Scenes
Themes from the past year
A year ago this week, my family and I moved back to NYC.
The previous five years we were on
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Climbing out of the rabbit hole
“Climbing out of the rabbit hole” is a private Google Doc circulated to friends sharing Metalabel’s reflections on the
Creativity
The Parable of the Three Lakes
Before hikes, my partner encourages our family to ask nature a question.
On a recent hike in British Columbia, I
Entrepreneurship
Notes on hiring
Over the past decade-plus I’ve hired many dozens of people. Many of these hires went spectacularly well, and I
Creativity
The cultural Doppler effect
The Doppler effect is what makes a siren change tones as it whooshes by. Because of the physics of sound
Entrepreneurship
On having a 1-of-1 purpose
A unique purpose is something people will advise having in a theoretical way (I did it in this post last
Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
Creativity
Worldbuilding is creative resilience
“Artists excel at creating worlds. They do this first for themselves and then, when they share their work, for others…
The internet
The internet feels small here
When I first moved to NYC fresh out of college my stepfather told me something I never forgot. “Be careful,
Creativity
What's after the creator economy?
Metalabel and co-matter recently collaborated to produce a zine called After the Creator Economy that explores the online lives of
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Reinventing the record
Once upon a time twenty-plus years ago, people spent $100 a week on music, books, and magazines, directly supporting the
Metalabel
The onchain era
Originally published in Zora Zine.
This year people watched the crypto world burn.
Outside those who tragically lost significant sums
Entrepreneurship
On competition
There are days you unmistakably feel it: the plans of your project and other projects are converging. What started as
Creativity
The internet culture era
“How culture is made” tells four stories spanning centuries that show how creative collectives have shaped the world — from the
Ideas
How culture is made
Four stories that span centuries, geographies, and worldviews that reveal how to shape culture and the world around us.
Story
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Native behaviors
This was first posted as an internal metablog within Metalabel.
Imagine you’re told you need to direct a percentage
Ideas
Metablogging
One of the key internal rituals we adopted early on at Metalabel is something we call metablogging: internally public blogs
Crypto
Ten impressions from FWB Fest 22
This past weekend I spoke at and attended FWB Fest, hosted by the social DAO Friends With Benefits, at an