I know a lot of us have gotten a lot of wins recently, and I'm curious: What have been some wins that your peers have gotten around you? I think it's a great way to celebrate other people, and in return, you also gain a lot of strength, energy, and momentum from sharing those wins and celebrating them. I can start. My partner Haley recently found a new place to live, and it's literally their dream spot: balcony, tons of space, nice kitchen, parking that isn't expensive in downtown Denver. Overall, they're super super stoked and can't wait to move into it, and I'm super happy for them. hope you all enjoy the weekend, xoxo, Jordan

What's one creative decision you made this week that felt authentic to you, even if it didn't perform well on social media? I know sometimes we can make a lot of content that isn't for ourselves, but then sometimes we will make something that is explicitly for just us. Even though it doesn't perform well, it can feel authentic and genuine to us. For example, I've been spending a lot of time making carousel content for Asterisk Create, and it's more so just content that I enjoy making and highlighting certain aspects of the program that isn't always for platform optimization and our audience, but I think is very visually aligned with Asterisk Create. I just post it because I think it looks beautiful on the feed and it's aligned visually.

Hi guys! I just added a new video to the Content Creation Module: Scripting & Storytelling! I break down three main scripting templates that I have used for my content over the years that I think are easy enough to understand for you to implement into your own content strategy. I didn't want to overcomplicate this, so I only added three, even though there are millions of ways to tell a story. They're all included in this video, and I talk about how you can access them through Notion and use them for your own content. If you guys have any questions about it, let me know. I'm really excited to get this out to you! xoxo Jordan

I have been so so busy with sports, but I got an opportunity to film one of my favorite artists on tour when he came to my city and the video is getting pretty good views since he accepted my collaboration on Instagram!

Sorry for the downer of a title, but with everything happening in the world right now, I've had a lot on my mind even while working thru the busiest period of the year. I just can't shake this pervasive feeling and I'm wondering if it's just me... I'm sure most people here are aware (at least I hope) that OpenAI's new video generation model/social media (??) platform Sora 2 released over the weekend and people are already making crazy stuff with it. It's still invite only, but once it's public, I fear that might mark a point of no return for social media, and the internet, as we know it. It's one thing to have a video gen model that is photorealistic and easy to use. It's another entirely to have a publicly and massively popular app specifically designed to easily create fake moments that do a solid job at looking/sounding (trippiest part for me) like they were actually taken by a phone/handy cam. The implications are horrifying without getting into the privacy concerns, and that's what I'm here to ask ya'll how you feel. I simply can't see myself continuing to use a platform that makes it impossible to tell wether what I'm looking at is real or not. I realize photoshop has been around for a while, but the barrier of entry to be able to easily doctor reality is still fairly high, and very difficult to do at scale. People already doctor the image of their lives they put online. These tools can empower creativity when used correctly, but if we're being real, that's not what the people designing them are prioritizing, and I just don't trust billionares to program these platforms to function in a way that is in the interest of people like us. And so, I find myself wondering where we're gonna go from here after that becomes the norm. We already know that Meta, Amazon, Google etc. will likely never care about creativity the way we do and put creators first (in actions, not just words), so to me, this idea of being able to build my own platform is very appealing. Also not unlike what some of my heroes have built (Corridor Crew, Jack Conte). Patreon seems like the blueprint, and while I trust Jack more than most tech bros, I still prefer to build something that no one can ever take away no matter what happens.