Woo-hoo! It was a very lazy week with hours of procrastination, so today’s newsletter going to be looong. Let’s go!
Ultimate Kyiv Guide:
Spring is in the air! Here is Google Maps guide with the best Kyiv food and drink spots handpicked by me. Enjoy!
Websites of the week:
Digital agencies love to impress clients with mind-blowing websites. Japanese Zizo is not an exception. Look at how it is amazing!
This is an AI-powered satirical website-video which accesses to your camera and analyzes your emotions and feelings to teach you about the AI feeling recognition and how big corporations use this feature to show you only the content you will like, useless stuff you will probably buy now, the news they want you to read in a way you will trust them and so on. Scary and interesting.
Promise me not to procrastinate a lot on this funny website! :)
Videos of the week:
Don’t you know the Kungersagt Youtube channel? I believe they produce the prettiest scientific and philosophical explainers. The last video shows how to Kungersagt. It could be interesting for everyone who believes that Youtube blogging and production is easy-peasy:
How to create music using direct signals from your brain? This guy knows the answer:
Articles of the week:
A short article about how good data-driven companies look like and what is key responsibilities of modern Product Data Analyst.
Fantastic research “Machines versus Humans: The Impact of AI Chatbot Disclosure on Customer Purchases”. Chatbots without disclosure are 4x times more efficient than weak-trained staff and almost are the same efficient as pro workers. But everything changes after disclosure. Is that new discrimination?
I truly believe that marketing is almost equal to the word “business”. Read this article from McKinsey, which explains why we are all marketers today and what it means.
Very important article about what sufficient fan base is and how to build it: “To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or millions of fans. To make a living as a craftsperson, photographer, musician, designer, author, animator, app maker, entrepreneur, or inventor you need only thousands of true fans.”
Here is a great article about the management structure of Pentagram, one of the oldest and most successful design agencies.
Services of the week:
A/B testing new headline or offer? Check this Experiment calculator to know how long you need to run your tests.
Looking for cool radical self-expression festivals, consciousness development seminars, and psychedelic workshops around the world? Autopia makes your life easier.
Cool analytics software for SaaS and subscription businesses which allows you to track Trial CR, MRR, ARPU, churn rates and other important metrics. Also, it gives you an ability to make all your data transparent to your employees, partners, customers, and investors. Check Baremetrics open benchmarks.
GIF of the week:
Heard a lot about coronavirus, but can not understand why is everyone so worried about? Check this:
This is the end. Have a productive week and feel great!