Tweets

@iluisdaniel @TransistorFM Awesome! Thanks for using Transistor. 👍

@Swizec @rskopecek Yes. Upsells are huge, especially if you’re the one offering the main dish.

@VelocityWong Haha. “The rent is too damn high” would have been a great title as well. 😆

@mattwensing @einarvollset In your example, “trucking” is the main thing, and has remained the main thing for decades.

It’s the ancillary products/services in the category that come and go.

@mattwensing @einarvollset “Main things” seem to stay longer.

Since the advent of the web, folks have needed web hosting (Carrd, Bluehost, Squarespace, Geocities) and that continues to be true (“the main thing”).

For a while, you had to have a LinkExchange banner, guestbook, and hit counter (ancillary).

@flowdee He’s coming back soon!

@Steve_Campbell @statamic Nice! Here’s a good list of hosts:
https://github.com/statamic/hosts

@ideasasylum Justin 2020: Stay in your bed!

@jamesrsowers The folks at @TEDTalks have a good breakdown here:
https://countdown.ted.com/get-informed

@ibogost Enjoyed this one.

Although, I feel like folks in my community are drifting back to cafes, pubs, and other public spaces outside the home.

@JFaid But the environmental cost savings are clear.

Plus: trains are just fun.

I think we need to be investing in more fun.

@JFaid Back in 1996, @trnsprtst did this analysis for California. Not sure what’s changed since then! 😅

https://www.accessmagazine.org/fall-1996/the-full-cost-of-intercity-travel-a-comparison-of-air-highway-and-high-speed-rail/

@paidinsights Which ones did you end up choosing?

@charliprangley Nice to read your review! I’m glad you’ve settled in Spain, and have a “home base” now. 🙌

@cgenco “Freshly cut Costa Rican mango. Yum.” 😜

@breslin Yes, they can be geotargeted.

@ChrisANeal Really wonderful!

@blairrorani Haha. Yup, they’ve got this dialed in.

@derek_kramar @vernbot @ratiovernon we need donuts by mail

@flowymitchell @ideasasylum lol. yessss. that’s dancing music.

@DailyTekk @TransistorFM I’ll take a look.

@ThisIsTrue @bk_moore Hahahaha.

(True though, I put all my courses on Podia, and cancelled tons of old domains while I focus on Transistor)

@taimurabdaal self discipline requires much resources!! 😂

@coreyhainesco I found a bunch of examples for @joltbook. I’ll send you a copy.

@brhea @DallasStars @Rangers People like hockey @iChris

@khemaridh @pjrvs @melyssa_griffin Thanks!

@JessicaPowellKC Yes! More of us should quit (the stuff that’s not working).

@bgardner @jenpaquette1 Thanks for sharing it!

@StephenWilson Wish I was there!

@GraemeMac @De6rasse Haha. That’s @iChris’ handiwork

@_architexture_ Sweet! 👌

@aarondfrancis 😂

@sammyschuckert @ProductHunt @Patreon @jonbuda ❤️

@EspreeDevora @semrush Thanks. 🤗

@ArlonAntonius Just while @Jonbuda is away.

@jackmcdade Whoa!!!! Looks amazing.

@nathanbarry Great to read this update Nathan. Encouraging to see the balance in your life. ❤️

@DustinLeblanc @francois_v @dhh @TransistorFM @reworkpodcast That's well said, Dustin. Thanks. 👌

@juanfernandes @liz_e I usually use Skype Call Recorder from @ecammtweets

@OneSimpleGeek @TBLightning Whoa! Good team this year. 🙌

cc @iChris

@m1guelpf @petersuhm @buildyoursaas Yup. We talked about it here: https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/should-startups-worry-about-their-competition

@Aazarshad Yes, CRM is a good example of a category where I have seen this type of specialization work.

Mostly because some sectors have really specific deal flow:

“CRM for real estate agents”

@ninjaparade The best! 🙌

@tkrawiec Yes. This is exactly what I’m talking about. 👌

@kpavlovsky_pro Yes. But I’m wondering if the overall volume is there for most product categories (aside, maybe, from the big ones like “web hosting”).

Even in web hosting, the “general purpose” builders (like Squarespace, Webflow, etc) all started small, but targeted many niches.

@paidinsights @dohertyjf Are you sure they're benefitting primarily from those longtail keywords?

Or... is Squarespace vacuuming up the lion's share of "website for therapists" business from general keywords?

Do you see what I'm saying? There's a bit of survivorship bias with longtail keywords it seems

@CholocateIT Yup. “Downloading institutional stress onto employees” is somethign that doesn’t get discussed enough.

@janelleallen Thanks for sharing Janelle! 🙌

@TheJonFedor Thanks!

@mgreiler @noopkat Yup!

@vidhster @RefreshDC @TEKsystems @Compass @ekamibay @whistle @ramoved Nice. 👍

@owenconti @statamic Sweet! I’m going to be trying this soon. 👌

@goldie_ Went with @usefathom 💯

@damcclean @Printful That’s what I want 😎

@Sarah_Sugoi Very difficult, if you’re an employee.

Also difficult if you have investors.

@hamstu Here too!

@siddharthkp Yes!

@ArlonAntonius @buildyoursaas @TransistorFM Lol. We’ll be back shortly!

@StuartMorrisAU @pjrvs @studiofellow Saul Griffith has some good ideas for HVAC solutions here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-to-solve-climate-change-and-make-life-more-awesome/id1081584611?i=1000459731910

(Highly recommended)

@knownasilya Just talking about what I know best 😄

@sambreed @pjrvs Yup. ☝️

Visual Studio Code (not to be confused with "Visual Studio")

@danjmeehan @TransistorFM @buildyoursaas Thanks for considering us! 🙌

@patrickbjohnson @pjrvs @studiofellow Yup.

Every vector:
- individual consumption/influence
- societal consumption/influence
- corporate consumption/influence
- goverment consumption/influence

@songadaymann cc @cheriehu42 - know anyone Cherie?

@hofmania @BreneBrown That’s great wisdom.

❤️ @BreneBrown but haven’t read this one yet.

@CharlesPal don’t do it.

@ddgrunau @iChris I’ll have to think about that.

(Off the top of my head: I know two Canadian ER doctors, and both have incredible margin in their lives)

@dennisvdalen Nope. But thankfully, you can buy a really good mic for about $60:

#bestmic" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast#bestmic

@oprearocks Yup! This is my current setup:

https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

@robinwarren @Shopify @tobi @stripe @patrickc Yes! Exactly. 🎯

@kilianvalkhof This is an “all hands on deck” situation.

We need every individual, corporation, government, and non-profit to be taking significant action.

Often, government action follows a groundswell of action (from the bottom up).

This post explores it in detail:
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/private-sector-public-good

@lwdupont Yes. I’ve seen all that.

But this is a company who spent $122 billion buying back their own shares. They have so much cash that could be invested for the social good.

$122B is enough to buy solar for 9 million homes. (I’m not saying they should do that; but showing the scale)

@operaqueenie Wow. And Apple’s market cap is half of that! 😮

@awilkinson There’s @songadaymann:

@songadaymann 👍

@chriscoyier Yeah, it’s one of my kids’ faves! We used to buy them all the time on iTunes. Now you get them with @disneyplus!

@andymci Thanks!

@cgenco That is something I want to do soon. Yes. 👌

@wardsandler @jonbuda Yes! 🙌

@jbrooksuk @HappyDevFM Btw - I think sponsorship is one approach, but Patreon would be perfect for a show like this.

There are (potentially) many devs who want to support mental health work like this.

@sambreed is this your new living room

@LeviNunnink Thanks!

@vertis 👍 I’m glad some folks are with me.

@mike_julian @tylertringas It’s “both, and..”

We need to get our own house in order.

AND, we need to be engaging in more conversations with China and India, and putting pressure on them to decarbonize.

https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144?s=21 https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144

@sethlouey Oh boy. Sorry man, I’m not debating that. You’re wrong.

The science is clear.

@evanpro Investment in passenger rail is the kind of “ostentatious” spending I would support from @JustinTrudeau and the @Canada government.

Coast to coast, high-speed, reliable.

@mattantwest @joelgascoigne @patrickc @tobi This article had a bunch of interesting resources: https://irlpodcast.org/season5/episode3/

@joshuaanderton @TransistorFM @jonbuda I had been tracking the podcasting category for a long time.

As an example, here's the talk I gave at @MicroConf in April 2018 (while @TransistorFM was still in beta):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDgRcJYAEg

@freekmurze @OhDearApp I like that idea!

@fredrivett Just read it. 👍

Relationships and community are the #1 thing we should be investing our time in.

@kwuchu 👍

@juliennicault Merci!

Bonne année, Julien.

@NoahPrail Nice work! 🙌

@MichaelThiessen It’s great!

@dgoodlad Remote workers should make the same as co-located employees.

I like the move @dhh and @jasonfried made here:
https://m.signalvnoise.com/how-we-pay-people-at-basecamp/

@stewartsc 👍

@Caneco @noplanstomerge Thanks! 🙌

@glenmccallumcan Dang!

@jbrooksuk Nice. Glad to hear it!

Yes, I’m doing well. I’ve been really enjoying time with my kids. 👍

@GeorgeHanson_ @steveschoger @adamwathan Nice! Let me know if you have questions.