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Feature idea for @ConvertKit:

📆 "Time travel" – see the broadcasts you sent last year at this time.

Helpful to surface ideas for content, sales, etc... that you've sent in the past. 👌

@NathanG A @megamaker sticker would look sweet on there. 🤘

@ShawnWildermuth @hwpod @mario_cardinal 👌 Just listening now.

That Montreal crowd was energetic! 🙌

@beberlei No worries. Here you go. 👌
https://ckarchive.com/b/mvu7h5h7n2qv

@beberlei Some things I only share with my newsletter. 👌

@flaviocopes I'm a big fan of ANSI art

The responses to this morning's newsletter have been fantastic.

❤️ Thanks to everyone who shared!

@raddevon @flaviocopes I loved the ANSI art in this thumbnail and thought the article would have more 😉

RT @PearlsFromMyrna: As I suspected, no one kept the church prayer list up-to-date while I was gone. Now we might be wasting prayers on peo…

@mikevardy I totally watched his show when I was a kid.

@janelleallen Sending you lots of ❤️.

This life stuff is really hard, and we rarely share it. We need less bravado and more vulnerability.

🎰 Somebody please make a machine that helps me figure this out.

https://twitter.com/pjrvs/status/1050752462892625922

🙄 Amazon, why is there no option here for me to buy all three versions of James' book for one price?

👀 Apple: there's an opportunity for you here!

Example: I'm reading @JamesClear's new book. Loving it.

I wish I could easily buy/upgrade to a package deal with:
- Hardcover
- Audiobook
- Ebook

As an author, I wish I could *easily* offer all three of those options!

Physical publishing is the hard part.

@exponisity Yup!

@nathanallotey @jasonfried @basecamp This is amazing. Love the Doc Brown quote!

I think there's an opportunity here because Amazon's Kindle marketplace is brutal to use.

Apple has done physical publishing before (with photo books).

Apple's software (iBooks Author) is pretty good and could be modified for physical publishing.

🗣️ Rumor: Apple is going to get into the audiobooks business (to compete with Audible and Amazon).

💡 Crazy idea: they should get into the physical book publishing business.

📚 Allow authors to sell their ebooks, audiobooks, and softcover/hardcover on Apple's platform.

Very interesting. 👀

Rob's been hinting about this for awhile!

https://twitter.com/adamwathan/status/1050763805586731009

@mattstypa Lol! Yes!

@mattstypa Lol

@mikevardy Wait, I recognize that guy.

@troypavlek I just got tired of saying it. 😄

It's on the back burner while we build out http://Transistor.fm 👍

@troypavlek Troy! So sorry I forgot your name. Really love the show you're doing. 👌

@missbikesalot I think it will be mostly for gaming, but other technical / craftsperson endeavours (like programming, drawing, etc) will also become a growing part of the platform.

This.

Using Laravel Valet (by @taylorotwell & @adamwathan) I was able to get my local dev environment set up faster than anything else I've ever tried.

It just works.

https://twitter.com/builtbylarry/status/1050430013407932416

@laravelphp I'm not a developer.

The startup I co-founded (@TransistorFM) is written in Rails.

But for my personal projects I'm learning PHP + Laravel.

It's the community, folks. It's just more fun to learn a framework that has good community.

@laravelphp 🤔 I wouldn't be surprised if Laravel is the fastest growing framework on the web right now.

👉 There were tons of PHP devs waiting for something like this (who didn't want to switch langs).
👉 Some of the coolest stuff (like @tailwindcss) is coming out of the Laravel community.

Don't call it a comeback, but with @laravelphp, PHP is *very* relevant again.

Why?
- Active & welcoming community
- Incredible documentation
- Tools & ecosystem that make it easy for developers to be productive

@missbikesalot You can watch me trying to figure out how to program at http://twitch.tv/megajustin

@TheEricAnderson It seems... lonely.

Is it a lonely city?

@AbduL_Haseeb_ @JamesClear It really delivers. I'm only on chapter two and my brain is already 🤯

OK, I don't think I'm supposed to be sharing anything out of @JamesClear's new book yet (I think it's out on Oct 16th?) but this section just changed my life.

@iChris ☎️ Saskatchewan internet

RT @TransistorFM: ★ Just published a new episode of Build Your SaaS: You forgot $20,000 in your snowboard pocket! Listen here: https://t.co…

🤔 Maybe, we shouldn't be in such a rush for our web app to hit scale?

Taking your time:
- removes pressure and anxiety
- helps you to stay healthier
- helps you to grow organically (find the right customers)
- gives you time to find product/market fit

https://twitter.com/amix3k/status/1050066948745293825

My journey's going to be different than @benchestnut's, but as a new bootstrapped founder, his advice here is encouraging:

"There’ll be times when it just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. You’ll feel like the only one who hasn’t figured it out yet."

"Hey, Ben!"

"Yeah?"

"Remember that little email app we put on a server 4 years ago?"

"Umm.. yeah I think so."

"Well, it's making more money than our whole design agency."

"....."

AND A BILLION COMPANY IS BORN! 😁

Also, love this excerpt from this 2012 interview with @benchestnut: http://www.doeswhat.com/2012/09/26/interview-with-ben-chestnut-mailchimp

"We started MailChimp in 2001, bought a few Adwords and forgot about it. And then in 2005, we noticed it was doing more revenue than our agency." 😅

@HelenRyles Whoa! 😮

@jackconte Agreed! That section on how Sapiens have been taking over (and killing of species) in every ecosystem we inhabit (for millions of years) was an eye opener for me.

@thejonotron @LEGOIdeas 😍

RT @Delafina777: STOP TELLING YOURSELF IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.

It is not going to be okay. Scientists just told us we have 10 years to fix…

@adamwathan @m1guelpf Don't.

@frontendben @m1guelpf @statamic Done! 👌

@gpickin @TransistorFM Here's an example from the podcast I do with @jonbuda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFrTBLV-hg

@gpickin @TransistorFM Yes. Tons of people record video at the same time, and post:

- Audio to http://Transistor.fm
- Video to YouTube

👍

👍 just because you have a few bad hands, doesn't mean you won't win more poker games in the future.

Focus on what matters:
- Your strategy
- Your habits
- Who you're serving
- What they need

https://twitter.com/rickylyman/status/1049737484849086465

@rickylyman 🙌 Keep going!

Live now: sharing an idea for a new web app I'd like to build (Maybe in @laravelphp?) https://www.pscp.tv/w/bozhjjM4NTU1MXwxbW5HZW9wWkViUHhY9Pzm4Dql1f0yFDWUiy2mw87CRFX2ZKJ7zDnpdrGyKA8=

Live now: sharing an idea for a new web app I'd like to build (Maybe in @laravelphp?) https://www.pscp.tv/w/bozapDM4NTU1MXwxWmtKek5qZ3Z6ckp2elZhILN64LZ9DPBK9l2VuJ3E1WEQL-2oU2ZZq63NsCE=

@laravelphp Also on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/megajustin

Also on YouTube: http://youtube.com/justinjackson

Live now: sharing an idea for a new web app I'd like to build (Maybe in @laravelphp?) https://www.pscp.tv/w/bozYezM4NTU1MXwxbW54ZW9wWlBZckdYFbZXmMd4Ze0WS5UHKV2Q5ZFhUlR21VqX1-vysltwwSQ=

@gpickin @TransistorFM Do people still subscribe to video podcasts? 🤔

@JasonSwett For quick editing, I like using Screenflow (even though it's designed for video).

For show notes, I write them as I go. Sometimes I'll transcribe a portion of the podcast in Descript and include that too. 👌

RT @evan_hiner: @indievc @mijustin I think there is an underappreciated superpower to having the time to figure out the nuances of a market…

@aaemnnosttv 🤔 I never thought of that. This is a big plus!

@taylorotwell I think Laravel just became a sentient being. 😱

@indievc This was the part that surprised me: MailChimp was a side-project for 6 years (earning just a few thousand to start).

Bootstrappers need to be more patient! (And maybe keep their day job)

RT @dominicstpierre: something I've written before in a blog post, but I do regret quitting too early on some products I built, but they we…

Just made this video public on my channel: a clip from my talk at @LaraconUS, NYC in 2017.

"Developers, and first-time founders: find a market that you want to serve first!"

https://youtu.be/xOapCnFFrFk

@KateKendall @cloudpeeps 😮 Oh no!!! There's no question: this is stealing.

@halvo Yes. What impressed me about their story is *how long they were willing to wait*.

So many of us are in a rush for our side-project to become our full-time thing.

Here’s the full Forbes piece: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/10/08/the-new-atlanta-billionaires-behind-an-unlikely-tech-unicorn/

🤔 Something for bootstrappers to ponder:

⏳ MailChimp's founders waited 6 years before going full-time. From 2001-2007 it was just a side project.

It's a long road!

@jongold You should meet @jimmyjacobson. He's the best.

@SamuelHulick Oooh. That segment does articulate this perfectly.

I just posted an expanded version of this on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/21940452

(If you're a patron, please leave a comment!)

@m1guelpf 48 million Americans listen to a podcast weekly.

Instagram has 800 million monthly active users.

The scale (for youth oriented media) is much higher.

@m1guelpf This is a good point Miguel!

One thing is that the consumption patterns of adults seem to matter *less.*

For example, podcasting is still very very niche. It's currently playing a relatively small role in the overall culture.

But the Reddit homepage? That's huge.

@SamuelHulick Yes! I've seen it. I think that's a big deal (how the algorithms negatively affect kids).

But I'm also thinking about how kids' internet habits affect us (as adults).

🤔 When we're looking at what's trending on Reddit, Buzzfeed, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc... how much have that is being determined by the behavior of kids and teens?

When we interact online, we don't *really* know if we're talking to 38-year-old with a Masters degree, or a 12-year-old who's bored on a weekend.

That debate you're having in the comments? There's no way to know if it's with a teenager, whose brain is still developing.

To summarize:

1. Kids and teens, as a demographic, have a huge influence on the internet.
2. It's possible that negative pieces of the internet are being amplified by kids whose brains (and ability to reason) are still developing.

But online, even the platforms don't have good ways of determining who's who.

Their terms of use don't allow those under 13 (or 17 in some cases) to create an account, but we all know that kids are using these services.

Think of it this way: a lot of the internet is like a masquerade ball.

We're all mingling in the same virtual space, but we don't know how old the other attendees are.

There are certain social spaces (bars, casinos) where we've set age restrictions for precisely this reason.

Platforms like YouTube optimize for "number of minutes watched."

Kids and teens are going to win that contest every time.

This means platforms like YouTube are increasingly optimizing around the habits of kids and teens.

@jimmyjacobson Exactly.

Here's what's important to understand: right before puberty, a child's prefrontal cortex starts to develop. This is the part of the brain that manages common sense and impulses.

Basically: kids aren't adults yet, and are still maturing.

Ref: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/adolescent.html

The internet habits of our kids are determining a lot of internet culture.

Adults and kids are increasingly on the same platforms (Reddit, YouTube, Instagram) but there's no meaningful way to distinguish which demographic is responsible for those views, likes & comments.

I have four kids.

My boy (9 and 10) watch SSundee (a Minecraft YouTuber) almost every day.

🤔 Do you (as an adult) watch the same YouTuber, every day, no matter what?

My guess is that between your job, commuting, making dinner, helping your kids, you're not watching as much.

This is different than what gets popular on network TV. If you look at the top ten list, you can see it's primarily influenced by an older demographic:

Something that doesn't get talked about enough:

What we see on YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, Reddit, etc... is heavily influenced by teenagers and kids. They determine what gets popular, what gets shared, and what gets talked about.

We're no longer in beta, but we're on Betalist today. 😄

Please click this link and give us a ❤️!

https://betalist.com/startups/transistor-fm

@iamashley YES! 🙌 🎉

RT @jackmcdade: My favorite part about the modern era: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/753771080779571200

RT @zenfounder: Mapping out the next few months of the ZenFounder podcast. What topics are most interesting to you? Let me know here:
http…

Beautiful post by @webwright ❤️

@webwright/today-is-my-wifes-first-birthday-since-she-died-7369944c43ec?source=linkShare-a02dd1574d08-1539021205" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@webwright/today-is-my-wifes-first-birthday-since-she-died-7369944c43ec?source=linkShare-a02dd1574d08-1539021205

@GuillaumeBardet Nice work! 🙌

Really great episode from ⁦@iamashley⁩! https://overcast.fm/+McFH_DDF4

@mastermaq @FlairAirlines Wait. Are you sponsored?

@jamesmh_dev 🙌 you too! 🎉

Turkey, beer, and Tim Bits.

https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1049088043259445249

🍁🦃 🇨🇦 Happy Thanksgiving you Canadian turkeys!

@TimVanDijck Oh sweet!

RT @TrinAndTonic: Yesterday I had the most hilarious conversation with a father in which he claimed having kids isn’t really all that hard…

@TimVanDijck Nice! 🙌 Which one?

@atleeclark @AirCanada It's the version of Business Class where you're the only person on the jet. 😜

@kadavy Adds to the noise: 100 people giving you their advice (without fully understanding the context) just means more confusion.

Also, advice without trust is often "drive-by" advice from parties who aren't fully invested in the problem.

💯 Jordan just articulated this perfectly.

🏜️ "Crossing the desert" is a great metaphor for starting a company and getting it to scale.

https://twitter.com/JordanGal/status/1048407601795321857