The New and The Next - Issue #72
“To me, the only sin is mediocrity.” – Martha Graham
Favorites
Working for a startup makes increasingly less sense
I concur.
Meet The Man Who Gave The World Justin Bieber
Scooter Braun is a veritable hitmaker — and he started with a 12-year-old nobody singing R&B covers in Stratford, Ontario. (An excerpt from Amos Barshad’s No One Man Should Have All That Power
Don’t solve the problem.
16 questions managers should ask when there’s a problem, instead of solving it.
Productivity
Busy Person Patterns [PDF]
This paper presents thirteen patterns that, when used together, we have found helpful to manage our busy lives
27 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Chrome could do
Give your internet experience a jolt of fresh energy with these easily overlooked features, options, and shortcuts for Google’s browser.
What to do when your productivity slips: The “Goldilocks rule” of how to be productive all day, every day
We all have productive days once in a while. We might even string a few together. But keeping that going on a consistent basis? That’s another question.
Work & Money
The Promotion That Comes Without the Pay Raise
More employers are handing out new job titles with extra responsibility but no bump in salary. Here’s how to respond to that kind of offer.
Communication Flows in an Organization
There are 5 types of Communication Flows in an organization - Downward Flow, Upward Flow, Horizontal Flow, Diagonal Flow and External Flow of Communication.
How to stop email trackers from spying on you
Companies have been hiding read receipts in your emails for decades. Now everyone’s doing it. Here’s how to shut that down.
‘I’m Juggling School With Full-Time Work and I’m Miserable!’
I’m tired. Right now, I’m working full time in a law firm while also going to school full time.
The Highest-Paying Entry-Level Jobs In Tech This Year
Data Scientist is the highest paying entry-level job in tech, paying an average salary of $113,254.
How to love your job and avoid burnout
Meaning is not found, but made.
Why the “velvet hammer” is a better way to give constructive criticism
Have something difficult to say? These are the exact words you should use.
5 Questions to Ask When Starting a New Job
Your first few months can determine whether you succeed in the role.
Marketing & Branding
Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) [VIDEO]
My first video of a 3 part series on “coordinated inauthentic behavior”. Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring this series. Get 3 months free with 12-month pla…
Questions To Ask Clients (Before, During, and After the Project)
This is a complete Client Questionnaire set of questions to ask your clients. These include questions to ask Before, During, and After a project.
The Captionfluencers
Instagram, known for photos that inspire envy and ire, has also become home to those who write their hearts out.
Digital marketing consultant rates
The average hourly rate for digital marketing consultants worldwide is $140.29 per hour.
Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice but to use it
Google’s AMP project is supposed to speed up your web site. But what do you do when it makes your site slower? Do publishers have a real choice about using it?
Startups
How I Sold This Website for $9 Million
Dearest Readers, I’ve been waiting to tell you this with considerable excitement for a whole year, but the sales contract prevented me from doing so until now.
Infographic: How the Tech Giants Make Their Billions
Collectively, the Big Five tech giants combine for revenues of $802 billion, which is bigger than Saudi Arabia’s economy. Here’s how it breaks down.
Asos profits plunge 87% after difficult year
The online fashion giant said its profits were hit by heavy discounting and website problems.
Who Made That Decision: You or an Algorithm?
When we buy something on Amazon or watch something on Netflix, we think it’s our own choice. Well, it turns out that algorithms influence one-third of our decisions on Amazon and more than 80% on Netflix.
💸 What does Unsplash cost in 2019?
3 years ago, we wrote ‘What does Unsplash cost?’ to give a totally transparent look at the bills associated with hosting one of the largest photography sites in the world.
Life
Can We Get Better at Forgetting?
Some things aren’t worth remembering. Science is slowly working out how we might let that stuff go.
Confidence: 2 Reasons Most People Don’t Have It
Unlike motivation and other emotional states which are more surface level, confidence is deeper and more subconscious. In this article, I’m going to breakdown what confidence is and why most people don’t have it.
How to increase your chances of finding a hidden camera
Take note of the title of this blog. What you read below will give you some additional knowledge that may help you identify a hidden camera but it certainly won’t guarantee that.
News
Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London
He faces extradition to the US for his alleged role in one of the largest leaks of government secrets.
College Grads Sell Stakes in Themselves to Wall Street
Instead of taking out loans, students can agree to hand over part of their future earnings in return for investment.