The S.W.I.P.E.S. Email (Friday February 2nd, 2024)

I never realized what a monopoly on mountains the West had till I saw this color coded topographical map!

I’m more used to seeing maps like this which don’t convey much information besides state borders:

Checkout this image of a San Bernadino locomotive factory from 1928:

Thoughts that come to mind when I see this image:
• Capitalism
• Hard Work
• Commerce
• Engineering
• Job Creation
• Elbow Grease

This is what built America.

I’m very thankful people in this harsh work environment paved the way for me to sit in air conditioning on a laptop while I'm sick with flu and working from bed:

Woot! I hit 100,000 subs on YouTube!

Do they still send out those silver plaque thingies?? Hope I can get one still!

Here's the lifetime channel stats, with most of the action happening only recently:

This is the best office ever: Laying in bed on a rainy day finishing up a book 😁

P.S. Yes I realize there are TWO pictures of me working from bed this past week 😂

I was down with flu so there was a lot of bed hanging out time!

Wow…since 2019 there are roughly 60,000 more design agencies listed on Clutch.
This is likely caused by: 
• More solopreneurs entering the game. 
• Remote work makes this more possible. 
• Starting an agency is very low effort thanks to the internet + organizational tools like Slack, Notion, Google Docs, AirTable etc.

Original thread on Reddit

It's been really cool to watch the barrier to entry to starting a business (like an agency) drop so low. 

It used to take lots of money, time, and employees to start something like this 20 years ago....now with a laptop and a few hours you can get it done. 

Paul tells this cool story about how his daughter started in online shop in 26 minutes:

Compared to blog posts and social media, there's something about a BOOK that feels immortal.

Today marks the day my friend Noah Kagan's writings and teachings are cemented in history with his book Million Dollar Weekend 🙂

There was a book launch party, and here's @noahkagan hitting a piñata during the party....can you guess what's inside it?!?!