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Hello Reader, from your friend Nick, author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. In this issue: how to find fruit trees in your neighborhood, how to ruin a great conversation, a KPOP playlist for working out, the cozy web, a tool to assist in sending sensitive information through email, my visit to the Sphere in Las Vegas, I went to dinner with Bryan Johnson, 2 good streaming shows, and a bunch more. NICK GRAY FRIENDS NEWSLETTER Why you’re getting this: I'm Nick Gray and this is my Friends Newsletter. I send this every month to interesting people I’ve connected with and friends I want to keep in touch with. You can un-subscríbe any time and I won't be mad. I won't even be notified! Random Links🍎 Falling Fruit: Map the urban harvest! If you liked the BOP SPOTTER project, you might like this: "They map fruit trees and other edible vegetables in urban space. I love it, it shows that there is still a lot of good stuff on the Internet.” via Ronaldo Lemos 🗣️ How to Ruin a Great Conversation by Brian Daskam Neat list of things including: Treat therapeutic self-disclosure as the zenith of intellectual intimacy, Assume that talking about great books is the same thing as having a great discussion, and Focus on the form of your conversations to the neglect of the content. via Zach Ware I lived in a fun apartment in the West Village of New York City. It was documented in some photographs and I want to share on the internet on my 4 year anniversary of leaving NYC. 💻 The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web The cozy web is Venkatesh Rao's term for the private, gatekeeper-bounded spaces of the internet we have all retreated to over the last few years. It's the “high-gatekeeping slum-like space comprising slacks, messaging apps, private groups, storage services like dropbox, and of course, email.” via Allen Walton 👨🏻💻 QuickForget "This is a tool designed to assist in sending sensitive information through email. For example, you can send a username through email, save a password with us, and feel comfortable sharing user credentials because all the information is not in a single location." Well-produced, interesting stories. “Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we’ve just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture.” Listen on YouTube, on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts. 🎵 Spotify playlist: Korean K-Pop “WOR K OUT” I’ve been working with a woman in Austin who is obsessed with K-pop, or Korean pop. This is one of the most popular Spotify playlists for K-pop hit music with over 1.3 million saves. My October 2024 Life RecapI had dinner at Bryan Johnson's house, the longevity guy who wants to live forever. Plus I was the Master of Ceremonies for a conference with 1,500 people. Read my monthly recap from October 2024 here. Each month I take hundreds of photos and videos. These were a few of my favorites from October: I’ve also added 25 more photos throughout the article. Plus lessons learned, events I attended, interesting people, and more. New Technology ThingsLast week I did 3 things that felt very futuristic:
The self-driving cars are especially wild. They are so, so good. Way better than Uber or Lyft. I welcome our robot-driving overlords. I use FSD on my Tesla for 90% of my driving these days, too. It's gotten so much better. Major take-away: "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
The EndThat's all for now. Things I'm currently watching to take my mind off the news:
It'll all work out. The future is bright. We'll get through this cycle, I promise. 🤠 Nick Gray p.s. Here's the About Me on my website if you forgot who I am. We met [HOWWEMET GOES HERE]. Add me elsewhere@NickGrayNews on all the social media The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings |
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