[nonostantement #249] - personal brand burn out / linkedinfluencers / social media death
NOW with MORE chandeliers!
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Hello, my name is Joele, I work on brand strategies, mostly online. I spend a lot of time online and also online I find many interesting things. The best ones are collected here every week, in this same newsletter.
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#PEOPLE
The Art of Negativity
Maintaining a positive attitude can undoubtedly assist us during tough times – something that we are keen to promote at “Przekrój”. But what about adopting an opposing approach? Our contributor reflects on the merits of responsible negative thinking.[Video] - The Spy Who Saved Me: Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people come out of hiding
”Some artists want fame. But if anyone spotted Robert Barron’s work, he’d consider that a failure. That’s because his skill and attention to detail were honed in places where getting noticed could get you killed: Barron was a real-life master of disguise in the Central Intelligence Agency. […]”LAN Party
A loving photographic celebration of the energy-drink-fuelled, furniture-rearranging, multiplayer gaming trend and its nocturnal participants
#TECH
This House Does Not Exist
A fully autonomous AI designing architecture.Palette
Colorize your photos for free, with AI.Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it's completely out of their control
Artists say they work for years on their portfolios and people can now make copycat images in seconds.How Apple Watch is helping veterans and active service members deal with nightmares from PTSD
Apple highlights NightWare and how retired first sergeant Robert Guithues has used the solution to decrease stress from nightmares after his time serving in Afghanistan.Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game
"If you die in the game, you die in real life."
#SOCIALMEDIA
Burned Out on Your Personal Brand
Younger workers embraced the idea of a personal brand as a way to get ahead, and carve out some power and security in their careers. But posting through it has its drawbacks.Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer
And the biggest power users are turning to ghostwriters.TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data
Privacy policy update confirms data of continent’s users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and USSocial Media Is Dead
What we call social media networks are anything but. Now that they're beginning to unravel, we should ask what it would take to create social media for people, not advertisers.
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The ugly story of how corporate America convinced us to spend so much on water
We’re being packaged and sold a bottle/can/box of lies on water.Global Sea Rise Affects on Coastal Cities | Second Sea
SecondSea.world seeks to support these efforts by stimulating debates on reparations by highlighting projected damages to coastal cities caused by rising sea levels. By identifying the historical and projected emissions of responsible countries we aim to draw attention to their financial liabilities.
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