Whether you plan to spend your weekend spying on meerkats via white space spectrum, besting an opponent in an argument, or honing your content marketing strategy, we’ve got you. From hard-won wisdom on how to fail to a high-speed look at the new Tesla D, these are your weekend reading (and watching, and listening!) recommendations from the Gumroad team.
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Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit(Vanity Fair)
Before binge-watching Homeland this weekend, slurp up some knowledge from Elon Musk, Judd Apatow, and some other smart folks.
Serial (Serial)
This new podcast from the folks at This American Life will hold you over until True Detective is back.
Friday Fives (The Infatuation)
One of our favorite food blogs publishes a weekly download from some serious eaters. Nom.
Work & Creativity
Inspiration From Video Games to Get Into a Flow State at Work(Fast Company)
All that video game playing could actually help you be creative. Level up!
Inktober (Jake Parker)
Participating in #Inktober is a great way to knock out an E-book of drawings in a month.
What I Do When I Fail (ZenHabits)
“Before you failed, you thought that something would work (a prediction), but then real-world information came in that told you it didn’t work. That means you now know something you didn’t know before. That’s excellent.”
Grow Your Audience and Promote Your Work on Instagram (Gumroad)
The ins and outs of Insta from someone with six figures of engaged followers.
Is Your Ambition Holding You Back? (99u)
“On one hand, it’s the driving force behind every great accomplishment. On the other, it’s a constant voice nagging you to do more.”
How to Create Content For the (New) Online World (Design Sponge)
More demand doesn’t necessarily mean more content and more work … it means that you need to “spread a smaller amount of high quality content onto a wider range of platforms.”
Stuff & Things
My Lap of Terror in the Tesla D(The Verge)
The new Tesla has arrived and it’s very, very fast.
Are You Addicted to Your Phone? This App Has the Answer (Refinery29)
Checky is here to make us all feel awful about our tech habits.
Another Google White Spaces Trial Brings You Live Meerkat Action From the London Zoo (TechCrunch)
Because meerkats.
Odds & Ends
Office Role-Play? Meet the People Who Pretend To Work At An Office Together(Fast Company)
BLARP-ing is a thing and we don’t get it.
Why I’m Betting On You To Help Shape the New Economy (Medium)
President Obama is on Medium, guys, and he’s talking to Millennials: “So here’s something we know for certain: Your rising generation of Americans isn’t just adapting to a 21st-century economy. You’re actively changing it.”
The Secret of Winning an Argument is Ridiculously Simple (Business Insider)
How to change someone’s opinion, according to science.