Welcome to Below the Fold! This is a weekend newsletter that consists of content that didn’t make the cut, what I’m thinking of writing about, and personal happenings. It’ll actually be short, I promise…lol
What didn’t make the cut
My writing stats
Since I’ve written 100 pieces in 5 months, I was curious to see what my ‘writing stats’ looked like. Substack data exports suck so I had to manually calculate the stats. Worth it though.
Total words written: 118,519
Longest piece: 2,546 #63: Building in Public - Otherside’s First Trip
Shortest piece: 249 #35: Kanye West
Average word count of first 10 pieces: 816
Average word count of last 10 pieces: 1,234
Takeaways/Personal feedback:
I’ve been writing for approximately the same amount of time every day (~3 hours), so I am literally 50% more efficient than I used to be. Crazy to look back at the improvement. This is the writing version of going to the gym consistently I guess.
Though I am 50% more efficient at writing, I am using the same amount of time to write more (via more multi-segment pieces). I need to consider use the efficiency gains to write less and use that energy towards other efforts.
IMO, my [Shorts] and [Dives] are clear in their purpose. [Thoughts] might need some more tweaking. Need to noodle on that.
Dust Labs Fundraise
One of the hottest names in Solana raised $7M. Some big names backing, Frank and DeGods have implemented some impressive growth tactics with y00tslist to build hype, so I’m curious what the actual Dust Labs company will be up to with the funding.
What I'm thinking about for my writing
Meme Culture
The world is fueled by memes. Even Queen Elizabeth’s passing a few days ago wasn’t spared. Nothing is sacred from memes.
How do memes work? Why are memes important, especially in Web3? Why are memes going to grow in importance?
Utility
The different types of utility, more with NFTs
What’s the right visuals to represent it (I keep thinking of a triangle with Maslow’s Hierarchy)
What are the limitations of utility as it pertains to NFTs?
Recommended by another TPan subscriber
Similar to a decentralized Twitter that is open-source (devs can build tool on top of it which is pretty cool)
I feel way more comfortable ‘casting’ on it vs. Twitter. IMO Twitter sorta feels like LinkedIn these days.
Reminds me of early days Clubhouse. Seeing Twitter influencers and VC’s on here hanging out.
Lots of interesting Web3 features
Check it out here if interested
What’s going on with TPan
Just rewatched Wolf of Wall Street (free on Amazon Prime!)
Can’t believe how many memes and quotes came from that movie that are still used today.
Leo is a 🐐
Didn’t realize how much Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio collab’ed
I troll a scammer
This happened last week, I had some extra time on my hands. I should be careful though, not a good habit.
What can I say, I’m a curious guy. 🤷♂️
Have a great weekend folks!
