
Shaming People Into Buying (NOT Evil)
AI will never shame you unless you explicitly ask it to.
Even then, it’ll still be overly polite and lackluster.
But humans sometimes need shame as a kick in the butt.
Your job as a creator isn’t just to provide information but also, if not more importantly, to drive people to actually act.

Is This Intimate?
It’s 7 pm on May 2nd, and the skies in Miyazaki are dusky blue after a cloudy day that ended in a heavy downpour.
I’m quietly tapping away at the keyboard of my Dell XPS laptop. VIDEOCLUB – En nuit plays in my cheap but trusty and oh so well made Sennheiser MX365 earbuds.
Despite two pillows under my butt, I feel…

Alienating 40% of Your Fans?
I’ve always loved opening letters with a knife (or scissors in a pinch).
You unsheathe your shiny polished blade, slide the sharp edge under the flap, and shffft, now you can check what’s inside.
If you’re lucky, the letter has that fresh paper smell, almost akin to a freshly baked cake. And it’s perfumed…