After Father's Day, I reflected on some creative lessons that I learned from my father.
00:00 Opening
06:04 Intro
10:08 1. Challenging Us
13:13 2. Exploring and Planting
16:04 3. Protection from Negative Forces
20:14 4. Keeping Creative Energy Flowing
23:19 5. Mapping Out Routes
29:59 6. Provide Resources
34:48 7. Having Steadfast Patience
39:02 Conclusion
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Are you creating fast?
There are actually quite a few benefits to doing so.
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AI Is here, but how exactly is it coming for us?
What jobs are in danger?
Is this all overblown?
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01:30 Show Updates
05:14 Intro
54:04 Outro
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Prince is the greatest musician of our time. That's not a "quality" statement. I mean that in the factual sense. Because no one else knew, performed, played, constructed, composed, or produced like the purple one did.
Since his birthday just passed, I figured I'd recognize his creativity.
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Prince on YouTube Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3mNSNjuWldihk1DUdnGtw
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Apple just released it's vision for their entry into the mixed reality landscape of Augmented Reality combined with Virtual Reality. It's the first major groundbreaking release since the iPhone. Did this do what it was supposed to do? It's impressive, but the Vision isn't completely clear.
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Apple Vision Pro Launch Video - https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg
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Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most groundbreaking superhero films of all time. It does good on so many levels. But I didn't just want to do a review. That would be boring. Let's talk about how this movie made sense on a creative and artistic level.
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I really do like Instagram, but Amp is much better suited to. So in this episode I talk about creative pivots and moving to where you can get things created appropriately.
Also, my profile on Amp is where you can catch me in the future.
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Many of the good things you do are in the way of getting to something great. You should understand and apply this. Also, I explain why I watch Hoarders.
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You can't hope to get someone attention with your creation with just one presentation, outing, showing, or...touch. They say you need at least seven. We'll discuss them all and get deep.
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I'm an ex-game designer and I have been coming up with ideas all of my life.
In this one I talk about how
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This is a Freestyle Friday where we talk about anything and everything we want.
Here's what's happening this week:
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01:19 JotBooking Update
03:23 New 8Bit Cubist Shirts Coming
04:27 Managing Headaches While Working
09:40 YouTube Premium Is Life
13:07 Netflix Cuts Down On Password Sharing
17:33 Current Uses of Ai
25:21 Transactions and Interest Based Social Media
31:28 Nick Cage's Superman In The Flash?
34:30 Zack Snyder Might Have Made Wonder Woman Kryptonian
41:51 Binge Watching vs Weekly Drop
47:45 Elon Making Twitter An Everything App
58:55 Outro
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Things are changing more rapidly than ever.
You have to adapt. But it'll be okay.
#ThoughtfulThursday
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SuperHero Fatigue Is a Myth. Hollywood bullsh** is the problem.
At least that's what I think. If you're tired of them, let me know right now what's boring you.
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Tina Turner was a legend and an icon. So for the first time, I decided to honor one of our greats.
Share your thoughts in the comments.
Let me know how it went.
#TheMusicThatMadeMe
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00:00 Intro
03:48 Perseverance
04:50 How Tina Turner Got On My Radar
08:43 Mad Max Made Me A Fan
11:53 Tina's Early Career
15:15 Tina On Her Own
17:28 Overcoming The Nostalgia Stigma
20:01 Tina's 90s Resurgence
21:59 Pushing Past Obstacles and Pain
22:51 Adapting To Circumstances
27:07 Turning Pain Into Medicine
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You have to learn how to reframe all your ideas about tasks. If you don't, you'll run yourself ragged. You'll either avoid work, work too hard, or get worked. Those options suck. You can do better.
More JotBooking videos can be found here:
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Freestyle Friday: A few things were on my mind like ai, twitter, Elon, and thinking outside the box.
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03:19 Artificial Intelligence Update
08:45 Elon Might Be Making Twitter The Everything App
13:18 What Buying Art Means to People Nowadays
20:57 Relaxing The Mind For Better Thoughts
25:07 Thinking Outside the Box
32:36 Outro
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Thoughtful Thursday: To unlock your creative potential, you must be at peace with the unpredictable and embrace the fact that absolute control is but a fleeting pursuit.
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Taking down little notes in a little notepad doesn't seem lifechanging, but it is.
This is how.
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We still live in a physical world. This is not up for debate.
If you don't know how to operate outside of digital avenues, then you might have some problems.
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Ever heard of systems thinking? My mother taught it to me long before I started programming and designing.
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