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After Things Podcast
by Andrew Mayne
What's it like pitching a TV show? How do you take advantage of opportunities? Join hosts Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood as they talk about their experiences navigating the creative arts and media landscape.
Episodes
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AI Agents, Fly Brains, and the Future of Interfaces
Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood explore how fast AI tools are changing creative work, from generating 3D game pieces and fixing models inside design software to using computer-use systems for audio production, presentations, and rapid prototyping. They argue that the real...
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Astra, Foldables, And The Real AI Risk Debate
Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood spend the episode on the practical and philosophical edges of current AI. They start by talking through Apple’s new foldable Duo and why a better form factor, remote computing, and voice-first workflows could matter more than raw on-device...
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AT: Podcasts Near Me
A Thai restaurant tried to game Google, but accidentally went viral. We knew Google paid Apple a lot to be the default search engine. We didn’t know it was *a lot.* The Humane AI Pin? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Justin: Space: 1969...
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AT: From the Top!
Phone wars, flame wars, nearly-warring podcasters! The simple task of geopolitics. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Curiosity Show on YouTube and “This Isn’t a Ponzi Scheme” from Coffeezilla Brian: The Economist Podcasts+ Bryce:...
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AT: Embrace the Future
Andrew announced that he’s leaving OpenAI after a very positive experience! What’s next for him after years of being in the AI space. What will his new venture, Interdimensional.ai, offer to bridge the gap between ideas and new AI technologies? Send your project questions/ideas to...
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AT: The Products of Data
iPhones, can you believe they’ve made 15 of them so far? Smartphones and how we own them have changed multiple times now. What could be next in the next, best iPhone? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Paul Reubens, The Pee-Wee…
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AT: Vintage Data
There’s actually too much to watch now. Can a 20-year-old book give us a sign on the next steps of online media? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: The Long Tail from Chris Anderson and FREE from Chris Anderson Get After Things before…
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AT: It Was a One-Of-A-Kind
We can see our boundaries of “The Internet” fading and being lost to time. What does permanence in data mean? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Justin: Audio Hijack Brian: Airplane II: The Sequel Bryce: Paste Get After Things before anyone...
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AT: Rolling Around
Bryce talks out a new idea for LFG Marbles: a patron race series with changes to appeal to live and video-on-demand viewers. What are the stakes? What are the comps? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with...
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AT: Rosetta Ravings
Artificial intelligence? P’shaw! Give me artificial languages! What could you do with an artificial or minimal language to benefit humanity? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Mini Language on Medium Bryce: Things app Get After…
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AT: PublisherBot w/ Dr. Daniel Simons
A casual extra chat with Dr. Daniel Simons about diagnosticians, expertise information, and Andrew’s blockbuster formula to make best-selling book. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Be sure to check out Dr. Simons’s “Nobody’s Fool” Get After…
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AT: Money Hose Off!
Streaming has taken a new turn the past few years, but it likely won’t be an extension of the early-COVID explosive growth and spending. Netflix is now an old dog and things like Jury Duty are taking way more cultural cache than The Rings of Power. Send your project questions/ideas to...
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AT: Anime Eyepatch VR
VR, MR, XR, A-Arrrrgh, or maybe, just maybe…maybe. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early RSS!) by supporting Weird Things on Patreon! Subscribe to After Things via RSS and iTunes. Follow us on...
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AT: The Youths’-Tube
Andrew went to VidCon and interfaced with The Youths. We rizz up Andrew and see if he would even hug Baby Gronk. Does childhood today compare to childhood in the 90’s? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Disney Spellstruck and Amazon...
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AT: Re-Memory
Andrew’s been deep in memory-training and it’s important to remember: memory is fallible! How do false memories begin and who is susceptible? Brian’s DIY method of journaling and next-day planning. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Pick: ChatGPT...
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AT: The Three Whiteboard Problem
Bryce jumped on the whiteboard train feet-first and we chat about whiteboards, writing and organizing tasks, habit-building, and getting motivated to start. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early…
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AT: Pre-Prompt
Tips direct from Andrew on how to level up your ChatGPT prompts straight from the robot-horse’s mouth. Easy tips to add more context and style, create outlines, and automate common requests. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things…
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AT: Long-Term Time
Listener David asks for advice on how to portion out time for longer-term projects? Our advice and tips for getting things done with momentum and phases. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early RSS!)…
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AT: It Just Might Be…
Professional podcasters Justin and Brian give some dirt on the upcoming third season of World’s Greatest Con and talk openly about their vantage point on ads in the podcasting space. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” World’s Greatest Con Get…
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AT: Leak-Free Guarantee?
Brian’s hodge-podge to-do system led to catastrophe. Smart devices and “accessing the home network.” An update on Andrew’s experience using Tonal, the home-gym installed on a wall. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone...
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AT: Easier-Than-Ever!
Bryce has an update on how his Blind Corners project went from 0 to 1 with a Substack. How do you break down barriers or build excitement? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Arduboy Justin: ChatGPT-4 Brian: Ted Lasso season 3 Bryce:...
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AT: Our-val Office
Bryce has an idea, but not much more than that? What can a F1 pickem league turn into and how do you plus it? Plus, ChatGPT and a pitch for a presidential TV show. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with...
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AT: Angry Users 2
Rovio announced a surprising change to one of their flagship games: they’re trying to remove it! Value propositions and how difficult it is to change directions once your project is out. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Justin: TV…
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AT: Junk-In Junk-Out?
Adapting and adaptability. How do you balance quality and quantity while taking advantage of new spaces? Effort in a world where effort gets more and more efficient. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Super Mario Odyssey Brian: Cunk...
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AT: Self-Reinforcing
Health talk today! Apps we like and handling cravings. Diet and exercise stories from *not-professionals* about getting started and staying regular. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Apple Watch Ultra Bryce: JEFIT and Lose It! Get...
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AT: Halo Emoji
A simple way to add some color to any to-do workflow and the thorny(?) side of the emoji-emoticon war. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Slow Horses Brian: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent from James Duane Bryce: Things app…
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AT: We’re Back!
How moving can affect the creative process. Brian and Justin talk about the newly-revealed topic of World’s Greatest Con season 3 and how they’ve got an exclusive new look at the story that’s never been told before. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After...
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WT: Going Weird Mode
The episode centers on Andrew Mayne explaining his role at OpenAI and the sudden breakout of ChatGPT. He says he works on the communications team helping explain the company’s technology, and the panel discusses how ChatGPT started as a research preview, gained huge adoption quickly, and changed…
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AT: We Be On That Phone
A new app has been making waves in the image generation space with “magic avatars.” We talk about the experience of a pay AI art bot and what we think it could do to impact human artists and art. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things...
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AT: Doodle-Doo
We’re in holiday mode as we talk about roosters, the etymology of adages, and where we think the future of social networks will go. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early RSS!) by supporting Weird...
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AT: Lightswitch
The Modern Rogue and Scam Nation short-form video experiment continues on and to rousing success. What lessons have we learned from over a month of making Tiktoks and YouTube Shorts? Alphabet basically owns the internet, but is it being a good steward? Send your project questions/ideas to...
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AT: Early to Bed, Early to Rise
A (final?) update on Structured and the benefits of hitting the hay punctually. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early RSS!) by supporting Weird Things on Patreon! Subscribe to After Things via RSS…
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AT: Binge and Bust?
The binge watching trend: is it in danger becuse week-after-week is better? With Netflix relenting on offering an ad-supported plan, could binging be on the chopping block too? What do we like personally and creatively? What metrics do streamers and platforms consider for new programs? Do...
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AT: Same Colors? Same Colors!
Bryce admits to a productivity solution that can’t be beat. Did you know your iPhone can do something an kinda expensive website can do? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: ScreenFlow and Google Colab Brian: Six Thinking Hats from...
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AT: Short-Shorts
After a few weeks of trying out short-form video on YouTube, what seems to be the early indicators of how they’re received? What goes into making thoughtful short-form videos? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Brian: Ask from Ryan Levesque...
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AT: Ample Foibles
Justin and Bryce both tried out the Structured app we talked about last week and have some critical feedback. What features stick out after a week of use? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” “The World’s Most Satisfying Checkbox”:...
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AT: Smart Calendar
Bryce is diving into a new todo/calendar hybrid app, Structured. How do we use apps and plan our days? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Beyond Fireship Justin: House of the Dragon Brian: Life’s Work from David Milch Get After…
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AT: Good Year Blimp
Andrew’s considering a move from LA to San Francisco–even though he’s totally work-from home. What’s his anxiety around moving and being closer to his cutting-edge job? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Brian: The Rehearsal Bryce: Slime...
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AT: Same-Side!
Long-time listener Joe Diamond writes in and asks about his EPK–electronic press kit. What works and what improvements can you make when presenting yourself in a freeform brochure of your own design? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After...
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AT: Marbin’ Time
Bryce reports in on how his marbles project is doing after having launched a Patreon. What levels is it setup in and how could he expand what he offers to supporters without compromising the show? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After…
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AT: Label Goes Right There
Andrew shares the story of Simon Coronel, who took won the FISM Grand Prix Close-up, the top-level international competition for magic. How does your journey affect your goal and how can you keep your eyes on that goal? What is your label and does your label meet your goal? Send your project...
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AT: Yes to You!
How do you get an opportunity in a time of high convenience and tech? To get started, who has to tell you yes? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Bryce: Real Sports, July 2022 – Sumo and Habits on iOS Get After Things before anyone else…
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AT: Circle Rabbit on the Story Table!
Brian held his first class on being a creative and story-telling. How did it go? How much confidence does he have for it? What goals did he hit and what’s next? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early...
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AT: Algae and Plowshares
How do you keep track of reminders? Email, notes, whiteboards, what works for us? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Get After Things before anyone else (now with early RSS!) by supporting Weird Things on Patreon! Subscribe to After Things via RSS...
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AT: Table as a Service
We’re back and we are imagining training artificial intelligence to create dynamic media that can be rewritten, recut, and A/B tested in realtime. What would a post-scarcity world look like post-tech-singularity? A future where real-time media modification could be automatic–that’s coming from a...
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AT: Double-Tapped Out
What’s the difference between 5 million views on 1 video and 50,000 views on 100 videos? BeReal, a new social network around once-a-day posting, brings a conversation about being authentic online and how limits differentiate BeReal from Instagram and TikTok. Send your project questions/ideas to...
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AT: X is Cool!
Update time: Bryce’s LFG Marbles project is back on and he talks about opening a Patreon, diving right in from zero, and the anxiety of *not* doing it. Brian finally kicks off a project to hold business classes. The freeing feeling of talking to a smaller, select group. Business guru or business...
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AT: Versatile Sweater
Slowing down and enjoying something or an international war crime? How is text being handled in a modern age and what could the next information delivery medium look like? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: River Out of Eden from...
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AT: Learning Machine Learning
Listener Nate is fascinated by DALL-E 2, but doesn’t know where to start. How can you get into ML/neural net technology and what are good tricks for making the most of self-driven coding education? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew:...
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AT: TweetX
Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter. Is Twitter inevitable? What are the uncertainties and what can we infer from the little we know? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Pick: Bryce: Killing Time at Lightspeed Get After Things before...
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What's it like pitching a TV show? How do you take advantage of opportunities? Join hosts Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood as they talk about their experiences navigating the creative arts and media landscape.
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What's it like pitching a TV show? How do you take advantage of opportunities? Join hosts Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young, and Brian Brushwood as they talk about their experiences navigating the creative arts and media landscape.
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