Listener Terry writes in about creating content for free and how that affects their community of paid content creators. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Long-time listener David Pots has a question about making major changes to your business if you’re possibly leaving money on the table. Plus, the idea behind the spiky hair and why visual branding was so valuable in decades past. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Notion
Brian: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Bryce: HomePod
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Justin is on the precipice of Raise The Dead season two. What was it like writing a sequel season and what did he take away from the success of the first? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Andrew: The Outsider
Justin: Lovecraft Country
Bryce: The Simpsons
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Fundo.Town, a new Google way to put together ticketed live events, chats, and workshops in one package. What other options are out there and what is the landscape of online event-holding? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Andrew: The Outsider
Brian and Justin: Lovecraft Country
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Leaked video confirms the new Oculus Quest 2. What is new for the upgraded wireless VR headset? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: The Bit Player
Justin: The Vow
Brian: The Vow
Bryce: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
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Piercing a bubble–an audiobook bubble! How do you find time to read? What other bubbles can you pierce? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Kindle family
Justin: Fear City: New York vs the Mafia (anti-pick)
Bryce: Good Sudoku
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Gamification is taking over all forms of communication and social media. Creativity and hard-work endures over time and the tools to create are becoming more accessible. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Star Trek: The Original Series and Live From the Space Stage: A HALYX Story
Justin: The Vow
Brian: The Historical Jesus
Bryce: Lovecraft Country
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Schedules: let’s pencil a time to talk about that NOW! With Brian and crew in the middle of another Modern Rogue filming crunch, what are tips and techniques to making your calendar work? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Stock notes apps
Justin: High Score
Brian: The Fly
Bryce: Pomodoro technique
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Epic Games versus Apple makes us question: how do you handle building *your* thing on *someone else’s* platform/engine/site? Plus, the power in Facebook’s ad sales platform. Do you see value in paying to promote your new project and what are alternatives? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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The role of mentorship in professional skill-building and advancement. What should and shouldn’t you take from a mentor and how do you maximize that experience? Who *should* you let mentor you? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Travel journals
Justin: Unsolved Mysteries
Brian: Greyhound
Bryce: Selling Sunset
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TikTok is a massive social media platform, but it’s facing a major ban in America. What does that space look like? Long-time emailer James wants to know how to get followers over to other platforms. Plus, concerns around hot-water Patreon has gotten into. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Insanely Great from Steven Levy
Justin: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Brian: Mistborn: The Final Empire from Brandon Sanderson
Bryce: Last Chance U
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Andrew’s got a “real” job and is experiencing the work-from-home virtualization for the first time. What things are here to stay and what will come out in the wash? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: The Witcher
Justin: Game of Thrones
Brian: Kindly Inquisitors from Jonathan Rauch
Bryce: NPR News Now
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What advice would you give to a 20-year-old just starting with the creative arts? What’s the value to a newcomer tackling an America’s Got Talent or Fool Us? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
Justin: Apple Watch
Brian: Total Recall from Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Brian developed a product that is absolutely not ideal for the socially-distanced COVID-19 world. How did he launch that product anyway, how did he market it, and was it successful? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: Foundation from Isaac Asimov and
Justin: Search Party and
Brian: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and
Bryce: 1000 gecs from 100 gecs and
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Do we use note-taking systems and how to we record information? How do you go from notes and outlines to drafts and how can you make your first drafts even better? The difference between drawing motivation from media and from data. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Andrew: The Wisdom of Crowds from James Surowiecki
Justin: The Expanse
Brian: Warrior Nun
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With tax season upon us, how do we track and compile expenses? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Picks:
Brian: The Last of Us Part II
Bryce: Search Party
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