Online, everyone — the artist and the curator, the master and the apprentice, the expert and the amateur — has the ability to contribute something. - Austin Kleon

Don’t try to be hip or cool. Being open and honest about what you like is the best way to connect with people who like those things, too.

Stock and flow” is an economic concept that writer Robin Sloan has adapted into a metaphor for media: “Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that remind people you exist. Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today.

Remember: Even The Beatles started as a cover band.