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@gruber And they’re still allowing folks to run their own paid podcast subscriptions, outside of Apple’s?

@HeyHeyESJ I agree that copying and pasting a url is bad, but we’d already gotten around that using deep links.

Here's the answer about Luminary (h/t @ashleyrcarman)

https://twitter.com/nwquah/status/1384557928108105733

Does anyone here have access to the new @ApplePodcasts app?

I’m curious: can you still manually add an RSS feed to it?

https://transistor.fm/add-podcast/

Weird. https://podcasters.apple.com/ is apparently the new URL and site for podcast creators.

@saradietschy Definitely a big day for podcasters!

Do you think you'll use the new Premium Podcast Subscriptions?

@janelleallen Nice! Just subscribed. 🙌

(I'm going to like all your videos now 😄)

@GoldsteinMatt_ @tylertringas @arvidkahl I think custom-coded apps will become more valuable.

The second part was less of a take and more questioning/curiosity.

@mxpx @mikeherreraTD unbelievable show tonight. You killed it. 🔥

(and: Can’t Keep Waiting is a killer track 👍)

@dvassallo Hmm. Doesn’t seem to fit me.

I have elements of both.

@SamuelHulick @earthlingworks @tylertringas @Shpigford I asked Tyler to turn on his computer, plug in his mic, and record his audio on QuickTime.

So we both were interacting on Twitter Spaces with ear buds and our phones, but also recording on our mics at the same time.

(We tried to get Josh's audio too, but that didn't work)

@earthlingworks @tylertringas @Shpigford Yeah, it honestly drives me nuts that there's no artifact from some of these conversations.

I often refer back to past panel chats / podcast interviews. Not having a record of the conversation sucks!

@mattwensing @Shpigford @tylertringas I've just published the whole chat here:

https://saasclub.transistor.fm/episodes/is-crowdfunding-good-for-investors

@brhea Congrats!!! 🎉

(Just heard about this on @SlowSteadyPod)

@JackEllis @tylertringas @Shpigford I was going to get Tyler and Josh to say "decal", but didn't have time.

@Sokoloidis @tylertringas @calebwright Yup.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1382415262117285888

@csallen @IndieHackers Is the median age still 30?
Average still 31?

@AdamStddrd @reworkpodcast Wow! Looks great! 🤩

@StephenWilson So cute.

Yes, your ability to execute matters too, but that ability is largely determined by the time you start building.

It's the culmination of all your practice, skill development, experience, assets, and network.

Ability to Execute x Potential = Outcome

@abigailotwell 🙌 yes!

@mjwhansen @SloanCam Lol!! 🤣

Omg. I love this more than anything.

@driesvints @DescriptApp it's pretty great

@davidhemphill Looks great!

@AndyBlackJnr That’s smart. 👍

@vantellus @arvidkahl Yes!

“hara hachi bu. Roughly translated it means: “eat until you are 80% full.””

https://justinjackson.ca/the-principle-that-changed-my-life

@TransistorFM @coreyhaley Happy birthday Corey! 🎉

@samudesosa I don’t hate the idea of blockchain, I hate the ecological impacts.

There are other open protocols (email, RSS, http) that have far smaller footprints.

(We can’t trade one problem for another. If we don’t have a 🌍, none of this matters)

@DrShaena Regular oven that comes with the *parking lot*?

@christophrumpel Good luck!

@owenconti @harriskenny @sifex @TransistorFM Fixed it! I think?

https://transistor.fm/

@bsears_ lol. yes

@adampallozzi @TransistorFM We’re using @tailwindcss!

@natekontny @TransistorFM I gotta fix that.

@scottzirkel Nice! 🙌

@christophrumpel It's true. But *really* what I want is a designer who can write CSS. 😜

@DanielZarick I'm just surprised how often folks don't go beyond the default styles.

Seems like a huge opportunity for a designer/dev to come along and really make them look 💯

@Shpigford yeah... but you were probably lifting a two-ton truck in your dreams! 💪

🎯 Great thread. https://twitter.com/bdougieYO/status/1369824042199420929

@r00k @tylertringas A few critiques of PG here.😉

1. "Schlep" is in the eye of the beholder.
2. Aren't we all schleps compared to the Collison brothers?

But this feels true:

"Don't seek out unpleasant work per se, but don't shrink from it if it's on the path to something great."

@CorbettBarr @jasonfried Event update:

@BrendanHufford @SEO4theRestofUs @boaticus I use http://printful.com

@_rchase_ Yeah, I'm always curious where that shift actually occurs.

I've seen companies with $2 million revenue, but it requires 10-15 people, and the profits are much lower.

This old google sheet I made is interesting:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RwrDxt1KwAB_MSoHN79adVhVXanHeMXZ2UvWIos_-oM/edit?usp=sharing

@ApplePodcasts LOVE LOVE LOVE @iroughol's podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/borderline/id1517836926

@coreyhainesco @GraemeMac I’m fine if you use it. Tiny Marketing Wins is completely retired now.

@theothercole 🎯

@Shpigford Not everything that can be created, should be created.

I’m from Alberta. There, the existence tar sands are a “nuanced topic, with lots of complexity” (jobs, historic ties, etc).

But we already knew, from the beginning, that the project would be a net negative for humanity.

@chriswallace @punchlinecopy I understand this argument. The problem with saying “it’s a small %” is it ignores:

- how that % will grow over time (as the trend increases)
- the need to pull back on all extraneous energy use (flights, Bitcoin, beef, etc)
- old transaction tech (USD) is far more efficient

@DeanLJ - mitigating ddos attacks
- tricks for reducing bandwidth costs

@SoftwareSocPod @mjwhansen @marcusstenbeck Awww yeaaah! 👏👏👏

Important. https://twitter.com/everestpipkin/status/1367253353571483652

@tnorthcutt @mariepoulin hahaha. omg.

my wife would also like to be a guest on this show because she has a two-letter description for me as well. 😜

@tenlinesofcode @zackgilbert @mariepoulin Yes. And that nuance is largely missing from the "Slow ramp of death" talk.

How slow is too slow?
How many years is too many?
☝️ how do these answers change depending on my goal for the business?

Good point by Tyler here as well: the danger, these days, is "if you don't see a fast-ish ramp, the odds of success go way down."

https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1366502084321964037

Also @ianlandsman:

"At the time, this idea ('long slow SaaS ramp') was especially helpful for founders who had previously sold installable software, where you get the revenue up-front. We weren't used to revenue taking so long to scale."

@asmartbear Interesting, because I often see “long, slow, SaaS ramp of death” invoked when folks have just started their biz.

@robwalling @ianlandsman I’m still confused: why are we using a model/metaphor for indie bootstrappers that came from a public corp building SaaS in early 2000s, who needed $21 million in capital to reach profitability?

I think it’s ok to question the underlying assumptions there. 😉

Still opportunities to build profitable job boards for certain frameworks (although, it helps if you’re the one who owns the framework).

For example, there is already a lot of unmet demand for @tailwindcss web devs who are good at design + customizing Tailwind components. https://twitter.com/spolsky_co/status/1366100805842001921

@KyleBowe4 Frames from @clearlyca (not expensive at all) http://clearly.ca

@GeoffTRoberts 💯

Just published the full recording of our live audio chat:

https://share.transistor.fm/s/0a4d8e4f

@dceddia Nice work! 🙌

@archiethedev @dr @coreyhainesco Descript! https://app.descript.com/r/HkLbabKnG

My guess is that Clubhouse's stats for "time spent in-app" are through the roof.

I wouldn't be surprised if the average is 3-4 hours per user session.

https://twitter.com/JiayangFan/status/1358951566317940740

@jasonfried @JordanGal @CasJam That's my point. Podcasts are "backgroundable."

McLuhan would categorize Clubhouse as "cold" media:

"Cool media are ‘low definition’ because they provide less sensory data and consequently demand more participation or ‘completion’ by the audience."

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105107935

@jasonfried @JordanGal @CasJam I agree, but I think Clubhouse is even more exclusionary:

You need both headphones in. It's very "active." There's no pause, no mute, no rewind.

YouTube playing in the background still allows for some family interaction.

But an app that doesn't allow you to pause/mute? 🙅‍♂️

@nickjmauro @TwitterSpaces 👋🥳

@ugmonk @joshuaanderton Me too! 🎉

You can listen live right now:

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1eaKbnPDeQRKX

I need to re-write that article ☝️ ("The Main Thing").

It's not so much about finding "THE ONE THING" but more about finding the products that get most of the value ($) in a category.

(And ignoring the products that get very little $ in the value stack)

Look for opportunities where you can get a significant portion of the value stack.

Ignore categories where existing players seem to get very little of the value stack.

https://justinjackson.ca/the-main-thing

Look for opportunities where there’s evidence of existing momentum/behavior.

(Don’t try to build something where you need to go from 0 awareness to 1)

People should already be doing *something* about the problem you're tackling.

There should be some "evidence of demand."

@myfriendjanine @lovevalgeisler @venikunche Whoa. Is Frozen still a big thing?! Talk about staying power! 💪

@podcastharry great Clubhouse today! Really enjoyed it. 👍

@bargava @IndieHackers @Julian @arvidkahl Thanks! 👍

@JackEllis @coreyhainesco @TransistorFM Happy to get on a call and tell you about all of the challenges with that market. 😉

We were going to create a marketplace with http://spots.fm and decided not to.

@heysirajum For me, the thing that’s helped most is finding a therapist.

I talked about it a bit more here:

https://youtu.be/AfEBby1KRyU

@SandeshAndrade For me I think it’s:

- a greater focus on family (including extended family)
- cultivating great friendships
- sorting out my inner self. Figuring out what I want, personally (not just in business)

@Cyan_Cooper I’d still like to try mushrooms. 🍄

@PhillipChaffee @m1guelpf The worst belief was I was thinking “like a preacher, not a scientist” (@AdamMGrant).

I believed that I had (ideologically) figured things out. I wasn’t open to having my worldview challenged; I believed that my worldview was “god’s worldview” and that meant it was right.

@VovaZk Every journey is different; your struggle is likely different than mine.

(Have you tried multiple therapists?)

Another thing that really helped was @JamesClear’s philosophy:

“Every (daily) action you take is a vote for the person you’ll become.”

@divspace @VovaZk Definitely worth doing (and there probably isn’t an “end;” just an ongoing process!)

@amorriscode @AdamMGrant Reading @JamesClear’s book Atomic Habits was helpful, especially “every action you take is a vote for the person you’ll become.”

And:

“Think like a scientist, not like a preacher.” – @AdamMGrant

(Not feeling like I have it all figured out and can stop exploring and growing)

@LenaSesardic Mostly my body feels ok. A bit more stiff but other than that I feel good. 😜

@amorriscode For me, the pathway has involved therapy (and most recently hypnotherapy).

I wish I’d done this work throughout my 20s and 30s.

Strong entrenched ideology in my 20s had a negative impact.

“Think like a scientist, not like a preacher.” – @AdamMGrant

@AlPalVipond Thanks for sharing it Alex!

@BrendanHufford @earthlingworks @CasJam @JordanGal Yes!

What I like about this is that all of us can "take actions every day to be the person we want to become" (@JamesClear).

We can systematically gain some of these advantages.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/961340138415472641

@CasJam @earthlingworks @JordanGal I think the nuance here is that, as a founder, you should bring every advantage you have to the table.

If it’s a built-in audience, you should definitely use that.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1221504985101291520?s=20

@RamliJohn @YouTube I just post actual video clips to YouTube and social media and link to the full episode. 👍

@dannydjones @adamwathan @tailwindcss @tailwindui @Netlify @vite_js @Alpine_JS @GustCDN Yeah! I’ve been listening to you and @ninjaparade talk about this.

How does it work? Does it replace all the Vite stuff, but in the cloud?

@JackEllis @harriskenny @usefathom https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1359229216391262208

@kylegawley @crisp_im That's the whole point of my thread! 😄

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1359226610805731329

@0xholman I'm not sure if I understand.

I explore my thinking in more detail in this post:

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

@kilianvalkhof @m1guelpf @crisp_im This is what we were doing with Kayako:

https://gist.github.com/mijustin/79c476b2f8e69f474691a9081e74d4f2

@svenluijten @ianlandsman We need live chat as well.

@typeoneerror Better odds maybe?

@peterc I’ve found the inability to pause or mute audio difficult.

With podcasts, if I’m listening and doing dishes, I can easily pause if someone asks me a question.

@Aboundlessworld @coreyhainesco @nbashaw I’d argue it’s not the same. 😉

@matteing @TwitterSpaces So many cool trendy companies just don’t have enough gas in the tank to last though.

HQ Trivia
Meerkat
Vine

$10B is a lot to spend on a feature that Twitter is building internally, with a small team.

@lovevalgeisler @klaviyo Congrats Val! 🎉