Francis Zierer
@FZierer
Researching, writing, podcasting about creators and digital media. Editor @creator__spot for @beehiiv Co-host of Tasteland 📧 [email protected]
TASTELAND: A new podcast from @daisandconfused and I. We're talking about digital culture, the people creating it, the businesses making money from it, and all the ways they do and don't connect; the taste economy. Give it a listen, hot off the press: tasteland.fyi
Blamo! Jeremy on Tasteland today. He, @daisandconfused, and I chat 9 years of podcasting, the culture of criticizing outfits online, doing embarrassing things goes hand in hand with making media for the internet, the luxury of in-person shopping, and more.
Nonzero chance they replace the IRS with uhhh your one friend whose parents pay his rent and pulls out a calculator when the check comes at a restaurant
you can venmo the United States to help pay off the national debt
The first album I ever bought was a compilation: The Essential Ozzy Osbourne. I first heard him when a friend lent me his iPod and "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" blew my mind, in all its obviousness. I was in 5th grade.
Today on the @creator__spot pod, Nathan May — one of the few most active paid growth providers for the newsletter industry since launching his agency at the top of 2024. Full disclosure: CS is a client; I stand by his work.
"In the age of infinite content, finite and intentional might be the most radical choice."
The algorithm wants us to think bigger numbers always win. But could 1,500 of the right people be enough? @JoshuaCitarella and I started a podcast called "New Creative Era" earlier this year. The numbers (about 1,500 downloads per episode) were smaller than expected. But after…
We had Mike of the excellent Never Post podcast on Tasteland this week. Come for his thoughts on late-stage platformism, the rise of the agentic web, and the attention economy, stay for how Hentai explains platforms. CC @daisandconfused
meaning friction taste gatekeepers curation slow media the return of print these are all the same thing...are you getting it?
Starts dumb, gets smarter. tasteland.fyi/ep-51-never-po…
Stunned by this from Bob Geldof (guy behind the Live Aid concerts, 40 years ago this week) in the NYT.
Dirt recently switched to using all Bookshop links and we are happy to support this wonderful business. entrepreneur.com/starting-a-bus…
Listen to @cora on this week's Tasteland! tasteland.fyi/ep-50-informat…
little something to take the edge off