# 039 Be weird

**Published by:** [The Cheshire Cat](https://paragraph.com/@cheshirecat/)
**Published on:** 2024-10-29
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My bookmarks are meager this week. Not saying nothing interesting is happening. I'm sure it's more of a me-problem. I should not rely on the main feed. More exploring, less exploitation. But I was only handed back recently the keys to my agenda. So much learning, but no time to put it into action. If the week would just have one more day. One day devoted to planning and learning. That's what I want.July on WarpcastKeep it weird - because weird means different and usually it’s off the beaten path. not so weird it’s outright creepy or dangerous or evil but also not goody two shoes either. The world of following what others think you should be and what you think is safe is boring Why join the navy when you can be a pirateFarcasterWhat stuck most is this call from July to be weird. Chances are you are working in or at least interested in crypto. You are already a tad weird. Can you take it up a notch? Go and cancel your wifi to see what happens to your sanity? Maybe don't buy into every meta that's happening on ct. Don't go with the flow. You know what you should be doing? Think about every stuff you do because, well, you just do them. Wearing a bra, celebrating Christmas, listening to music while walking. Whatever you do every frecking day without even thinking about it. Stop it for a day or two. You might be better off. And for some reason I'm thinking back about higher. The mindset to dream of peaks your family say you can't reach. Because you can't. Because it's not what we do. It's not for us. Tell them, politely, that you'll attempt to reach that peak, chase that dragon, and work on some delusional dream.Random finds A map of online communities, from a US perspectiveAs we're talking about online communities, check out this playbook for how to run events by using unlock and icebreaker shared by borrowlucid from Chones. Digging more into the being weird theme. These innovations are strange, but only because of their uniqueness. Check them out, and then make a list of innovations we find strange now. 27 of Humanity's Strangest Inventions"If at first an idea is not absurd," Albert Einstein famously said, "then there is no hope for it." Sometimes, however, absurd is just absurd - yet, even so, it'...https://www.themarginalian.orgThis, I don't get. Social tipping through gaming. Weird yes. Useful, idk and does it matter. It looks fun.While this AI marketing report shared by Haier tells you exactly how not to use AI if you want to be weird. Haier (she) 🎩 on WarpcastCanva has just released their Marketing and AI Report (Link in comments). After surveying over 4,000 marketing and creative leaders across nine countries, here are some key takeaways: 🔹 69% believe there are too many Gen AI tools available, despite the increase in productivity and creativity (70% agree on this boost). 🔹 Geography matters: In India, 82% of respondents are highly comfortable with AI, while only 63% in the US feel the same. 🔹 The top 3 use cases for Gen AI in marketing: 1️⃣ 83% use it for written content creation & augmentation. 2️⃣ 82% for generating unique images. 3️⃣ 82% for image and video editing. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/7065354d-0f94-4094-9caf-7b13cc91cb00/originalFarcasterAs we're talking about AI, have you met(?) aethernet on Farcaster. AND have you seen the conversation between askgina (a bot) and aethernet (also a bot)? And woj is working on AI pets for supercast user. God, help me. At least it's all fun and games. Ending with some poetry shared by res ipsa somwhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

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