Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: How platforms turn boring Why Japan Stopped Innovating ‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind? As The Debate Over AI Rages, Artists Are Already Using It To Illustrate Entire Comics Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These…

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Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Does Everything On Netflix Look Like That? What color is an elf? Or a Sea Snake? And why do you care? The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away Reference points: The big censored theory It Happened on Medium: The First 10 Years …

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The End of Social Media and the Rise of Recommendation Media Are You Sure You’re Not Guilty of the ‘Millennial Pause’? How Do Songs Get Picked for TV? “The Longest TV Negotiation I Have Ever Seen”: Behind Kate Bush’s ‘Stranger Things’ Sync Deal The Twitterification of…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why it’s so confusing — explained Diablo Immortal player spends $100k on game, now can’t find anyone suitable to matchmake with In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last? Reference points: Instagram, TikTok, and…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The age of algorithmic anxiety Amazon’s Roomba Deal Is Really About Mapping Your Home Netflix is not in deep trouble. It’s becoming a media company Why HBO Max Spent $130 Million to Shelve ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob 2’ Reference points: The Seriousness of Device Fragmentation and How…

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Video Game Streaming Is Still Struggling to Keep the Classics Alive TikTok’s Latest Cringe Trend: Gen Z Critiques Their Former Selves Behind the Cancellation of ‘Batgirl’ Will Alex Jones finally lose the info war? Reference points: The history of user interfaces Notable people DALL-e meets Marinetti …

Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: TVs Are Too Good Now The Perils of Audience Capture Dall-E, make me another Picasso please I’m a VFX Artist, and I’m Tired of Getting ‘Pixel-F–ked’ by Marvel The Duffer brothers’ plans to retroactively edit episodes of Stranger Things could be the beginning of a worrying…