🎶 Turns out the great Vinyl market drought was an error. Here’s Discogs with the explainer:
You’ve likely felt the panic this week: Vinyl sales are reportedly down by (a somewhat ironic) 33.3%, marking the first decline in 17 years. Inflation and industry greed are to blame. But these headlines didn’t paint the entire picture.
[…] Discogs contacted Chris Muratore, director of partnerships at Luminate, who confirmed that the reported data is incorrect. Vinyl sales are actually up 6.2 percent. Billboard has since added language to their “Market Watch” report, clearing up the error.
Curious to see how I leverage the podcasts, youtube channels, and social media feeds…
Some photos from this fall weekend #autumn
Too many business school graduates and not enough liberal arts alumni.
🎶 “The Fray” released a new album last week and I was wondering why it sounded so different. Turns out, the lead singer is no longer in the band and owns a record store now… #TheFrayIsBack #HowToSaveALife
🏈 Holy shit Derrick Henry really picked his moment to turn on the boosters: 3mn left in Overtime! #RavensFlock #RavensAtBengals
🏀 And now for the main event: @ParisBasketball league home opener against La Rochelle #Basketball
As a sports fan following different teams/leagues/sports, keeping track of “what game is on today?” or “I have some free time on Sunday, is there anything good on?” has been a STRUGGLE these past few years.
Usually, there are existing apps you can use, mostly for ⚽️. Or Sports Media apps (like L’Equipe here in France, or The Athletic, or ESPN) etc.
But these aren’t great for the purpose of knowing
- What is on?- and When?
“When is there an exciting game around which I can plan to meet my friends, at home or in a bar?"
“How can I schedule my weekend in a way that I get to watch my team(s) while being mindful of family time and running errands?"
These are problems I’m continually experiencing.
To counter this, I’ve been using different websites that publish an RSS feed that you can subscribe to in a calendar app.
But as a self-described sports junkie, I ended up polluting my calendar with games, which made viewing my actual events pretty difficult.
The Solution
Fast-forward to October last year, when I discovered a service called Fixtured.
I can’t quite remember how it got put on to my radar, but Fixtured has totally changed this for me, and now I have one single place where I can see at a glance what’s coming up.
Today, it’s essentially a web-based calendar app, where you can choose which teams & leagues you follow across many different sports. It’s super easy to use in a “set it up once” type of way. I really like the design, and for someone like me, it is the PERFECT tool and usecase.
On top of that, the team behind Fixtured has been super responsive, keen to hear my feedback, and fast to implement new features/leagues/teams. They’re quite small (3 people) and works fast. In the past, they reached out by email and later via DMs to let me know about upcoming things. It’s been really cool to discover more about their work!
And I started sharing it with my friends in similar situations — my good friend Jeffry sent me this message today:
“Fixtured has already changed my life. Thank you forever”
I’m just a fan of what they’re building and want them to succeed. So for any sports fan like me, check out Fixtured! 👋🎤
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I’ll say this about @Threads, the algorithm (😭🤖) is good at pushing up great photography in my feed.
⚾️ Postseason @Orioles outfit, LFG!
I fucking hate LinkedIn now.
So I just upgraded to the #iPhone16 Plus (from an iPhone 11) and I am LOVING the Dynamic Island for small glances at context-specificfic stuff.
I.e. flight updates or Uber ETAs
Hallo Nurnberg
Starting early with my annual #Halloween watches this year and going through American Horror Story S07 (“Cult”) — which is the 2016 US Election season!
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