The Swyx Mixtape

5 tips to improve your writing:

1. Novelty
2. Intrigue
3. Stories
4. Analogies
5. Examples

Audio source: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/196-david-perell (35 mins)

Everything is copied - although Apple didn't copy as much from Xerox as most people say.

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc (the full 4 part documentary is an inspiring watch)

dbt is taking the data eng world by storm. this is the best 10 minutes i've heard on it, from Fishtown Analytics cofounder Drew Banin.

Fun fact: Fishtown is a town in Philadelphia!

Audio source: https:…

Audio source: https://www.3books.co/chapters/15 (14 mins in)

Tuesdays with Morrie wikipedia entry

I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. You can catch Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the previous weekend episodes. This is the cleaned up audio of t…

I just watched the new In The Heights movie and had to mixtape my favorite moments!

Samples from:

• Benny's Dispatch (Corey Hawkins)
• Paciencia y Fe (Olga Merediz)
• Breathe (Leslie Grace)
• 96,000 (Cast)

In The …

How people unintentionally obstruct progress by asking for perfectly reasonable things

Audio source: https://artofproductpodcast.com/episode-173

• 10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings
• Shreyas Twitter…

Listen to Cloudflare's pitch when it was just 3 people at TechCrunch Disrupt. Would you have invested?

Audio Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKWeBw1R5A

Qwiki, winners of Disrupt that year: htt…

The extremes people go to in order to reinforce a personal brand.

Audio Source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/my-first-million/182-how-an-astrology-app-mplvUweDHMA/

My How To Market Yourself ess…

A short story with a message of hope for the future, recommended and read by a unique, brilliant mind.

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr7Yn3W8VQE&t=16555s

Story source and comments: http…

I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. You can catch Weeks 1, 2, and 3 in the previous 2 weekend episodes.

The 4th week had significant Intern…

This is the story of the Thong Song, told by Vice.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S1buCBwGI

The theoretical foundation of Chaos Engineering.

Audio source: Gremlin Podcast https://www.gremlin.com/blog/podcast-break-things-on-purpose-ep-9-kolton-andrus-ceo-and-co-founder-at-gremlin/ (33 mins i…

What do you do if you are down to your last $25,000 and had one last shot to launch a dating app?

Justin McLeod figured it out — just barely.

Audio Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979188827/hing…

Want to hack into a Nuclear Plant? Good luck.

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQchwJV-lJ8

Scott Tolinski pick: https://syntax.fm/show/268/potluck-beating-procrastination-rollup-vs-webpack…

Cal Newport on why Time Block Planning beats Todo Lists, and why you should do it on *paper*.

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrJcHp0Ocm8

My tweet thread on Your Calendar As Todo List (an…

I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the third of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end. You can catch …

One of the most impactful film composers of our time.

Audio sources: 

• The Making Of “Wakanda” With Ludwig Göransson
• Childish Gambino - This Is America
• The Mandalorian OST - Main Theme

Thanks for 100 episodes! You can read the blogpost in full on my site.

My ideas for future episodes: http://simp.ly/publish/BQJJ5b

Main points covered:

Personal Podcast Superpowers

• Infinite Game
• Hot Mediu…

Making $400k by punishing robocallers automatically. Genius!

Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-pomp-podcast/557-joshua-browder-on-p8id7SOsmCD/ (41 mins in)

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