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Design, Product, Technology

Richard Liu of DSPTCH

From a home-made camera strap to full-fledged accessory company DSPTCH.

Sports, The Internet

‘It’s O.K. not to be O.K.’ and the inner ring of the internet

Naomi Osaka’s essay in TIME magazine that elaborates on her relationship to the press and the subject of the mental health of athletes and An article about “the inner ring” of the internet and how that affects the creative work you do.

Brands, Retail

The Woke Shop

Josh Parker and Darrell Camara talk raising money for worthy causes through consumer products.

Sports

NCAA athletes can start making money and Lachlan Morton’s alternative Tour de France

The new NCAA ruling that allows student athletes to make money in whatever way they like: co-founding businesses, as YouTubers, as country singers, etc and Australian cyclist Lachlan Morton’s attempt to ride the full Tour de France route on his own with no support and to beat the peloton to Paris.

Apparel, Fashion, Gaming

Video game writing and apparel sizing issues

New Kotaku editor-in-chief Patricia Hernandez’s letter to readers on the subject of the future of video games and video game writing and Erratic sizing within the fashion industry and the sustainability as well as psychological issues that creates.

Brands, Industry

Flaws with venture capital and curation as brand strategy

why the funding model of venture capital is flawed and doesn’t build the things society needs and The rise of curation as a strategy brands and individuals are adopting, plus what makes for good curation.

Brands, Design

Dynamic Branding

Eugene talks the impermanent nature of a brand’s banding.

Uncategorized

Cohort-based courses and the Barbell Strategy

Cohort-based courses as compared to massively open online courses and the Barbell Strategy method of balancing security and risk as a structure for creative careers.

Industry, Technology

The internet is flat and the cooperation economy

How the nature of the internet collapses time, space, and context, resulting in a volatile environment that breeds bad faith discussions with no room for nuance or complexity and The cooperation economy as the next phase of the creator economy/the passion economy.

Industry, Sports

Sports journalism and selling out

Naomi Osaka choosing to not do press at the French Open and what the relationship is between press and athletes should be and the shift in perception of creatives signing corporate deals.