I've been out of your inbox for a while. It's been a wild month for me; one that's been full of anxiety and reflection. Out of appreciation for your subscription, I felt an obligation to deviate from our usual discourse and focus on something
This is not a political newsletter. At least not intentionally (I can’t promise it won’t slip in - I’m human 🤷🏼). However, it’s hard not to reflect on what’s happened in the past month. It feels consequential. And I know, that’s something you could say
I know, I know… I’m slacking. I’m usually hitting your inbox on Sundays, and I missed the last one. Now I’m later than usual today. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks since the 4th holiday, and I chose to prioritize elsewhere. Womp womp. OK, on
Three Things, My Thoughts. Some topics from this week — with my own 🔥 (or 🥶) takes: The Great Copyright Clash Continues Music and AI continue to tussle over ownership. Meanwhile, the pace of the landscape shift continues to accelerate. Just in the past month: Universal Music Group and SoundLabs revealed an AI
Before we dive in, I have a quick update: there will be no newsletter next week. Yours truly will be enjoying some family time in upstate New York on the shores of Chautauqua Lake. I have a Hype Cycle in the queue for next Tuesday, and then I’m off
Greetings, digital managers, marketing mavericks, and the occasional bewildered intern who clicked the wrong link! Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Get In Gear,” your soon-to-be favorite newsletter (yes, I’m aiming high) dedicated to helping you, the aspiring or newly minted digital leader, turn your brilliant marketing ideas into
I’m fascinated by the mysteries of the universe. This evening I took my daughter to her music class. I enjoy it because music is such a passion of mine. It provides me with an opportunity to influence her taste. After all, a person can only listen to Taylor Swift
🎵 🎧 🎸 Music has always been my foremost passion. As an elementary student, I was drawn to the arts (might’ve had something to with my natural ability to draw and my natural disdain for numbers). For a period of time I played the saxophone, experimented with my brother’s violin, toyed
I’ve been hooked on Apple’s new TV+ series, Dark Matter. As usual, the book is better, but so far, the series does an impressive job of adapting the story. The basic premise is that a physicist is abducted by a version of himself from an alternate reality, where
Three Things, My Thoughts. Some topics from this week — with my own 🔥 (or 🥶) takes: OpenAI and ‘Her’ Spat The tech company got into a very public and awkward spat with Scarlett Johansson last week. There’s a great behind-the-scenes roll-up on how this all appears to have gone down by
We’ll begin this week’s edition with a video. I agree with Lord Tyrion. Stories are incredibly powerful. It’s not the idea that wins, it’s the narrative that cloaks the idea. The context that relates it to someone else. The vessel in which the idea is conveyed
I identify as a ‘comic book nerd’ by way of Saturday morning cartoons. It started with Transformers and G.I. Joe, then it graduated to X-Men and Batman: The Animated Series. I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been watching X-Men ’97, btw (it’s 😜😱🤯). I knowone I