Stoop Version 2: Subscribe to YouTube Channels

Stoop version 2: Subscribe to YouTube channels

Stoop 2 is now available in both the App Store and Google Play Store. It brings lots of little improvements over the first version and one big one: you can now subscribe to YouTube Channels and have them delivered right to your Stoop where they’ll be neatly organized, alongside your newsletters.

Part of me thinks this is a great addition…and the other part of me thinks “great, you just reinvented RSS”

🔗Opinion - To Be a Genius, Think Like a 94-Year-Old - The New York Times

Thanks to Austin Kleon for sharing this in this week’s newsletter.

How We Judge Others is How We Judge Ourselves - Mark Manson

The yardstick we use for ourselves is the yardstick we use for the world.

There’s a lot of truth in this. It’s also why hypocrisy and “not true Scotsman” situations are so common.

🔗 Sweet Potato & Black Bean Shepherds Pie Recipe · Deliciously Ella

My wife and I just tried this recipe and it was really good…plus vegan (we’re not vegans but are reducing the meat we eat).

Dynamic Wallpaper club

Looking for dynamic wallpapers for MacOS? This is the place. (Some of the firewatch ones are great)

When you discover song.link had an alpha api.

It feels like a Nick Drake kind of morning.

we’ve reached peak marketing optimisation 🔗

Marketing Effectiveness cartoon - Marketoonist - Tom Fishburne

Cheryl Calverley, CMO at UK mattress brand Eve Sleep recently observed: 

“We’ve reached peak performance optimization. Everyone has piled in and done the easy stuff in digital marketing … so we come back round in a circle. The only way to stand out from the crowd is creative.”

Interesting point and one that I suspect many in the creative department (waves hand) will like more than those in performance.

A Recession Is Coming (Eventually). Here’s Where You’ll See It First. - The New York Times 🔗

A Recession Is Coming (Eventually). Here’s Where You’ll See It First. - The New York Times

…another recession will come eventually. Fortunately, economic expansions, unlike coin-flip streaks, usually provide some hints about when they are nearing their end — if you know where to look. Below is a guide to some of the indicators that have historically done the best job of sounding the alarm.

One caveat: Economists are notoriously terrible at forecasting recessions, especially more than a few months in advance. In fact, it’s possible (though unlikely) that a recession has already begun, and we just don’t know it yet.

Five pretty interesting indicators but I do enjoy the caveat at the beginning of the article.

A bit later than usual but this week’s newsletter is out and I made a change.