Matt Ting | entrepreneurship, music

Your career dreams should be as unique as your sleep dreams

@p_millerd Did you build integrations into other apps? I feel like that would be the annoying thing to do/maintain

lol completely rebuilt an entire course and will be able to replace teachable basically done with the full stack in under 2 days

@p_millerd Let us know if it’s worth it, seems like such a hassle to migrate @teachable

been using teachable for my consulting course for a long time and the platform is basically worse than it was 5 years ago i think its actually viable for me to whip up an alternative in a weekend now though next.js + mux + clerk + stripe

@p_millerd Good to have a bit of scale though imo Outsourcing the more mundane parts (video editing) can make you a better creator

bro you are not a creator you have a content team and have sold your brain to the next marginal audience member this is not "creation" - this is the money-making life it is merely one life, one that leaves many sad

@p_millerd These days it feels like you're the only real person I follow on x

hustle bros ruined x articles in one week. lol

I can assure you that you don’t need to be in the arena. This is mostly a fictional place people working on laptops have created in their heads to avoid emotions

Why does U2 have Peter Thiel on the cover of their spyware album

PODCASTS ARE DEAD, LONG LIVE THE PODCAST I keep coming back to the idea that new forms of media will win on new definitions of quality. Airbnb didn’t compete with hotels by introducing better concierge services, it competed on new attributes like “live like a local” or “space to host guests.” Similarly, in podcasting, going head to head with Joe Rogan doesn’t make sense. Obviously aside from him being a singular personality, there’s a theoretical max to our discretionary media time and he’s already satisfying all the old guard determinants of quality for a podcast. *New* determinants of quality are still on the table, though. I spoke to the ever-observant @jaesmail about @OtherStuffPod, and how scenebuilding is among the emerging criteria for success in podcasting: gopayattention.com/p/game-tape-8-…

@HighyieldHarry Congrats man, you got this

As many new people join along, I forget that I really should tell the "story" of High Yield Harry. Here's the tale and the journey over the past 5.5 years

@p_millerd I have a theory that filming solo soundbites/clips is a viable low-effort way to replace podcasts >90% of people just watch the clips, this is already happening in gaming and sports

I think my podcast is going on indefinite pause. May do the occasional low effort posts or convos with Angie. But I just can’t keep it up. Top podcasts are just absorbing so much attention too and can’t compete. Need to hibernate and reemerge weirder and different. I will be back.

@itscoachgoodman What do you do for housing? Airbnb or what's the approach to finding good short-term rentals? Does your wife work? Have fun, sounds awesome :)

Flying out. Leaving Toronto for six months. First stop is Abu Dhabi followed by three months each in Sanur, Indonesia (Bali) and Kamakura, Japan. My kids are 8, 3, and 7 months. This will be the 13th consecutive winter abroad for 4-6 months. Our trip this year is bigger than previous years. I’m nervous. There will be hard times. The hard times are the point. Challenge and exploration builds us up and brings us together. I’m excited to escape the frenetic pace of Toronto. The go go go. The hustle mentality. I like that energy. Then I don’t. And I need to breathe a bit more, aimlessly walk, and get away from social and professional responsibilities. This season we’re entering will be slower. More family. More fitness. More books. Less connectivity. Once done, I’ll be excited once again for the next season of hustle when we return back to Toronto. That’s how we’re designed. Us humans. To have seasons. Refreshers. When something ends, we experienced renewed energy. There’s no limit to how many times we can repeat this cycle. Here’s the two most common questions that I get about our lifestyle: Isn’t the travel hard? Yeah, travel days suck. But we won’t die. And also, modern flight is a miracle. And so, whenever I feel beaten down on a plane, I just look out of the window. What do you do for school? Calvin’s in public school in Toronto. We unenroll him when we leave and find a local school abroad. This year we are doing two cohorts with Boundless. They have school for the kids. Both Calvin and Jaden are enrolled. I like the mix of the structure of public school and self-directed learning when we are abroad. Homeschooling did not work for us, or our children. Welp, off on another adventure. Excited to share the journey with you. And grateful for a healthy, strong, and incredibly competent (and super hot) wife leading the charge. -Jon

Y'all think Santa is a moral relativist or absolutist

Every man looks in the mirror and sees a DJ Every woman looks in the mirror and sees a travel influencer

As a creator, you gotta be mindful of your Attention : Quality ratio Doesn't make sense to only focus on product quality Doesn't make sense to chase attention if it massively outpaces your product

@shaiyanhkhan Step 1: Neva give up

TWO SUBSTACK POSTS A WEEK FOR THREE SUMMERS

@KingCharge Joe from Loud Luxury second to the right :p

who the fuck are these people😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@p_millerd Most lovable activities make bad businesses

This is spot on. The American ikigai diagram needs to be retired.

You will always feel like a loser if you hate your job

@shaiyanhkhan Almost

Can someone please take this picture of me

Crazy business model and customer experience