MattDemers

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I write about esports, Twitch, and the culture of working online. mattd.substack.com | @mattdemers

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Comment · 1 year ago
I think people also don't acknowledge how much terminology, slang and other culture originate and spread there. When it breaches into Twitter (usually through funposters) people kind of ignore the unsavoury origin and rewrite the history. The anonymous nature kind of provides that petri dish of "if it's strong culture, it'll survive or be modified."
Comment · 3 years ago
Drink the verification can.
Comment · 3 years ago
>Why remove it in the first place?

Because that would get in the way of Pocket.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I like this a lot, thanks!
Comment · 3 years ago
Thank you; finding a habit tracker on IOS that isn't juiced to the gills with social and/or subscription features is impossible.
Comment · 3 years ago
>Implicit in the article is an assumption that life is lacking, and I'm not sure that is a healthy outlook.

It's essential to the eventual "I have a course/lifestyle/Notion template to sell you" pitch that people like this are going for.

Comment · 3 years ago
This reminds me a lot of TransparentTextures.com; thanks!
Comment · 3 years ago
This means that management needs to be good enough to realize that it's a good idea to include young talent, give them opportunity, and respect their different perspectives. This means better stories, and also means that the management holds those beliefs as principles, and are willing to take risks "for the sake of it."

But that seems counter to the idea of a management pastiche drooling over the cost-cutting potential of AI.

Comment · 3 years ago
It's funny how I'm STILL looking for an RSS solution that feels the same. I've settled on TTRSS, but it's not 100% there.
Comment · 3 years ago
A reminder that if you pay for ProtonMail, you get a free SimpleLogin account to go with it.
Comment · 3 years ago
It was to podcasting what House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and Arrested Development Season 4 were to Netflix.
Comment · 3 years ago
You gotta love the usage of social justice vocabulary with this. Find a way that it'll "impact low-income taxpayers" and suddenly it's morally correct to keep things from being more convenient for the vast majority of people.
Comment · 3 years ago
Selling Notion templates is a complete cottage industry right now. So many people who were once selling video courses are just bundling up what they think mid-level managers will think looks sexy/smart from a note-taking/organizational system and selling it to them.

I know that's not anything new, but it's interesting to see how pervasive it is for one, specific service. Seems much easier to do than selling like... Asana automations? Zapier zaps?

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