Is the @remarkable the best tablet for a wedding celebrant? Here’s my Celebrant Institute review.
Best Australian TV ad of 2020 has to be this banger from BCF
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When Melbourne threw the kitchen sink at a coronavirus
The Age looks at the 2020 Melbourne lockdown with a modicum of hindsight.
‘‘No one had done lockdown before coronavirus. Maybe we wouldn’t have even thought of it had Wuhan not done it. There are still enormous gaps in the science – how much do you need to do, what is redundant and what really makes a difference? It is a very murky scientific area because most places, including us, threw everything at it at the same time.’’
“They try to get their users to do things that their advertisers want them to do, because that’s how you sell advertising”
Matt Stoller in ‘We can have Facebook, or we can have democracy, but we can’t have both’
Just Britt and Luna two years ago breastfeeding mid-walk on the Venice Pier as Britt mothers our two month old daughter in Los Angeles as if it’s her twentieth child. You’re a wizard, Britt, I’m so proud of you.
the difference between a wedding and an elopement and why that’s important
Call me biased, but I’m really proud of what Britt has created in The Elopement Collective. Not just because she’s my wife or because I’m her celebrant for her elopements.
I’m proud of what she creates because it has heart, soul, and purpose. Tune in below for a hot take on elopements.
2020’s really been the year for eloping, and I’ve watched on as everyone in the wedding industry has a go. It’s been interesting seeing what people have made, and how couples have gotten married.
Here is the thing. An elopement is purely and only about two people getting married. It’s not a small wedding, it’s not a micro wedding, it’s not a pop up wedding. Elopements aren’t a photo shoot with a ceremony at the start, they aren’t a styled shoot with some vows, they aren’t about catering, styling, furniture, photos, film, florals, dresses, or venues. An elopement can have witnesses, but it’s not about them, it’s not about entertaining them, feeding them, occupying them, or hosting them.
An elopement is 100% and only about two people transitioning into marriage. If someone sees it, that’s cream. If it happens somewhere lovey, that looks pretty, what a bonus. If we get a photo or two, and a film, we’re in luck.
A wedding is about your guests, family and friends. An elopement is about the two of you.
I’ll selfishly and proudly say that because The Elopement Collective was born out of a strong belief in the power of marriage and ceremony, we make the best elopements.
I’m proud of you Britt, you’re my rockstar.
There are two types of Australian online stores. The first doesn’t ship to PO Boxes and doesn’t take American Express. The second is everyone else.
What made Airbnb, Airbnb
“As a money-making scheme, this was pretty lousy: a year’s work and all they had to show for it was a binder full of maxed-out credit cards. So why were they still working on this startup? Because of the experience they’d had as the first hosts.”
I’m pretending like everything is fine, please hold your applause til the end of the performance.
Palmy Army
Light and cameras explained in the most technical but easily understood way. If you want to actually understand how a camera works, read this through.
I could watch this YouTube channel all night long
Finally mapped out my talk for next month’s wedding business summit, now I just need to find a quiet place to film it
Just received an awkward phone call from someone contracted by a real estate agent, to wish me a Merry Christmas “on behalf of” the agent.
I’m not as well financed as the agent, so can I ask each of you to randomly dial a phone number and wish that person a Merry Christmas on my behalf please.
I’m forecasting that within 12 months the remaining non-greys will be turned to the grey-side as we embark upon what will be our busiest and most taxing year ever. 2021 sees Britt and I with a newborn, a toddler, new 2021 weddings and elopements, and also most of 2020’s couples.
My friend Geoff at Motion Art Cinema said we should take before and after photos to see how 2021 ages us.
Bring it on 2021!
Whatever your wedding photographer is charging you, Luna will beat their packages by 10%.
Wedding has to start after her midday nap and she’ll need a never ending supply of Smarties.
Nashua
If AirPods Max offend you, that is the correct response ... for you
An aspect of Apple’s strategy - marketing and business growth/sustainability - that is often forgotten when they launch products is this: filtering.
Not all of Apple’s products are for everyone. They’re for some people. If the AirPods Max as a device, or at that price, offend you - you’re being filtered out. Your response is the correct and desired response Apple wants you to have. If these were headphones for everyone they’d be $20 at a service station.
Honestly, it’s a good reminder for anyone and everyone. You can’t be the person, the service, the product for everyone. Even the world’s most popular drink, or social network, or car, or phone, cannot reach the entire addresable market.
It’s ok to be unpopular. In fact I would argue that being unpopular is the only way to happiness, financial sustainability, and the ability to sleep peacefully at night.
Popularity is eventually depressing, and mostly, a myth.
and roundabouts
