What is social media, and what is the distinction, if any, between social media and social network sites/apps? I just want to see if there is consensus.
My 2025, Rewound. A recap of what I watched.
I created a spreadsheet of everything I watched across every platform and asked Gemini to create an Unwrapped/Recap style review of my year in media. I've gotta say... not bad!
2024 Professional Wrap-up
Every year, I begin work wondering what I could possibly do that could be new or different, and...
New “Flowers” and an awards update
It's been a year since my last post about Flowers. A year ago, we had a premiere screening in Hollywood, and we'd released two of three videos we'd produced in the series. Last Friday, we released the last in our latest batch of videos, bringing our total to six. In the meantime, our series has won several awards!
7 years of Doordash orders
I just realized you could download all of your data from Doordash, so I downloaded my ZIP file...
2024: Year of the Billionfluencer
The rise of billionfluencers marks a shift as billionaires are now seen as objects of fandom, wielding great influence through social media, directing discourse and attention.
My favorite projects of 2023
I saw someone post on Bluesky asking people to bring to Bluesky the tradition of posting threads containing...
Experiencing: “Flowers” Premiere
Last night, we had the premiere for Flowers, the documentary series I’ve been working on for a year...
Any minute now
We should be hitting the annual peak of people searching for tryptophan any minute now.
Experiencing: Pink’s Summer Carnival
On Thursday, Claire and I went to see Pink’s Summer Carnival concert at Sofi. I’m not the biggest...
Books
- Earnestp finished reading Loneliness & Company by Charlee Dyroff October 11, 2025Earnestp finished reading Loneliness & Company
- Earnestp finished reading Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum October 11, 2025Earnestp finished reading Cue the Sun!
- Earnestp finished reading Washington Black by Esi Edugyan October 11, 2025Earnestp finished reading Washington Black
- Earnestp started reading Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins February 4, 2025Earnestp started reading Convergence Culture
- Earnestp finished reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland February 2, 2025Earnestp finished reading Generation X
- Earnestp started reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland January 30, 2025Earnestp started reading Generation X
- Earnestp finished reading Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken January 18, 2025Earnestp finished reading Ultra-Processed People
- Earnestp started reading Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken January 6, 2025Earnestp started reading Ultra-Processed People
- Earnestp wants to read Generations by Neil Strauss January 6, 2025Earnestp wants to read Generations
- Earnestp wants to read Generation X by Douglas Coupland January 6, 2025Earnestp wants to read Generation X