# You go to the hole and dominate.

Hello friends,\
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You're getting this either because you signed up for my editorial jobs
list or my general newsletter. Well, there's no more editorial jobs
newsletter. It became too hard to connect all the interested applicants
with the people that are hiring. So I'm rebooting this sucker as a
sparingly sent general update will all my latest writings and other
whimsy. Not for you? No hard feelings. [Unsubscribe
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first issue.

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**Like all whipper-snapper Millennials, I don't know much about print**.
So launching a print magazine for 99U was out of my comfort zone. We
aren't the first to go the online to print route yet no one seems to be
talking about this, so I shared 5 things I learned [launching my first
print
magazine](http://seanblanda.com/what-i-learned-launching-a-print-magazine/). \
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**Zach Lowe, the best NBA writer around, watched *Space Jam* for the
first time and [wrote a "too-serious"
review](http://grantland.com/the-triangle/an-all-too-serious-breakdown-of-space-jam/)**.
Choice excerpt: "You think it’s maybe a bit cavalier to walk away like
nothing happened when the greatest basketball player ever just vanished
down a golf hole? You don’t want to call the police?" I enjoyed this one
so much [I went and watched Space Jam in the theater this
weekend](http://instagram.com/p/sEVkdMI_69/?modal=true). \
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**The internet's original sin?**
[Advertising](http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041/).
The article leans Maciej Cegłowski who founded a Delicious-like
bookmarking service called Pinboard. The dude has long been an outspoken
critic of the VC / advertising system we've seemed to find ourselves in.
Basically: The costs of experimentation online ore negligible. So charge
directly for your product and you wont need to raise millions of dollars
in VC. In fact, [\$37 should do just
fine](http://static.pinboard.in/prosperity_cloud.htm).\
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**Former TBD-er and Thunderdome-er Jim Brady is [starting a local news
site in
Philly](http://technical.ly/philly/2014/08/07/billy-penn-jim-brady-shannon-mcdonald-brotherly/)**.
To put it lightly, the local media scene [has been dicey in my favorite
city](http://seanblanda.com/axisphilly-the-william-penn-foundation-and-old-philadelphia/).
My friend and Technical.ly co-founder Christopher Wink has [some advice
for all local news startups with an eye towards Brady's
site](http://christopherwink.com/2014/08/18/billy-penn-jim-brady-chris-krewson-shannon-mcdonald/). \
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**Currently on the Kindle: [The 5 Elements of Effective
Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/The-5-Elements-Effective-Thinking/dp/0691156662),** as
suggested by master thinker [Jocelyn Glei](http://twitter.com/jkglei).
This book is by two long-time university professors and is reshaping the
way I approach learning new subjects. This one will take you three or
four settings and is written clearly and actionably. Recommended. Next
up is [this
guy](http://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Sheep-Miseducation-American-Meaningful/dp/1476702713?&tag=rnwap-20). \
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**NY and SF get an obnoxious amount of attention.** But nine of the ten
fastest-growing large metropolitan areas are in the sun belt.  "Few
urbanists wax poetic about Dallas or Des Moines ... but these
'opportunity cities' offer what Descartes called 'an inventory of the
possible' — [urbanity as an engine of upward mobility for the middle and
working
classes](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/15/the-people-designing-your-cities-have-no-idea-what-you-or-the-rest-of-the-middle-class-want/)."
In case you want to get mad at NY, here's a trend story about married
couples [choosing to live in two separate Manhattan
apartments](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/realestate/living-apart-together.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&).
In case you want to get mad at SF, visit.\
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**Take your kids out of school** [and let them
play](http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Unschooling-The-Case-for-Setting-Your-Kids-Into-the-Wild.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email).\
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**My friend Paul Jun** on his advice for 20-somethings [who think they
should be successful by
now](http://motivatedmastery.com/advice-for-young-and-ambitious-20somethings-who-think-they-should-be-successful-by-now/).\
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**Chip Kelly = genius**. Even if you're not into football I'm sure you
can dig someone who is shaking up a stale industry. And [it doesn't get
much more stale than NFL
coaching](http://grantland.com/features/chip-kelly-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-influence/).\
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If you dug this, forward to a friend. I promise to high-five you the
next time I see you.\
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- Sean