Now

What I’m working on – updated January 21

Doing

• New data acquisition methods for Trustream
• Recording new interview episodes of Penny Lane. If you’re involved in streaming music and would like to join us, get in touch.
• Developing a series of articles on better business development for startups
• Advising and consulting startups in VR, podcasting, and live music production
• Trips to LA and NYC over the coming weeks. If you’ll be at the Open Music Initiative members’ meeting on Feb 6, let’s connect.

Learning

• Improving my copywriting skills. Henneke Duistermaat’s guides and ebooks have been some of the best materials I’ve found on effective writing for the web.
• Crypto prediction markets and platforms (e.g. Augur, Hivemind, Stox, Gnosis)

Reading

• Hit Makers – a fascinating read about why we love what we love in media
• Streaming, Sharing, Stealing – released in 2016, it’s still a fresh, must-read for anyone in the field of entertainment
• Machine, Platform, Crowd – next on my list
• The Daily Stoic – I’ll take an edge where I can find it

Listening

• a16z
• Recode Media
• Build Your SaaS
• The Future of What
• Innovating Music
• How I Built This
• Giving Pandora another try, and enjoying it. It’s still the best recommendation engine in the game.

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