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Internet People: Issue 105
Internet People
October 23, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
Welcome to the Internet People Newsletter, a weekly roundup of fresh ideas to fuel your creative process 🌀
Hello, Internet People!! This issue goes out to anyone with a ~threatening~ aura, people who stare at themselves on the tiny Zoom square, and everybody who loves Animal Crossing 🍃
🚨 Happening Soon
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🗞️ Hot Off the Press
🎙️ We rebranded our podcast!!!
In the first episode of the Internet People podcast, join cohosts Anna and MJ as they discuss:
💼 WTF is a Portfolio Career?
💅 Staying out of Toxic Girlboss mode
📓 Why creatives should do more Shitty First Drafts
🪦 RIP Overthinking It — all the season 1 episodes will still be available in the feed though, don’t worry!
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👀 Recs and Rabbit Holes
📚 Read
One of our favorite Internet People, Lexi Merritt of Pretty Decent, published this Substack article about how she works with her ADHD — including keeping things in arms reach, embracing novelty, “half assing” it, and more!
🔮 Explore
Wait… an app where you can just text yourself notes, reminders, and tasks??? Why didn’t we think of this?! Has anyone tried this app? What do we think? Check out tetr here
🎧 Listen
Brian Jordan Alvarez started on TikTok, and just produced his first TV show. We loved this interview about his creative journey so far, because it serves as a great reminder of what miiight just be on the other side of feeling cringey and embarrassing in the internet 😅 Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
🍿 Watch
Animal Crossing fans, behold! An entire YouTube channel full of scenes, characters, and music to keep you company while you work or chill. MJ’s been loving this jazzy library vibe lately.
🤔 One Question For You
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☝️ One Last Thing
Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things … What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? … If you wish to be more creative, look for the connections between two previously unconnected things.
📌 Happening at Internet People
🎙️ We rebranded our podcast from Overthinking It to Internet People!
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