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It feels like DNS needs an upgrade.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down.

This can't truly be the reason? https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1445072650720591875

@petersuhm @heyreform @ProductHunt Congrats on the launch! 🙌

(Happy Reform customer here)

@themikesteez @VirtualElena @AxieInfinity The problem with anecdotes is there are plenty of examples on the other side of the coin:

Folks with very little means who invested in crypto/NFTs and lost everything (scammers, price fluctuations, forgetting their password, losing a hard drive).

@aarondfrancis @fideloper One tricky piece: you’d almost need to hire someone who’s in a similar financial position as you.

For example: it *feels* like hiring someone who made significantly less money than you wouldn’t work.

@themikesteez @VirtualElena Just read it.

I don't see any proof that true redistribution is happening.

People who already rich in ETH, spending their ETH on ICO projects, seems like a pretty weak proof that crypto is going to provide true upward mobility for folks who are poor.

Love this idea. 👍

“Hiring a personal bookkeeper.” https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis/status/1444006600868565036

@aarondfrancis Love this idea. Great post. 👍

@themikesteez @VirtualElena That’s fine rhetoric, but where’s the proof that it’s happening?

RT @stephsmithio: Humans are irrational... especially with money:

- Ppl more easily pay for a $5 coffee vs $5 app

- Ppl prefer "buy one g…

@arithisandthat Lol. 💯

@theDanielJLewis 👀

@stauffermatt There’s lots of anecdotal evidence that crypto enthusiasts are primarily techies with financial means.

The underlying pillars of the tech itself (the need to have a reliable device, secured wallet, remember your password, electricity, and internet) make it inaccessible for many.

@christobarley That’s conjecture; we don’t know if El Salvadorians have saved anything due to the switch.

@stauffermatt I understand what you’re saying.

The nuance is that they are a “new form” of the 1%: tech-enabled folks, who now own most crypto assets.

@stauffermatt But, anecdotally, that's true.

You had to be techie, and have access to computer hardware + crypto knowledge, to mine it. And the original miners own most of it.

The global poor had neither the knowledge nor the access to tech.

The rhetoric about Bitcoin improving the lives of poor El Salvadorians is ridiculous.

"Salvadorans are learning why the rest of the world doesn’t use Bitcoin as a currency for everyday transactions."

They just saw 1/5 of their wealth disappear.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-07/risk-of-using-bitcoin-as-currency-btc-plunges-el-salvador-wallet-faces-glitch

🎯 This is why I think we'll continue to see crypto wealth concentrated in the hands of tech folks (people who are already reasonably wealthy):

https://twitter.com/GregorySchier/status/1444759269270687744

From Reddit:

"The majority of BTC has already been mined and is already owned by a very small population. A tinier fraction of that population possesses the majority of mined Bitcoin."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/kdfdf6/will_the_massive_inequality_of_btc_wealth_ever/

@stauffermatt See my second tweet.

It's difficult to get a proper sense of wealth concentration in crypto, but @docmarionum1 has a reasonable attempt here:

https://docmarionum1.medium.com/wealth-inequality-in-cryptocurrencies-c8a0a31b96f9

A frequently cited benefit of crypto is that it makes financial assets (fine art, stocks, commodities) more accessible to the masses (NFTs, ETH, Bitcoin).

But I haven't seen a lot of upward mobility in crypto.

The folks buying crypto already have $; they are the 0.009%. https://twitter.com/NathanCRoth/status/1442544576091201538

@vimtor_ http://justinjackson.podia.com should work

@marvmol In research mode, people are loading the page, getting a quick impression, and moving on to the next site.

@grantwhunter I disagree.

For me, JTBD describes “why people buy a product.”

The headlines describes “what the product is.”

JTBD describes a customer’s motivation, but your H1 should describe what they search.

JTBD 👉 “I want to start a podcast because I think it will get more more respect in my industry.”

Google search 👉 “How do I start a podcast?”

Headline 👉 “Start your podcast on Transistor”

Yes!!! Often, a product’s bio on Twitter does a better job of describing the product than their homepage. https://twitter.com/amandanat/status/1444421574304546817

@cdixon What does “beat out” mean exactly?

Are we sure that RSS doesn’t still (to this day) create more value than Twitter?

How can we assess “value” empirically here?

@SimpleToBIG http://Transistor.fm 😄

@SimpleToBIG I’m specifically talking to single product software companies.

@JDomanPipe Can you give me an example?

This is the danger with clever headlines: you run the risk of people not understanding what you offer. https://twitter.com/_andypeacock/status/1444333313959895051

💯 https://twitter.com/typeoneerror/status/1444327580350353409

@typeoneerror Yes!

@MattGiovanisci http://Transistor.fm 😄

@andreasjonssonn see the next tweet. this advice is mostly for new products. 👍

For new products, your website's first job is to assure visitors that they're in the right place.

People don't know your brand! Don't get fancy (yet).

Use your H1 to communicate:

- what product category you're in
- how people mostly use (and think) about your product

There's a trend in marketing to "put your main value prop in the headline." So folks will make their H1 something like:

"Eliminate back-and-forth haggling."

☝️ but that headline doesn't tell somebody who's visiting your site for the first time *what your product is*.

@nloadholtes Yup, I think you're right.

@michaelofei @TransistorFM Transistor updates your RSS feed right away, and makes your episode immediately available to anyone subscribed to your feed. 👍

Unfortunately, apps like Spotify and Apple now rely on their own databases, which means they have to update every time you publish a new episode.

@michaelofei @TransistorFM Quick answer: Apple and Spotify's indexers have been slow lately.

Apple's new policy is it takes up to 24 hours now for new episodes to appear everywhere.

However, Spotify just indexed your new episode:
https://open.spotify.com/show/79LS5ueX3qE8CgKc5gJpIM

@michaelofei @TransistorFM Hey! Let me take a look.

@GetTheAudience @arvidkahl Haha. You're already invested!

@cogentgene too real 🤣

Lookin’ good! 💯 https://twitter.com/mojoadam_/status/1443810012086759424

NYC friends: help Ashley find an apartment! https://twitter.com/ashleyrcarman/status/1443771957049233415

@AndyDidorosi Have you had any luck creating these kinds of small biz centers/co-ops downtown?

@JamesCridland Related to this maybe? https://twitter.com/plambrechtsen/status/1443325314092830720

@harriskenny 🤔 yup. That facial recognition tech that humans have built-in (after billions of years of evolution) is pretty powerful.

@smgrieser Definitely follow @thisiskp_ and listen to his podcast:

https://www.buildinpublicpodcast.com/

@WylesOne @laravelphp @plcosta @skylerkatz I figured it out... but I can't remember how I did.

@andrewstepner Yup.

Being a "fast learner" might not mean a lot, in the long term.

Need a new microphone?

@TransistorFM is giving one away today for #InternationalPodcastDay https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1443638319791804437

@colinloretz I'll send it to him!

@michaeldyrynda @adamwathan https://open.spotify.com/track/0eDc197F5458sCXioVf2PJ?si=lRWl-rvFQkaoh-w9C3kAUw&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A1FGH4Bh7g9W6V4fUcKZWp5&dl_branch=1

Listening to @AliAbdaal's first interview with @BenFrancis1992, the founder of Gymshark.

(When he was 17, he took a computer class. He learned web development there which eventually lead him to making fitness apps)

https://overcast.fm/+zqQySDMDc

@patio11 @dominicstpierre @TransistorFM @JoshDoody New name suggestion:

"Two Nice Mics with Patio11"

@AliAbdaal @ApplePodcasts @TransistorFM The show is also doing really well on @spotifypodcasts, where it's currently one of the Top Education Podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflCpck1rTixj8M7yHt

Congrats to @AliAbdaal on hitting @ApplePodcasts' top charts with his new podcast Deep Dive!! 🎉

(Hosted on @TransistorFM 🥰)

Listen/subscribe here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-dive-with-ali-abdaal/id1587142091

@jcvangent @dagorenouf @robfitz @mjwhansen Deploy Empathy should definitely be read after the "Mom Test" 👍 They're great companions.

@dominicstpierre @patio11 @TransistorFM @JoshDoody If Patrick starts podcasting again, I will send him a MICROPHONE MADE OF GOLD. 🙏

🏆🎙️🏅

@jsonperl @patio11 @TransistorFM @JoshDoody no , not u

Just realized that @patio11's podcast is now hosted on @TransistorFM! ❤️

Lots of gems in there. I think that episode 12 (with @JoshDoody) should be required listening for all software engineers:

"Salary negotiation tactics for programmers"

https://www.kalzumeus.com/podcast/

@tonyzorin @TransistorFM We use @getRewardful:

https://www.getrewardful.com/?via=justin

RT @mijustin: I wish our culture gave people space to explore more.

So many people feel squeezed: too much to do, not enough time, barely…

@DavidEpstein I’m a slow reader but I’ve been really enjoying it! 😄 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1388005135259901953

@ckurdziel @cheriehu42 I wouldn’t say this feeling is universal. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1440068906224259073

@dankim @vaidehijoshi ☝️ true

“I know who I am when I see what I do.” – @HerminiaIbarra

“Themes emerged in [people’s life] transitions. They had begun to feel unfulfilled by their work, and then a chance encounter with some world previously invisible to them lead to a series of short term explorations.”
– @DavidEpstein

“We discover [new] possibilities by doing, by trying new activities, building new networks, finding new role models.” – @HerminiaIbarra

Key insight from @DavidEpstein’s book Range.

@Swizec 🎯

A truth about urban design: most of the truly great cities are old.

Why? It takes many iterations, and hundreds of years of culture, to shape a great town. A town’s “patina” takes a long time to develop.

It’s why I’m still hopeful for Canada’s towns: they’re all very young. https://twitter.com/SCP_Hughes/status/1442188670392541184

@ezekgabrielse @JackEllis Yup. This. ☝️

@EmmettNaughton Nice! Enjoy it. 👍🤩

@alexisohanian @comXcap @OnlyAltOfficial Do you have any data that backs up this claim?

From what I’ve seen/heard, crypto assets are overwhelmingly held by people with wealth.

https://docmarionum1.medium.com/wealth-inequality-in-cryptocurrencies-c8a0a31b96f9

RT @mijustin: "Driving more traffic" to a product that doesn't already have underlying demand isn't going to produce more results.

✅ You w…

@AndyDidorosi I’ve always wanted to do something like this in my town!

Got to see some live music tonight! 🤩

#vernonbc

@al_daro Our milk situation is out of control.

In the last 4 months, Transistor has grown by 2X: we went from 2 full-time (Jon and me) to 4 full-time (@HelenRyles and @jsonperl)! 😄

It feels awesome to be able to tackle a bigger project like this. 💪

Having kids is a lot like having roommates who eat all your cereal.

@tylertringas 🙏 https://github.com/TransistorFM/handbook/blob/master/values.md

@tylersmoody @TransistorFM That's next on our todo list. ✅

(We already match the bitrate; so normalization shouldn't be too hard)

@seanpritzkau @TransistorFM Not for awhile. It's an interesting idea, but would take quite a bit of engineering to accomplish.

@iammarcthomas @TransistorFM Yes, that's coming.

We still need to get this v1 out the door first! 🤞

Excited about this! 🎉

Here's a sneak peek at @TransistorFM's new dynamic audio insertion feature: https://youtu.be/nqKjCdVSbgY

For podcasters stuck in complicated enterprise DAI systems, this will be a great alternative. 💯

Get on the list here: https://transistor.fm/newsletter/

@iroughol @TransistorFM Yeah, it’s still early so nobody really knows!

Plays on FB should show up in your analytics though. 👍

@brechtdonckels @leenyburger Cool riff, and I know the guys in the band. 👍

@leenyburger That’s Laracon + a few concerts I went to.

Remember when we weren’t in a pandemic?

@thisiskp_ @rubenharris 👀

@sh here for it

@nbashaw I initially read that as "Post Pandemic" which is also a great name. 🔥

Anyone I know actively using dynamic ad insertion (for podcasts) on Megaphone, Redcircle, Libsyn, etc?

If so, could you DM me?

@jamiemccue_ Nice! What was the "breakthrough" moment for you?

@amedina_dev Who is your closest competitor?

@amedina_dev Yup! A few tips here: https://justinjackson.ca/find

And this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUzdxeHZ3i0

@amedina_dev I like to see evidence that people are actively searching for a similar product.