👉 What Happened on Tech Twitter Last Week - Nov 10
Do you have the best job ever, young Bezos and Gates, songwriting for Tik Tok, Disney+, and more!
Yo it’s Brett! Here’s all the exciting news from Tech Twitter last week.
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Also, next week, Zack Kukoff is curating the newsletter! Here’s a funny tweet of his from this week. Get excited.
It wasn’t luck
Alec is spot on with his comment on this video. Watch it.
While we’re at it, here’s another classic video. Wait for Letterman to Gates’ point about streaming baseball online with a sassy, “umm… have you heard of radio??”
Disney Goes Live
On the topic, Disney released its streaming service last week and lots of people are enjoying this price comparison with cable TV. Honestly though, if you’re not using the credentials of your buddy’s friend’s ex that she actually only went on one Hinge date with before he gave her his username/password, you’re the fool.
Podcasting is lit
Podcasting has seen almost a billion dollars in M&A in the last two years.
If you trigger them, they will come
This is a pretty incredible chart showing NYT becoming increasing left-leaning through the rise of certain phrases in the paper over the years.
Turns out, producing increasingly inflammatory content rubs people the wrong way.
Knowing you have the best job
Also see ikigai and Zone of Genius.
The medium is the message
Musicians are adapting songs to work better on Tik Tok. This seems mind-blowing (and maybe depressing if you’re a music purist) at first glance, but this is how it has worked for as long as music has been a thing. As an example, most songs’ choruses hit within the first 30-40 seconds because that’s the minimum requirement for streaming services to count a listen.
British Bitcoin Television
Just watch it.
Two for the lols
Did you book this room? Oh… because… No it’s ok, I’ll wait outside.
Trolls are the best.
Thanks for reading! - Brett