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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...
Work: Flowers, a documentary series celebrating Black creativity
I’ve spent the past year working on this project, but it would be more accurate to say I’ve...
Reading: Taylor Lorenz’s “Extremely Online”
As I was finishing up Ben Smith’s Traffic, I messaged Taylor Lorenz that finishing Ben’s book had made...
Books
- 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
- Earnestp finished reading The kill order by James Dashner January 6, 2025Earnestp finished reading The kill order
- Review of "The kill order" (3 stars): Serviceable prequel January 6, 2025None
- Earnestp finished reading Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz September 22, 2024Earnestp finished reading Extremely Online
- Review of "Traffic" (5 stars): Great telling of the evolution of the commercial Internet September 9, 2023