATO WILL OBLIGE

How to grocery shop during a pandemic:

1. Buy enough healthy food for 2 weeks
2. Buy enough snacks for 2 weeks
3. Get home and immediately eat all the snacks
4. Walk around the house for 2 weeks wishing you had snacks while the healthy food goes bad
5. Repeat

I’m hopeful for the future of our society, but only if we recognize the fundamental flaws in our current system.

It’s like programming: when your software crashes, it’s an opportunity to rearchitect things (or refactor) until the underlying flaw has been remedied.

“Bad ollie dad” is my DJ name. 😂

@autiomaa ❤️

@SloanCam Lol.

@MegCumby Can I marry your husband

Getting close!

@srsholmes Haha. I might need to update those bearings too. 😂

This is my son’s first time setting up a new board.

We’re taking these trucks off this deck I’ve had since 2005!

@ugmonk @jcasabona @instagram Yup, exactly.

@msitver @instagram Yes. That’s the web.

Or, if they don’t want it, they shouldn’t give it to a privileged few.

If FB and Zuck really cared about small businesses, they would let them link out from their posts on @instagram. https://twitter.com/ratiovernon/status/1242980905234259970

RT @techpacksco: “Association of independent retailers” love where @mijustin is going with this https://buff.ly/3bxaBvx

@techpacksco Thanks! 🙌

RT @scottbolinger: A must-read from @mijustin. Too many under privileged people will be hit the hardest by this thing, how can we change th…

Today’s newsletter is very much in this spirit:

https://justinjackson.ca/exposed

Vitally important thread: https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1246474172647251974

@ianlandsman Did you watch this one too? 🤯

https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1245906088911949826?s=21 https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1245906088911949826

@awilkinson There’s a threshold here. 😉

There are a lot of areas where we don’t have 100% control, but we can make a 1% difference.

@pmuston @StrongTowns I agree! I wrote about this last week.

https://justinjackson.ca/fight-amazon

@developerjack @mgboydcom I’m a huge fan.

I tore out all my GA stuff (on my personal site and on @TransistorFM) and only use Fathom now.

It’s fast, the UI is 100000x better, and it gives me all the info I need on one screen.

@dbchhbr @StrongTowns Economies of scale in all sorts of vectors:

- purchasing power for materials
- ability to pay for lobbyists
- ability to take advantage of the financial system (share buybacks, etc)
- ability to win in logistics, distribution, etc

RT @simonhamp: We have to help people to diversify their income. We have to actively encourage better founder/investor/C-level financial be…

@jbrooksuk @marcelpociot HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🎈

(In my mind, all I can hear is Zack de la Rocha screaming "WAKE UP!" eight times)

https://justinjackson.ca/exposed

@chasewreeves http://www.institute-of-traditional-architecture.org/pediments/

@michaeldyrynda NOW LEARN MY THEME SONG

@michaeldyrynda LISTEN MICHAEL I’M A POTATO NOW.

🥔✊

@anthilemoon Me too. ☺️

You’re doing great! 🙌

RT @DanPriceSeattle: We have 20,000 small businesses who use and love us. But to keep paying the bills, we need 15,000 more biz to give us…

Fun Friday hangout with PARTY POTATO https://www.pscp.tv/w/cVZ4hDM4NTU1MXwxbkFLRWRCYVhsa3hMffkuQ9R_HcNHYf43TcjU9rO9dM7Gp7d7o5G2n8Q-EvA=

"When the dust settles, we need to stop tilting the playing field against local businesses and start tearing down the barriers between them and success." – @StrongTowns

🎯

@beingbrad DONUT Friday

@beingbrad Yup!

RT @DanPriceSeattle: Typically workers sacrifice in recessions then share in gains during good times.

But this decade the gains went to th…

@vernalkick @Shopify 🙌

@tobi @Square @LightspeedHQ @Shopify Awesome! 🙌

Increasingly, I’m realizing that independent shops could benefit from networks (similar to the old webrings) to recommend products for adjacent stores.

Is @shopify doing anything here?

@marcjohns @Square @LightspeedHQ @tobi @Shopify Just noticed that @squarespace has a POS now!

I should have included them in my review. 🤦‍♂️

https://www.squarespace.com/ecommerce/point-of-sale

@shl @adamwathan 🙌

@adamwathan @Square @LightspeedHQ @tobi @Shopify Especially when compared to filling out a checkout form with 17+ fields. 🤯

@maxogles Hey, this is @ScreenFlow. 👍

https://justinjackson.ca/tools

@wizemanip I’ve had other people recommend this as well.

Stripe Checkout is great, but it really needs to be integrated into a retailer’s existing platform (Square, Lightspeed, Squirrel) for it to be helpful.

Also, Apple Pay is a gamechanger for local merchants (and indie stores online).

It's 1000% better than any other checkout system.

@Square & @LightspeedHQ need to integrate with them (and Google Pay) as soon as possible.

Kudos to @tobi & @Shopify for having it already. 🙌

I'm not beholden to any of these platforms.

I believe that e-commerce platforms have a responsibility to make the checkout experience as seamless as possible.

The more friction you add to the process (more fields, validation errors) the worse it is for small businesses.

I just made this video where I compare the checkout UX on @LightspeedHQ, @shopify, and @Square (@weebly).

If you know a small business trying to make the jump online (especially for pickup and delivery) please share it with them. 🙏

https://youtu.be/A9e2RKUhE9A

@daveambrose @mollydewolf @MatthewZiskie Can you elaborate on that a bit?

How will using the indie creator tools lead to more employment?

And, as expected, the established remote tools are likely doing well:

- Chat: Slack
- Video: Zoom, @whereby
- Projects: Clubhouse, Notion, Basecamp

I forgot to mention other platforms that enable creators like Patreon and @TryGhost.

They’re seeing more signups too.

My guess is that communities will also see an uptick:

- Platforms: @discourse, Reddit, Mighty Networks, Telegram
- Communities: @megamaker, @wip

@spencerfry @podia @memberspace I did! Looks incredible. I might try it today. 😁

Platforms that enable creators also seem to be doing well:

- Email newsletters: @ConvertKit, Substack, @sendfox
- Podcasting: @TransistorFM, Acast
- UI kits: Tailwind UI by @adamwathan & @steveschoger
- Frameworks: @laravelphp

Current trends 👉

Platforms that help people sell their goods online are doing well:

- Digital ecommerce: @podia, Gumroad, Memberful, @memberspace
- Traditional ecommerce: Shopify, Square, Lightspeed

@TheDavisson Lol

@scottbolinger Fancy!

Last week I wrote “Fight Amazon” and @AndyHunter777’s work seems very much in this spirit:

https://justinjackson.ca/fight-amazon

So encouraging you to see folks like @AndyHunter777 and @Bookshop_Org creating a viable alternative to Amazon that supports local bookstores.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/books/bookshop-independent-bookstores-amazon

@ow YES!!!!!!! This was my first thought when COVID19 hit. We went for groceries, the bill was $175 and so....

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1240880883101356032

My kids loved this one.

@chadkoh More like NEON GREEN AND PINK

@taylorotwell @adamwathan 🐣🌊🐤

@curtismchale My whole setup is here: https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

@misterparker @ErinBlaskie @TransistorFM Hey Erin! 👋

I'm one of the founders at Transistor. I made you this quick video demo to show you how you might use it.

https://youtu.be/DmFMbCku984

Is this for a project at @fellowapp?

@stauffermatt 🤯

RT @TransistorFM: Should you start a podcast during the pandemic?

A new blog post by @mijustin:
https://transistor.fm/should-you-start-a-podcast

@Swizec Nice work! 🙌

@jchristopher @shawnblanc +1

@iChris lol

@spencerfry @Square @weebly What’s your go to resource for that?

Because of the pandemic, thousands of local retailers are trying to launch their online store with @Square/@weebly.

I've been helping my local friends with this and the #1 question I get is:

"How do I connect my custom domain to my Square site?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U0MmMdsao8&feature=youtu.be

@rasliche Yes! Henry Mitzenberg https://mintzberg.org/sites/default/files/page/rebalancing_full.pdf

@usefathom @JackEllis You got me! 😜

@songadaymann 💯

@nateritter Best Buy should have them, as will your local music supply store.

https://www.long-mcquade.com/

@kerranm Down, on average, around 5%.

But, it depends on the podcast! Some shows are up. 📈

If you've always wanted to start a podcast, now's a great time. Here's a quick (2:25) tutorial:

@mastermynde @_architexture_ @LIFTstartups Thanks!

@MisterNeem No physical copies currently. I've tried in the past to get it up on Amazon and always ran into roadblocks.

Just submitted it for review now!

@troypavlek @TransistorFM @davegerhardt Not exactly sure what you're saying here Troy. 😉

Almost every bootstrapped business starts with months (or more realistically, years) of "unpaid" work. You're risking your sweat equity hoping for a payoff in the future.

@MisterNeem What the heck.

https://devmarketing.xyz is the correct place to get it.

@jhooks I had to do this as well. Had just moved into a new office/studio space too. 😞

@JamesCridland @WeAreBrisbane cc @MattGiovanisci

https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3Bvb2wtc2Nob29s

@mastermaq What is the CEC? Are they supposed to promote the oil sands or something?

@alexisohanian What’s the “@garrytan kit?” I’d like to up my game here too. 👍

@johnbeales Nice! I wrote about this a bit on the weekend as well:

https://justinjackson.ca/fight-amazon

@sm Congrats!!! What a beauty!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@_architexture_ Thanks for sharing it, Jamie.

RT @oniryx: 💯 with @mijustin on growing our local shops first https://justinjackson.ca/fight-amazon

Anyone else notice podcast cover art not loading in @OvercastFM?

@gkrinker @Shopify @Square @WooCommerce The solution (a viable alternative to Amazon) should be owned cooperatively.

This could be a co-op, open source, or Social Benefit Corp.

Example: @photomatt (WP) and @JohnONolan (Ghost) have leveraged community ownership and open source for the greater benefit of participants.

@msitver I’ve honestly never watched that show!

@AndyMusing 🙌

@rezzz Yes! There might be other lightweight ways to test this:

1. A Chrome extension that suggests other shops in your area with that item.

2. Small, delivery co-ops that allow local shops to ship goods faster within your town.