The Weekly Five: 001

1. I’ve been quietly rebuilding my site from scratch and hosting it for free. I kind of got addicted to the idea and ended up rebuilding a few other sites, which let me cancel my Framer and Squarespace subscriptions—saving me about $100/month.

2. This book by Emad Mostaque has my mind reeling. Here’s an excerpt:

   “Consider Johannes Trithemius, abbot of Sponheim, who in 1492 wrote a passionate treatise called In Praise of Scribes. He argued that the newfangled printing press was a fad, that hand-copied manuscripts were morally superior, that the sacred act of copying text brought monks closer to God. Every argument was theological, philosophical, aesthetic. None mentioned the actual reason: his monastery’s income came from copying books.

   Within fifty years, the scriptoriums were museums. Trithemius is remembered, when he’s remembered at all, as the man who stood athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’ at a printing press.”

3. I got to be on an X Space with my buds at Augmented Imagination today. You can listen here.

4. This video from Gary Vee about how marketing will drastically change over the next 24 months is worth a watch—if you’re into that sort of thing.

5. I recently fell down the rabbit hole of the Honda S800, and this post is a solid primer.

Catch ya on the next one. ✌️