Week 15 — 24 September 2021
Are business cards still a thing? Without getting all Patrick Bateman here, there was a time when a business card would rightly be judgementally thumbed by newly met associates. It's material and design choices considered carefully and the giver evaluated as a worthy associate (or otherwise). Well, bringing this traditional practise bang up to date is V1CE cards. Super sleek, eco-friendly and wholly customisable cards which transfer your details with a neat little NFC tap. Sad days for the Roladex though.
In other things that could do with updating, a recently released book; Brandsplaining, shines light on some of the surprisingly shadowy ways in which sexism still permeates the marketing industry. In a data-driven industry and with so many brands hopping aboard the fempowerment bandwagon, it seems the gulf between how women actually are and how they are 1) portrayed, and 2) influenced to act, is still staggeringly wide.
Want to become an internet billionaire without the hard yards of having to build any digital products or platforms? You could always just buy one. Hell, buy two! Meet Flippa, where pre-packed website, apps and SaaS businesses are ready-wrapped for you to just pick off the shelf. Throw some advertising and marketing dollars behind it...et voila! Jeff's your uncle, Elon's your auntie and you'll be entering the space rocket race in no time.
If, like us, you've tried and failed to get your mind around the bewildering world of NFT's, Ethereum and all other things crypto, this is by far the best explainer we've come across. It also tidily unpacks the burgeoning market place for crypto art and the astonishing sums collectors are paying for digital trinkets. Sadly, this edition of the drop is unavailable as an NFT.
The North Water ➜
BBC iPlayer
Colin Farrell, Stephen Graham and Jack O'Connell go big on beards, brooding masculinity and chunky knitwear.
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert ➜
Little Simz
As the lady herself says: "Like Jay-Z on a bad day, Shakespeare on my worst days." She's not wrong.
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Fab 5 Lego loft set. Just take our money.