Episode description
Wide ranging tabs today, and only a brief stint in crypto land.
Prestigious Home Mud via Oren
First up are a range of ultra premium home coffee makers ranging from brutalist slabs of concrete to cold brew meth labs. It’s the finer things, really.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-drip-coffee-maker/
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-best-coffee-makers
https://www.amazon.com/Yama-Glass-Bamboo-Straight-Frame/dp/B00AM7K93O/ref=asc_df_B00AM7K93O/
Ohm Fork Dev AI Doxx via Colin
Crypto is crazy, AI is crazy. This developer doxxed himself to convince everyone the project wasn’t a rug, then it came out that the photo he used was AI generated. Also: he rugged.
https://twitter.com/0xngmi/status/1470020997508120581?s=21
Oberlo - Dropshipping for dummies via James
Dropshipping can be a tough model, Oberlo makes it crazy easy to spin up stores if you have traffic to leverage. Perfect for short lived viral tiktok moments and ancillary income streams.
Followers converting to book sales (or not) via Oren
This NY Times article dives into some of the W’s and L’s publishers have have racked up trying to sell books based on social following. It all boils down to alignment of the niche, the medium, and the content. Without all 3 lining up, L.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/social-media-following-book-publishing.html
Award Hacker via James
Something like 80% of first class flights are booked with points (don’t quote me on that). This site helps to find flight bookings with your credit card points (or combination of).
2022 Pantone color of the year via Colin
The color of the year is a lucious periwinkle purple color “Peri” - which I (Colin) have a personal relationship with.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pantone-color-year-2022-peri-2046690