Hey, Pulse fam 👋
This week’s Pulse is all about attention and status — and mirrors! You know I won’t stop talking about attention, so that’s that. But status and NFTs can become another great intersection.
Let’s stay curious.
— Behrouz
something to listen to while reading → Home by Dustin O’Halloran.
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In Today’s Issue
This Week in the News
Article: Status, Us Monkeys, and NFTs
Podcast: Pay Attention to Your Attention
Tweet: Consistency
Tool: Octopus.do
And a gift for you.
This Week in the News
Apple’s next iPad Mini, Clubhouse’s new features, and panic at Facebook [link]
Amazon Astro and everything that comes with it, the latest on Netflix gaming, and Windows App Store [link]
Facebook’s metaverse, WSJ’s Instagram slide decks, and greener bitcoin [link]
Instagram stops its kids app, Tesla’s full self-driving feature, and Apple’s issue [link]
Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors [link]
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One Article
Status, Us Monkeys, and NFTs
Not Boring by Packy McCormick is another one of my favourite newsletters — and it’s definitely not boring.
This isn’t his lastest post, but is a super interesting one if you’re exploring the world of blockchain & crypto — and especially, NFTs — and it’s called Status Monkeys.
And if you wanna dig deeper, I highly recommend Eugene Wei’s very looooooooong post on Status as a Service (StaaS).
One Podcast
Pay Attention to Your Attention
John Green is the beloved author of The Fault In Our Stars, and when he started tracking his attention, he realized he was obsessed with evaluating human progress. He decided to start rating everything—from the capacity for human wonder to Canadian geese—on a five-point scale. In this deeply thoughtful conversation with Adam, John shares what he learned from his series of Yelp-style reviews, the gift of a great book, and the unexpected life lessons found in the last lap of Mario Kart.
listen to it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.
you can also read the full text transcript.
i probably won’t stop talking about attention and its importance; and i’d probably share anything about attention that’s worth your attention here. and this was another one.
One Tweet
Consistency
as an Apple fan — but not zombie — since i’ve seen this tweet, my macbook feels a lot more annoying!
One Tool
Octopus.do
Octopus.do helps you build your website structure in real-time and rapidly share it to collaborate with your team or clients.
You can start prototyping websites or apps instantly.
and if you want more tools, keep an eye on this.
🪞 One gift for you.
who would’ve thought this could get this big?
And that’s all for the Pulse 152. You on Twitter? Let’s chat. I’m @perspectiveix.
are you into NFTs?
Let’s stay curious.