#13 What happens if you become a meme?
W/C 27 June 2022
I found this week a little tricky - it’s been a long 7-9 months and someone said to me that to develop anything you need to stress, then rest. Considering I read and tell everyone I work with the importance of rest I feel like I’m cheating myself a little. So I’m sharing this so I start to take my own advice.
I also write this a day later than usual, mainly because I got sucked into Wimbledon and it’s nice to have it back with crowds. Feels odd to note things getting back to normal, but feels like they are.
Now, on to the #content.
1. What happens when you become a meme?
What happens when you become a meme with no control? It’s an odd question but int the age of the internet, everything is up for grabs. This is a really interesting piece on Josep Maria Garcia (below) and how he became a meme.
2. Meta is pivoting
I mentioned last week that IG is looking more like TikTok but now we can see it’s going to go much deeper. This is a good dive into actually a much more strategic shift, from looking like TikTok to treating Facebook like a discovery platform - so away from friends and family.
3. So you're going through a reorg
I know a lot of people who are going through all sorts of restructures, having been through and developed them - they are absolutely a process. This is a good piece that resonated with me with some good tools to manage uncertainty.
4. Niantic (Pokemon Go makers) are making a new NBA game
Niantic are a fascinating company, I don’t see them get a huge amount of headlines but they are at the forefront (IMO) of the future of digital experiences. This is really interesting and intrigued how it comes together.
No Web 3 update because it’s a dumpster fire everywhere.
Odds and ends, basic links. Little commentary, just pure linkage, in wine terms, low intervention links.
Bonus.
Finished the Lazerus project on Sky, it starts SUPER fast and a little on the nose but by the end I loved it. Bit of fun and time warpy. ALSO, Only Murders in the building is back and I LOVED SERIES 1. So excited for S2.
All the spelling and grammatical mistakes in this Substack are on purpose to test you, actually. Well done. You got them all. No, I don’t need to know about them, you have that kudos.