Getting close to 40 and I'm quite certain I'm hitting a millenial version of a midlife crisis. It's not about lavish stuff, no sir. It's accepting shittier coffee, running/spin class, and learning stuff like soldering. Pretty funny alternative to a porsche.

Ok #twitchcon pals! Who is headed to the show this week and who wants to hang out and talk all things BEACN!? 🫣

Huge shout out to the @omnisend.bsky.social team for an absolutely unreal Summit in Charleston! So grateful for all the amazing people we got to meet ❤️ Golf cart limos, incredible food, and the views were ok too, we guess 🌅

So excited to see all my pals at #PAXWest this week! If you want to hang out, let me know!

Speaking of @gcxevent.bsky.social, who's looking to hang?!?

And here we go. Up at 345 to fly to Victoria to interview for our team for two days, fly home tomorrow night, hang with the kiddos for a day, then red eye to GCX Wednesday night. Would you kindly donate to a coffee fund...? How about those foggy farmlands though 😍

Alright pals, need some good Steam Deck recommendations for some travel coming up over the next few months!

Getting my pace back!

Daily reminder that Whiplash by Architects is a ridiculous banger.

I knew Solas was evil but my god.

Used NotebookLM Plus to bring in some audit sources for a client last night, and honestly...it's kind of wild to listen to the hosts talking about all the recommendations. Very very cool. And weird? But cool.

You gotta love Connor Brown’s impression of McDavid last night 😂 - Credit: @laing.bsky.social

Good lord do I ever hate april fools day.

I'm so excited about the new app updates coming, they're pretty cool pals.

Oh man I have so many games in my backlog that I need to play, all of them critical darlings! Better buy Divinity 2 and let that consume my life just in case.

Trying to rewire my brain for phone use this week. Installed Niagara Launcher and loving it so far, but the adjustment is....bizarre. makes me realize how hooked we are to mindlessly swiping through pages of apps.

Haha I'm in danger!

Do you ever notice a pair of socks has a hole in them but you wear them for "one last ride" like when you take a dog for ice cream before putting it down because you anthropomorphize things due to a thinly veiled fear of death and abandonment? Haha yeah me neither.

On high to ultra settings with solid frames? Okkkkk maybe I'm going to be playing @duneawakening.com

So my kids have gotten super into anime lately. Pokemon which I'm happy about. Same as Captain Tsubasa actually! But I need more shows to share with them that are light on cursing and sexuality. Started DBZ but too much pervy stuff (especially towards women, yeesh) for young minds. Any help??

I don't know how people do it without dogs, man. I just let out a big sigh and had my head in my hands, and my big yellow lab girly quietly walked into my office and put her head on my lap. I got down on her level and we just snuggled for a bit. I'm all better now❤️

Kids today will never know how perfect it was to be in high school when Transatlanticism came out.

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE ROSE BETTS DROPPED A NEW SINGLE! open.spotify.com/track/6ZLHfB...

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I need to get this off my chest. Threads fucking sucks.

Fighting the societal demons with silliness 1 day at a time

I don't need this. I don't. I do not need this. I have added it to my cart and am hitting buy. I don't need it though. I can stop anytime I want, actually.

Saturday morning Hobbit sesh.

I have yet to see an actually useful use case for AI built into a phone. Probably my least favourite current trend. Would love for someone to change my mind though!

"Oh you got a Steam Deck?? What modern awesome game are you going to play using that marvel of human engineering?" Me: oh. ummm.

I went live on stream for the first time ever yesterday to test BEACN gear on @meldstudio.bsky.social and ended up having a really nice time. Debating if I should do a little coworking/chatting stream where we talk about marketing, answer general questions, etc, based on 15+ years in it...?

A new social media app like IG, but it's just a shared Google Photos album with the besties.

Watched @charalanahzard.bsky.social's video this morning about apps treating us like crap and thought it was so well done. While, for reasons, I can't totally move off certain shitty apps, I've now removed everything but this one from my phone. Already feels a tiny bit better.

Time for another round of "Grant can't decide what to play next". I have Life is Strange 2 in my wishlist and that bad boy is on sale. Do I buy it? Loved the first one and True Colors and Tell Me Why! Haven't played BTS. Pls help. Do I need to play it for Double Exposure? Do want to play badly!

I've had No Man's Sky in my Steam wishlist for so long. I always get fomo seeing other people enjoying it, but I'm so unsure if I even enjoy the gameplay loop. Will continue to stare at wishlist and debate internally.

I humbly request a cozy game where you play as a hamster farmer who is really just scuttling debris around its lil living space tank thingy. Thanks in advance.

It's so crazy, when I don't sit around all morning like a lazy asshole I get so much done. There's no way I could have known that this is how things work. I might write a book? Follow for more life hacks.

Who are the main #marketing and #ecommerce people I should be following and engaging with on here? Also keen on meeting folks in the #emailmarketing space! A bit about me, I'm Grant, Director of Marketing for BEACN. I also run a fractional full-stack marketing agency @dogbeard.digital!

Omg I know herrrrrr @saiwa.bsky.social

Oh the rizzery, everybody wants to be my skibidi.

An emotional week finishing up Arcane and Vox Machina. Time for....Blue Eye Samurai...? Something else?

Architects don't miss. Whiplash is ridiculous.

Would any US pals send me like...a good few boxes of Trader Joes Candy Cane Green Tea? 🥹

Morning coffee date ♥️

I've got this witching hour that happens around this time on a Friday where I start frantically sending everyone I love a bunch of shit posts. It's my shitposting hour. People who get messages need to know it comes from a place of love.

So like a year ago I went back to iPhone and said I’d never go back to Pixel because iPhones are too convenient. But you guys I’m getting the itch again. Pixel 9 is 4 dollars monthly right now on a sale…

I COULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING ARCANE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

I don't care what anyone says. It is a crisp 0 degrees Celsius in Edmonton today, and I am thriving.

BEACN is alive and well on bsky! Please come give us a follow and share if you can. We'd love to make as much of a change as we can from....the other place.

Alright, one piece about bird app that I really miss is the marketing community that I curated over the many many years. Anyone have suggestions for strong marketing folks to follow here?