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For folks saying "Yes, but Rogan has had some reputable scientists/guests on his show..."

If you went to a restaurant 10 times, and 3 times they served you rotten food that made you sick, would you go back?

@philipbrown Whoa! How do it know which tasks are urgent and important in an unsorted list?

An update on my YouTube experiment.

Currently, I'm seeing my video on the first page of results here (in incognito):

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+start+a+podcast+2022

Are you seeing it as well? 🤞

@SloanCam Yup. Good UX is "necessary but not sufficient."

Hammers and nails are necessary for construction, but if your beams are weak/buckling, it doesn't matter how good you are at hammering nails.

@maggerbo @missbikesalot @statamic @sketch @usefathom @userlist @ahrefs @seo_testing @ZipMessage @savvycal @ecammtweets @ScreenFlow @TransistorFM Oh! I forgot to mention @crisp_im. They're amazing for live chat and knowledge-base!

@SloanCam We’re using @crisp_im at @TransistorFM

http://support.transistor.fm

@jamesrsowers @thegood What’s the current state of things in e-commerce with regards to the pandemic?

Are you still seeing strong demand for e-commerce brands?

@JordanGal Looks great!

Nice. 👍 https://t.co/FnUr937o96

@iamcoreyg Definitely sounds like a threat! 🤣

I love the idea of the ownership economy (as summarized here by @She__Fi).

But web3 can't deliver on its promise of "freedom from the big platforms" as long as we're beholden to big platforms (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, etc) for distribution.

@gregorywitek @tferriss @naval @cdixon Discoverability is immensely profitable: it’s Google’s whole business model.

They index the web and become the central location for accessing anything on the web.

@MrSimonBennett I’m still wrapping presents 😅

@jcvangent @miguelbemartin @rezzz @buildyoursaas @jonbuda I love the original, but I'm also a sucker for this type of remix.

On Soundcloud here:
https://soundcloud.com/chroph/nirvana-polly-chroph-bootleg?si=961cba354b7141ad910dc9020e683f34&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

@solodiveco @dvassallo What??

Exercising stock options has nothing to do with “cashing out.”

You’re simply buying more stock.

@dvassallo @wtsnz He’s not paying income taxes; he’s paying capital gains taxes to exercise stock options.

(Stock options he could have exercised when the stock price was $6.24 and not $1,000)

@marshal Reading Range by @DavidEpstein, finally made me feel good about being a generalist. 👍

As a co-founder in @TransistorFM, I’ve also seen it as a strength. 💪 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1465749990530174981

Yup. 👍 https://twitter.com/MerchWithTaylor/status/1471195137980178434

Decided to keep (some of) my dignity. No 😮 image of me on the thumbnail. 😆

Here's what I ended up with:

https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1470542402754465794

@MrSimonBennett @dr Same ☝️

If you don’t like threads, I re-wrote this as a blog post here:

https://justinjackson.ca/conventional

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up, *and*... sometimes the best thing you can do is move on."

@CasJam @JordanGal Ideas:

1. Plans/ideas/goals for 2022
2. Year in review
3. What is "traction;" what does it look like, how do you get it?

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1469207002836783106

Adding 'display:none' to theme CSS seems to remove it.

@pandulu @CasJam Ok. I've uploaded it to youtube here 😘

https://youtu.be/aUeusWSzpoY

@alphacolin I suppose my first question is: what is it about 50m+ that makes it worth pursuing?

($10m too)

As a founder, that sounds like a lot more complexity than I have right now.

Are the rewards worth it?

Will it make my life better? My customers’ lives better? My team of 4?

@excid3 @remote_ruby @TransistorFM @jmcharnes @andrewmcodes Nice work! Incredible milestone. 🥳

💯 “asking why, and in which context, is important” https://twitter.com/tranhelen/status/1467893251772502029

@CasJam @ZipMessage @TransistorFM @buildyoursaas Brian and I talked quite a bit about how to market a product that doesn't have an established category that people are already searching for.

There's definitely a unique opportunity for indies challenging bigger incumbents; especially when there's some built-in virality.

Look at the difference between choosing a topic with high search volume vs others.

On my personal site, “non-alcoholic drink choices” gets 6x more traffic than anything else.

https://justinjackson.ca/nobooze

@earthlingworks teach me how 2 get 5-10x more traffic pleaz 🙏

Going to chat with @joshuaanderton in a few minutes about when @meepsapp should have its Product Hunt launch.

We were hoping for Nov, but now our options seem to be: this week, Dec 15, Jan 5, or Jan 12.

When should we do the launch? Are people checked out until 2022?

When confronted with a new challenge, we mine our past knowledge.

This is why experience matters!

"Modern work demands knowledge transfer: the ability to apply knowledge to new situations and different domains." – @DavidEpstein, Range

Listen on:

🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3lcrl2r

🔵 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2J1aWxkLXlvdXItc2Fhcw/episode/ZjRiZjQyNjUtNDc5OC00N2ViLThlNjctODNmYTRmZGY5MDZl?hl=en-CA&ved=2ahUKEwjx15qd-Lb0AhXRLH0KHUtqCakQieUEegQIDhAF&ep=6

🌥️ Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+MBmX6fzrU

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IxFgyWm0awQDmB5oABMC3?si=x_2BTE02Q-CxRdg8TpU-DQ

@JackEllis @ianlandsman @ericlbarnes 👀 I’ll check it out. If this is true, it’s a big deal!

@yongfook Yeah. It's odd to me that devs don't intuitively want a visual editor here! 😅

The part that slows me down is finding / editing / adding individual cells, rows, columns with real data in them.

Seeing all those cells (and their contents) represented visually seems better.

@uibreakfast @nelsonjoyce @typeoneerror @TransistorFM @adamwathan @artofproductpod @basecamp The point of this exercise isn't for these plans to be "set in stone;" it's just a way of visualizing the year.

It's all flexible/movable.

At the end of each cycle (during the cool down), we'll reassess our priorities, and decide what we want to work on next.

(You can read it here: https://ckarchive.com/b/gkunh5h0ok6d)

Subscribe here if you want to get it every Saturday morning:

https://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

@arvidkahl Yup. My parents are amazing. 🥰

Very lucky.

@mikeymayers Yes.

“If your ship is pointed in the wrong direction, speed is not your primary problem."

@JustinSaaS @dvassallo In practice "move fast and break things" seems to result in a lot of broken things (and heavy costs for future generations have to bear).

Mindful progress > Faster progress

@cdixon What you see as "cynicism" could also be well-founded concerns that should be considered.

"Blind optimism" is foolish.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1461447106468605956

@scottbolinger Casinos (gambling) and securities have lots of oversight: regulations and laws that govern what operators and participants can (and cannot) do.

Currently, the "hype and opportunism" in crypto has no real checks and balances.

@iChris This was my experience as a kid too. 😞

underrated parenting tweet https://t.co/8vvYihmhUv

@bonjourdomain @CicmilJovan @PierreDeWulf In Canada you can pay dividends whenever you want (as well as salary).

@CicmilJovan @PierreDeWulf Yup! A lot of people do.

(Especially if you and cofounder own 100% of shares)

I’ve settled on doing a smaller salary and the rest in dividends.

@cathrynlavery I have a 19 year-old as well!

- "the *entire* narrative is engineered by..."
- "pretty much the *only* option to actually move the needle..."

☝️ single cause fallacy

It's more nuanced than that.

Maybe, some personal responsibility is needed (along with corp + gov accountability).

https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1458158520541585418

As individuals in tech, and in the wake of a climate emergency, I think it's healthy for us to consider reducing the number of flights we take.

Erica Frank, Professor at @UBC:

"I went from taking a plane trip every month, to flying once a year."

☝️ makes a big difference.

@GeoffTRoberts @niko_tinius @guardian Isn't your response, in a sense, apathetic?

To immediately dismiss knowledge and facts is a little fatalistic, no?

What happened to our ability, in tech, to face hard problems and come up with creative solutions?

What happened to our ability to influence society, make a dent?

🎯 https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1458085965709422604

@arvidkahl @rolfvanroot @TransistorFM Tracking repeat listeners is difficult (especially if we want to stay privacy-first).

We average out the first 24 hours of downloads of your last 3 episodes to calculate an estimated subscriber count.

If YouTube was being honest, they'd admit that only 5,000 creators (with 1 million+ subs) come even close to earning a full-time income from YouTube directly.

That's not a super impressive impact TBH.

(5,000 FT jobs is roughly equivalent to a mid-sized company in the USA)

When it comes to sales/marketing, individual founders (and startup teams) bring their accumulated skills, resources, experiences, connections, and passions to the table.

☝️ so naturally, everybody is going to need to forge their own path.

Too often, startups treat marketing as if it’s about turning on different taps to see which one works right away:

“Tried blogging, but we only got a few visits so we stopped.”

“Ran some ads, but we didn’t get any sales.”

“Created an affiliate program but no one signed up.”

@ericosiu @amandanat Curious: what ages are the sample group? Are these younger folks?

@byvi_co @meepsapp @joshuaanderton 🙏 thanks for sharing it!

@spencerfry @cdixon I don’t dismiss it as a gimmick; but not all transformations are neutral or benign.

New paradigm shifts *should* be challenged.

What worries me now is crypto triumphalists have already declared all crypto tech as “good and worthy.”

Let’s take a hard look at it; push back on it

@collision @jijosunny Yes! Stripe allows @meepsapp community builders to own the relationship with their customers (and save $$$ on transaction fees).

Really good conversation on @ConvertKit’s podcast about the “shrinking middle class” in some parts of the creator economy:

https://overcast.fm/+ZYLFZoalg

(Well done Miguel [not on Twitter?!], @HaleyJanicek, @BenSchoeffler)

@dylan_hey "Community marketing" is a new one.

Two possible approaches:

1. Leverage existing communities (Indie Hackers, Reddit, etc)

2. Build your own community (using tools like @meepsapp, Discord, Slack, forums)

@petersuhm @getRewardful I'm just curious. I'm friends with @kylefox, and I think he'd appreciate some constructive suggestions. 👍

(Also, let's be patient with new indie apps. I think all of our products have their share of bugs, things that need to be improved, etc... 😉)

Had a great chat with @jonathanstark about whether or not it's possible to generate the underlying motivation for users to use our products:

https://podcast.ditchinghourly.com/episodes/justin-jackson-catching-bigger-waves

@stubalcombe @kdlafrance @connorcirillo oooh. @joshuaanderton and I should check this out for @meepsapp 👀

(It’s a debate!?)

@schlimmson @TransistorFM thanks for catching that! 😅

Another reason to use @meepsapp! https://twitter.com/thisiskp_/status/1448309627867877385

If you're not using @DescriptApp to record/edit your podcasts yet... you should be!

It's saving me hours of times when I edit my own shows.

Download it here:
https://www.descript.com/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=transistor

@BryanBarletta @evoterra @TransistorFM 🥰🦕🎙

Thanks to @raspberrysarah (my sister) who created it!

@DanielZarick @GeoffTRoberts 💯 this

I also try to be explicit when I’m not in the target market: “I’ve never searched for a solution like this, so it probably doesn’t matter what I think!”

Why should you care?

👉 If you run a SaaS, and want to give away swag, this is the best solution I’ve found.

👉 If you have a podcast, Discord community, or membership, and want to sell swag

👉 If you’re a digital creator / artist and want to sell prints, shirts, stickers, etc

@kendallhtucker At @TransistorFM we use @BankMercury and ❤️ it.

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

(Happy Reform customer here)

@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

“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

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

@CasJam @jdgraffam Congrats! 🎉

@m1guelpf @jhscott @clem_bdy @TylerMKing @ianlandsman @tylertringas @nbashaw @TheVisitorsNFT @FWBtweets @tech0ptimist @megamaker I'm seeing stuff like this in some NFT communities; it concerns me.

Feels very MLM.

@HighFiveRPG @AlbanBrooke Yeah! They turned out great. 👍

@jonathanstark Yup

It's hard (impossible?) to generate user motivation (a long-lasting desire to use a product consistently).

I imagine, for Canva, that's a pretty regular cycle:

People need it for a project; subscribe.
Project ends; they let their subscription expire.
Need it for another project; re-subscribe.

They can create more templates that match more use-cases, but they can't create motivation.

@thisisbrians @nickwritesit @hnshah You're comparing learning HTML to crypto?!?

Learning HTML was easy! That was the whole attraction/point!

<html>
<body>
<p>Hello! My name is <blink>Justin</blink></p>
</body>
</html>

@hnshah @TonyDancaster @rrhoover/why-i-never-change-my-profile-pic-72de0daa2785" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@rrhoover/why-i-never-change-my-profile-pic-72de0daa2785

Just answered these questions:

"What kinds of podcasts are doing well right now?"
"What are good podcast categories/topics to pick?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/comments/prwjlx/im_the_cofounder_of_transistorfm_podcast_hosting/hdlylh1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

@marcelpociot @thekitze @usefathom ☝️ came here to say this

👀 "Substack alternative" now listed on the @meepsapp homepage.

https://meeps.app/

@geetfun @arvidkahl @BankMercury Not a huge issue. If it's a C-Corp and you're issuing dividends, there's info here:
https://ca.rbcwealthmanagement.com/documents/380894/380910/Website+Tax+Implications+of+Investing+in+the+U.S.+2016.pdf/

@thedannorris @tmeire_ @SquadCastFM @TransistorFM Happy to show you around @TransistorFM 👋

This is how I'm making podcasts these days:
https://youtu.be/N41v30oLM2o

@amandanat 💯

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1254209684409479174

@shanepicker @APompliano It was *the Litecoin team* that tweeted the false press release.

"one of our social media team members was a little too eager and shared the story from the Litecoin Twitter account"

Weren't we talking about doing "due diligence before publishing?"

https://twitter.com/LTCFoundation/status/1437484869664137221

@chriscantino @jongold I think it applies to 41 year-olds as well. 😅

@AdamJRochette @noahwbragg @dagorenouf @meepsapp @joshuaanderton which community is this for? Do you have a URL I could look at?

@pedrouid @rohunvora @m1guelpf @infura_io @MetaMask @WalletConnect Switching providers is pretty frictionless with web 1.0 & 2.0 though.

For example, you can 301 redirect an RSS feed, an feed readers automatically pick up the new feed + posts.

How is the new web3 infrastructure better?

@femkesvs I’ve loved being here.

Biggest downside is forest fires / smoke (but you get less of that if you’re right on the coast)

@chriscantino I think it’s ok to critique some of the underlying structure and incentives in VC (especially considering the scale of tech, and its influence on the modern world).

It’s also reasonable to critique VCs by their own rhetoric (what they say they’ll do, vs their actions)

@jhong @hnshah @SamuelHulick @DezBryant This is kind of my point:

Given how disruptive this tech can be for society (and, the ecological environment), shouldn’t we be more mindful about it?

Should we carefully consider the pillars we’re putting in place now, given that they’ll be the foundation for the future?

🙏 Thank you so much! We really appreciate it. https://twitter.com/omartosca/status/1434713756131549185