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Niche of One
The Gag Order Everybody Blamed on OpenAI Was Already Illegal
TL;DR: In May 2024 the internet found out OpenAI made departing staff sign lifetime non-disparagement agreements or risk their vested equity. Everyone treated it as a new outrage from a new kind of company. The National Labor Relations Board had banned that exact practice fifteen
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Niche of One
Three Boxes, and None of Them Are the Question
TL;DR: Gabriela Pereira polled the DIY MFA audience with three options: AI User, AI-Cautious, AI-Avoidant. She puts herself in the middle box and names her reasons, unlicensed training data and the environmental cost, both of which are real. Her practical line is the best sentenc
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Niche of One
Thirty Thousand Signatures and Zero Months
TL;DR: In March 2023 thirty thousand people, including some of the most serious names in the field, signed a letter asking every AI lab to pause for six months. Not one lab paused. What the six months actually produced was regulation, and one of the three big pieces has already b
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Niche of One
The Tape Does Not Testify Anymore
TL;DR: McTiernan’s argument is that deepfakes take away the one thing crime fiction leaned on hardest, which is proof that settles a question. Her line: “when evidence itself becomes unreliable, accepted truth becomes less about what can be proven and more about who is believed.”
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Niche of One
The Smallest Canvas in the Business Is a Postage Stamp
Somebody handed me a stamp once, years back, and asked if I could reproduce the artwork bigger for a sign. I said sure, then spent an hour under a loupe trying to figure out what half the lines were even doing. A stamp isn’t a small painting. It’s a different discipline wearing a
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J.D. Forrest
How I Became a Niche of One
1,500 job rejections and a Fortune 100 career in the rearview. How one piece of advice pushed J.D. Forrest to stop hiding and build his own category.
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J.D. Forrest
I Have a Plan, But I’m Making It Up
A MedEvac bird full of wounded soldiers taught J.D. Forrest that rules serve missions, not the other way around. The same lesson applies to running a creator business.
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J.D. Forrest
Why I Refuse to Be Your Guru
After burning through thousands on guru promises in 2024, I learned the real secret: there is no secret. Just honest work, shared…
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J.D. Forrest
Own Your Means of Production
Platform reliance is a trap with a trapdoor. Algorithms shift, accounts get banned, fees rise. Here is how to build a creator business you actually own.
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J.D. Forrest
Rebuilding from Zero
Seventeen platforms, complex funnels, and multiple income streams -- then a spectacular crash. What rebuilding from zero taught about simplicity and building things that last.
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
How I Use AI to Write Without It Eating My Voice
The tool is not as important as the user. Continue reading on Creator Ops »
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
Creator Ops Submission Guidelines
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
Some Money Belongs on the Table
The two failure modes of creator pricing, and the narrow road that runs between them. Continue reading on Creator Ops »
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
The Shelf Beats the Feed
A $2.50 PDF sold while I was asleep. The platform had nothing to do with it, but it makes me $100 a week. Continue reading on Creator Ops »
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
This Post Could Make You $400 a Month
Your affliate program sucks, and this is how mine make $400+ a month… every month. Continue reading on Creator Ops »