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Some hot things friends are making... I'll add more later tonight when my memory starts working

• Alyssa is creating beautiful portraits with AI - https://instagram.com/univaries

• Reuben is building a platform to make it easy to book exceptional creatives (models, photographers, hair & make-up artists) - https://contact.xyz

• Mikkel & Mikas have a beautiful boutique hotel named Marqí near Lisbon - https://marqi.holiday

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Friend is making a tool to offset your carbon emissions while traveling! https://www.pay-it-forward.world/nyctw-offset

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

My wee brother Oscar is working on lifereel.co

Basically a DIY course for making Netflix-style documentaries about your family members. He wants to build the world's largest database of video histories, preserve the stories of ordinary people in the 21st century.

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Loved this one!

Another joyful app for you: Indie World (a single feed of micro-creators from all the different platforms) - https://indieworld.io/

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Dec 22, 2022·edited Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

Another one for the app list is Ammersive, a brand new mobile app offering 3D immersive audio escapes. You can go on a Serengeti safari, be buried alive or even be a fly on a wall in Leonardo’s workshop when he was creating the Mona Lisa. Using the latest spatial audio techniques to ignite your imagination and nurture your mind.

Disclaimer: I’m one of the founders of Ammersive so am obviously biased but thought I’d share with a community of what must be full of audio enthusiasts.

Marty - I’ve been following your entrepreneurial career for a few years, and am often inspired by your marketing genius when it comes to community building.

Thanks for everything you do, you’re bringing a lot of joy to this chaotic world and we’re trying to do our part too. In a world full of visual stimulation, we’re offering way to escape with your eyes shut.

Edit: https://ammersive.app - if anyone is interested!

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

Check out what Jasmine is building at The Bloom! http://readtobloom.com

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

https://nmf.earth/ it's a carbon diary app packed with a sustainable guide, helping you to understand and reduce your carbon footprint 🌱

You can even scan barcodes on food products to get the environmental impact of what you eat 🙂

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

My friend used the statics of FIFA World Cup games to generate abstract art compositions for every match: https://www.instagram.com/gen.cup/

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia

The folks at Varyer (https://www.varyer.com/) are doing the incredible web/ux/ui design, plus a cheeky 365 day calendar of butts.

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Dec 22, 2022·edited Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

Michael, the publisher, at First To Knock is putting out a free periodical as an "efficient means to stay networked and up to date on shorter form action and ephemeral material without being jacked into the mainframe 24/7" - with https://firsttoknock.com/products/the-periodical?variant=43355159920832

Jonathan is making the best shorts from dead stock fabrics in LA: https://www.instagram.com/valleyheatofficial/

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HI Friends!

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Dec 22, 2022Liked by emilia, Marty Bell

I consider the folks at my agency my friends. (They probably just think I'm a stiff.)

They're working on brands for a Beacon Hill developer, a rooftop night club in Miami, a hotel in Coolidge Corner, and a brewery in East Hartford - among many other efforts.

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Very good blog! It opened so many wormholes for me to explore

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Hey, something cool (literally) that I am working on is a vinyl sticker that radiatively cools outdoors by up to 15 ℉ below ambient temp. Thats a fancy way of saying it keeps your phone, van, and home cool on a hot sunny day. Definitely a win for sunbathers everywhere since it keeps the phone cooler than if it were to be under a towel. You can check us out here. www.Cryox.co . The main reason I started the company was to encourage people to live outdoor lifestyles without being hindered by the limits of their technology.

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Dec 27, 2022·edited Dec 27, 2022Liked by emilia

!!!!!

I'm building SearchBar, a shopping engine so you can find quality products from cool purpose-driven brands, unique designers and artisans that aren’t on your radar. We're launching in February but the beta site is live to sign up and it's pretty fun (try searching something like 80s preppy man child) - https://searchbar.world/

Also, The Good Sort is a digital magazine from SearchBar with good style stories, interviews with cool people, unbiased shopping round-ups, and all the other good things that happen when style meets substance. https://searchbar.world/thegoodsort

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by emilia

https://nowplaying.page looks pretty sweet

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