Naked in Public *15 - commerce personnalisé

by Jessica Brookman in ,


FACT: Facts are a way of signifying truth.  

Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and fractured romances - in the three years since forming Elephant, they've been living one. Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed.


Facts are molds for its replica. We draft models in their name. Lamps on a maze, the map is not a composed list of facts, but written on the dark above the bulbs. 

The paradox of catching light.You can be upset because my spotlight looks nothing like yours. Or too much like yours. But all I've ever wanted is for you to look up. 

Renovating in the cathedral of focus. To be notified when I am done:  



On Victims, Saints, and Venture Capital.

by Jessica Brookman in


FACT: Your attention is currency. Don't get leveraged up on bullshit.  

"I want to build a tool that captures content sentiment and filters accordingly from my  feed."
"You aren't going to like this...but edgy cynics don't get gigs."

I was heeding this advice from a strategist friend after getting into a brief twitter conversation with Anil Dash regarding his article on the Pax Dickinson / Business Insider blow-up....

 

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Linklettes * 20 - Corporate Ruins Edition

by Jessica Brookman in


In case you were wondering when we'd hit the terminal stage of our present brand of capitalism, welcome!

Links from James Altucher, Harvard Business Review, AJ Leon, and Isaac Cordal's tribute to the crumbling corporate city from Colossal. 

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Pivots - Mixtape for September

by Jessica Brookman in


Starting new things is the theme of September. 

I spent the summer spinning my wheels. But all of the back to school bullshit of September has more than just a marketing function; it's a favored month for (re-)organization. 

I am planning a coming-out party of sorts for  but everything takes so much longer than I ever expect it to (blame the fucking time/space continuum, right?). 

Would you help me by taking a three-question survey?

Thank you! It will help shape the future of this site and the content you get here...as well as my life. I will appreciate greatly it and high-five/hug/dance with you in person if the occasion arises. 

Finally, I made you a mixtape of new music for doing your new things this month. 

xo.Brookman