School Sucks

[school sucks]

 

Summer RULES
Whether you have been
spending the last couple of months:
sleeping in
lounging by the pool
wearing short shorts
BBQing pollo asada and elote
working on your thigh tan
getting through the 10 lbs of gifted zucchini from your neighbor’s garden
adding that solarium to your summer home
finally getting around to alphabetizing your LPs
TikToking
working on that 1975 VW Bus restoration your wife thinks is a total money pit
pitching 2 shutouts for your 3rd place co-ed softball team
hammocking hard
eating deep-fried butter balls from the county fair
pontooning out on the lakeAll of that awesome stuff has to come to an end
it’s time to go back to school
School SUCKS

 

What To Read

We get it. You are so, so busy. You simply do not have time to read anymore and if you did, you wouldn’t know where to start. No worries, fam, we have you covered.
  • Astronauts will bake cookies in space to see how they cook in zero gravity – (QZ.com)
  • Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers – (VICE)
  • Jay Leno loves his Tesla: ‘There’s almost no reason to have a gas car’ – (CNBC)
  • Instagram Just Acknowledged It Has a Much Bigger Privacy Problem Than We Thought – (INC.com)
  • Quantum microphone counts particles of sound – (Stanford)
  • ‘Storm Area 51’ Founder Announces Alien Stock Festival – (HYPEBEAST)

What To Watch

The Golden Era of Television? What’s a Television?? Let’s all smash subscribe on our favorite YouTube’s channel and skip through commercials together.
Top 10 Best TikTok Challenges in July 2019 – (YouTube)

Peanut Butter Baby – Remix Compilation #2 – (YouTube)

Danny Trejo Rescues Boy Trapped in Car Following Crash – (YouTube)

Los Espookys – (HBO)

Blown Away (Season 1) Trailer | (Netflix)

Euphoria – (HBO)


What To Listen To

How cool are we at 530? We are so, so cool that not only have we already heard, saw live (twice), and gotten over that hot band you are totally into, but we were a huge influence on their sound.
Ariana Grande, Social House – boyfriend – (YouTube)

Lizzo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert – (YouTube)

St. Paul & The Broken Bones – A Change Is Gonna Come (Live at Sxsw 2014) – (Spotify)

Khruangbin Boiler Room London Live Set – (Soundcloud)

Bon Iver – i,i – (Spotify)

Rocksteady Essentials Apple Music Reggae – (Apple Music)


What To Eat

Everyone has their own tastes when it comes to nom nom at 530. Some of us like spicy, some like sweet, some like trying new things, and some just do not care at all and will stuff their silly little faces with whatever they can get their grubby little fingers on – you know who you are 😉
  • You Kanat Believe How Good These Turkish Chicken Wings Are – (SeriousEats)
  • No One Asked for This, But French’s Just Made Mustard Ice Cream – (Adweek)
  • Nissin Releases Game-Changing Nutritious Instant Ramen – (HYPEBEAST)
  • Beyond Meat comes to Subway in the form of a meatball – (Engadget)
  • Gucci Opens Fine Dining Restaurant – (Business of Fashion)
  • Olive Garden Has Finally Unveiled Its Magnum Opus: The Lifetime Pasta Pass – (Kitchn)

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List of Places to Promote Your Website

You just launched your new website. It looks great. You emailed your contact list, told all your friends and colleagues about it – shared the url on Facebook and Instagram, but now you really want to get the word out. So what do you do?
One great way to get a good number of eyeballs on that sweet, sweet new website is to do a little bit of networking and outreach.
530medialab has put together a Power List of places to promote your new website.

Startup Directories & Websites

Subreddits

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There are
2 kinds of people in this world.
Those that
hold the elevator door open
as they hear hurried footsteps approaching
and
those that
pull out their phone
and pretend to
check their email
as the elevator doors
quickly and
quietly close
just before
someone attempts to
hop on.

We’re neither
of the two.

We are always
the hurried
footsteps.
Don’t worry about us,
we’ll get
the next one.


 

What To Read

We get it. You are so, so busy. You simply do not have time to read anymore and if you did, you wouldn’t know where to start. No worries, fam, we have you covered.
  • Thousands of people have taken a Facebook pledge to storm Area 51 to ‘see them aliens’ – (CNN.com)
  • Amazon sells a $19,000 do-it-yourself tiny-home kit that takes only 2 days to build – (BusinessInsider.com)
  • Dear Google, I’m Blocking You From My Website – (bradleytaunt.com)
  • Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers – (VICE)
  • How to Understand the Universe When You’re Stuck Inside of It – (QuantaMagazine.org)
  • Police: Flushing drugs could create Alabama ‘meth-gators’ – (AL.com)

What To Watch

The Golden Era of Television? What’s a Television?? Let’s all smash subscribe on our favorite YouTube’s channel and skip through commercials together.
Coast Guard Dude Surfs a Narco-Sub Packed With Cocaine – (YouTube)

How Strip Clubs and Hip-Hop Fueled Atlanta’s Lemon-Pepper Wing Obsession – (YouTube)

Toy Story 4 Ever – (YouTube)

GameSpot @ CES 09: Tom Hanks Sony Intro – (YouTube)

Stranger Things 3 | Official Final Trailer | (Netflix)

THE GOLDFINCH – Official Trailer 1 – (YouTube)


What To Listen To

How cool are we at 530? We are so, so cool that not only have we already heard, saw live (twice), and gotten over that hot band you are totally into, but we were a huge influence on their sound.
Vitas 7th Element 2002 – (YouTube)

1998-10-16 – Daft Punk @ Headbangers – (Soundcloud)

Billie Eilish – bad guy (with Justin Bieber) – (YouTube)

Bon Iver – Jelmore – Official Lyric Video – (YouTube)

Khruangbin – Hasta El Cielo – Album sampler – (Soundcloud)

Willie Bobo – Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 – (Spotify)


What To Eat

Everyone has their own tastes when it comes to nom nom at 530. Some of us like spicy, some like sweet, some like trying new things, and some just do not care at all and will stuff their silly little faces with whatever they can get their grubby little fingers on – you know who you are 😉
  • Homemade Pistachio Paste Opens Up a World of Pistachio Desserts – (SeriousEats.com)
  • You Should Make a Kombucha Float This Summer – (Skillet)
  • For the Easiest Al Pastor at Home, Put a Skewer in It – (Skillet)
  • Oreo Debuts Hot Chicken Wing and Wasabi Flavors – (Food & Wine)
  • ALERT: Many of Costco’s Kirkland Signature Products Are Available on Amazon – (Kitchn)
  • Japan’s Densuke Watermelon: The Worlds Most Expensive Watermelon Fetches Up To $4500! – (Favy)

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Ugggg, June Gloom

Ugggg, June Gloom

Sunny Summers
are for silly suckers,
out-of-touch optimists,
and all-day-long day dreamers.
In California,
Summer starts
when it wants to;
and it wants to start
in July.
Out-of-towners,
from fly-over states
and the East Coast
come out here in June
looking for sunny rays,
but all they get are
cold, cold glares from the locals.
Put your pasty thighs away
and dig into
this Newsletter’s links.


 

What To Read

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Take a look below to learn about stuff you didn’t even know you wanted to know about – expand you mind, man.
  • The Design Industry Needs to Take a Stand Against Free Pitching – (aiga.org)
  • 20 CDs curated by Steve Jobs & the iPod team – (nobi.com)
  • ‘MissionRacer’: How Amazon turned the tedium of warehouse work into a game – (Washington Post)
  • Streetwear is what happens to fashion when consumers start dictating the terms – (Quartzy)
  • What the Hell Was That  ‘S’ Thing Everyone Drew in School? – (VICE)
  • Quiksilver’s Role in the Creation of Streetwear and the Future of Sustainable Fashion – (Highsnobiety)

 

What To Watch

The Golden Era of Television? What’s a Television?? Let’s all subscribe to our favorite YouTube Influencer’s channel, add The Office to our Netflix cue, and skip through commercials together.
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD – Official Trailer (HD) – (YouTube)
  • The Lion King 2 – Not One Of Us (English) – (YouTube)
  • Kanye West Styles Dave | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman | Netflix – (YouTube)
  • THE GOLDFINCH – Official Trailer 1 – (YouTube)
  • Free Sticker #35 – 530media Lab (SASE) – (YouTube)
  • Still Ill: 25 Years of ‘Ill Communication’ by the Beastie Boys – (YouTube)

 

What To Listen To

How cool are we at 530? We are so, so cool that not only have we already heard, saw live (twice), and gotten over that hot band you are totally into, but we were a huge influence on their sound.
  • Peggy Gou – Starry Night – (YouTube)
  • Skepta – ‘Greaze Mode’ ft. Nafe Smallz (Official Video)  – (YouTube)
  • Young Jesus – Green – (Soundcloud)
  • ROSALÍA – Aute Cuture (Official Video) – (YouTube)
  • Lana Del Rey – Doin’ Time – (Spotify)
  • Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others — “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – (YouTube)

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Virtual Hug? Why Not, It’s Friday

Virtual Hug? Why Not, It’s Friday

Go ahead.
Do it,
take just one bite
(or ten).
Stuff your silly little face.
We both know you were right
and you deserve to feel the way you do.
Get into it,
treat yourself,
don’t over think it.
It’s better if it goes
straight to your thighs,
rather than straight to
your heart.


What To Read

Extra, extra! Read all about it! Read about just how extra we can be, and how impossible it is to be so sure we aren’t just living in a real life version of Page Six.
  • How This Entrepreneur Plans to Bring Down Big Pizza – (inc.com)
  • Here’s What You Need To Know About Those CGI Influencers Invading Your Feed – (Mashable)
  • A Definitive Ranking of Almost Every Flavor of Mountain Dew – (VICE)
  • Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley – (New York Times)
  • Cooper Hefner’s new media venture is ‘Fifty Shades’ meets BuzzFeed – (CNN)
  • A High School Principal Put a Laundromat in His School. It’s a Customer Success Lesson You Shouldn’t Miss – (inc.com)

What To Watch

Reading is for nerds, squares, and elites. Eat the rich and keep your eyeballs filled with 530 visual goodies. Cord cutters cut cords and couch potatoes sit and spud out – let’s spud out!
  • The Real Story of Wu-Tang Clan’s 25-Year Career Is Finally Being Told in a New Showtime Series – (VICE)
  • 17 year olds dial a rotary phone – (YouTube)
  • Taron Egerton – Rocket Man (Official Video) – (YouTube)
  • Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking – (Kottke.org)
  • Flinch | Netflix Official Site – (Netflix)
  • 12 Office Pranks That Totally Flummoxed Dwight Schrute | The Office – (YouTube)

What To Listen To

“Selling out” is a common idiomatic pejorative expression for the compromising of a person’s integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles in exchange for personal gain, such as money. Not sure how 530 will profit from these recommendations, but we will sure as hell try.
  • MorMor – Pass The Hours(Spotify)
  • YG – Go Loko ft. Tyga, Jon Z  – (YouTube)
  • Tycho – Pink & Blue – (Soundcloud)
  • Mogul [Podcast] – (Gimlet Media)
  • 530medialab: The Podcast #009 – Warpaint (530medialab)
  • Iron & Wine, Calexico – Midnight Sun – (Spotify)

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Mailchimp and Shopify Breakup Solution – Klaviyo

MailChimp removed their Shopify integration for all new accounts some time ago, and started phasing out the integration for all existing accounts beginning on May 12.

What???

That means that all your Shopify customer data, popups, and dynamic products will no longer be automagically connected and synced between the two platforms.

MailChimp has provided some (limited) options for their users to ensure that customer and product data remains integrated.

The options:

  1. Use a third-party app
  2. Import customer data manually
  3. Use custom code to activate certain features (pop-ups and retargeting ads)

For more information on those options are located >> here.

While MailChimp is a great platform for those just getting started with email marketing and automation, Klayvio is the platform that the pros use – and you should too. Klaviyo is a powerful yet straightforward email, automation and marketing platform that makes it simple and convenient to create personalized emails that speak directly to your customers and drive tons of sales.

Klaviyo was created by data scientists and engineers (nerds), but built for eCommerce businesses and digital marketers. Transactions, Conversions, and Sales are the key metrics – not just opens and clicks. Creating beautiful and functional emails is simple and intuitive, with little or no HTML knowledge needed.

Some of the key features and benefits of Klaviyo include:

  • Easy Integration With Major Ecommerce PlatformsKlaviyo easily integrates with Magento, WooCommerceShopify, Bigcommerce, Amazon. It also integrates with tools like POS systems, CRM platforms, payment software, Rewards programs, help desk software, etc..

  • Major Segmentation – Automatic segment creation and dynamic management allows you to send more personalized messages and save time.

  • Automation With Tons Of Triggers – Create automated email Flows for numerous customer actions (or inaction) and customer milestones.

  • Tons of Templates and Design Tools – Several automated email templates come standard with every new Klaviyo account. Tweaking templates or designing your own (or getting help from an Agency :0) is easy with drag-and-drop functionality.

  • Transaction and ROI Metrics – Get real data; like transaction and sales data, which is the focus of Klaviyo’s reporting and analytics.

  • Flexible Pricing Structure – Pay based on the contacts in your list; not for extra advanced features .

We’re big fans of Klaviyo over here at 530medialab and highly recommend that any Shopify or WooCommerce Business use this automation and segmentation platform, even if the MailChimp / Shopify breakup doesn’t hurt you.

If you’d like to learn more about getting started on Klaviyo, connect with us today.

And if you’re a current MailChimp user who’s not ready to make the switch, be sure to find a workaround NOW!

Mayday – May Day – M’aider

Mayday – May Day – M’aider

“If suddenly
the whole workers
of the whole world
disappear
then the whole world will stop!
Let us all
realize this
and let us celebrate
the workers –
these great people
who make our world move!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you’ve got time to lean,
you’ve got time to clean.”
― Ray Kroc

“Work Now, Sleep Later”
― 530medialab


What To Read

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Both?
Let these little links take you to the truth – beware, it’s pretty heavy out there…
  • How Rated Rookie, Baseball’s Favorite Logo, Stood the Test of Time – (eyeondesign)
  • The Instagram Aesthetic Is Over – (The Atlantic)
  • Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for ‘defective’ cyber-revamp – (The Register)
  • Nike Moves to Trademark the Term “Footware” – (HYPEBEAST)
  • I Sell Onions on the Internet – (Deep South Ventures)
  • The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same – (MIT Technology Review)

What To Watch

Reading is for nerds, squares, and elites. Eat the rich and keep your eyeballs filled with 530 visual goodies. Cord cutters cut cords and couch potatoes sit and spud out – let’s spud out!
  • Lil Dicky – Earth (Official Music Video) – (YouTube)
  • Would You Eat Apple Pie with Bacon? | Real vs Soda Challenge #2 – (YouTube)
  • Charlie bit my finger – again ! – (YouTube)
  • BLACKkKLANSMAN Trailer (2018) – (YouTube)
  • Treehouse Masters – (Animal Planet)
  • GEOSTORM – OFFICIAL TRAILER 2 [HD] – (YouTube)

What To Listen To

Music has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. Great, thanks Congreve; you might have spelled that wrong. Listen to the 530ml music preferences…full to the brim with bad taste.
  • Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg [Podcast] – (Spotify)
  • WORLDS – Good Shit  – (Soundcloud)
  • Mick Jenkins Presents “The Water[s]” – (Soundcloud)
  • Fugazi – Waiting Room – (YouTube)
  • MF DOOM Operation: Doomsday [1999] [Full Album] – (YouTube)
  • Hockey Dad cover Macy Gray ‘I Try’ Ft. Hatchie for Like A Version – (YouTube)

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Things Come In Pairs

 Things Come In Pairs

Death & Taxes, Work & Life, Peanut Butter & Jelly
Rick & Morty, Slow & Low
Mac & Cheese, Slip & Slide, Cheech & Chong
Cops & Robbers, Burgers & Dogs
Guys & Dolls, Rock & Roll, Birds & Bees
War & Peace, Siskel & Ebert
Sonny & Cher, Locked & Loaded, Trucks & Trains
Dinner & A Movie, KCi & JoJo
Arts & Entertainment, Stockton & Malone, Musso & Frank

Things come in pairs;
good,
bad,
or otherwise.
..
2 Newsletters
from 530medialab
in 1 Month?
…..
Don’t be shy
reply
& let us know if
that’s a good thing or not


What To Read

So much news, too much news; all around us at all times – all day. FAKE and REAL NEWS. What’s news to you may not be news to us at all; and vice versa… but really, what even is news at all?
  • How Banksy Authenticates His Work – (RepRage)
  • The Great Sriracha Battle Is Coming to America – (Bloomberg)
  • Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of ‘Office Space’ – (The Ringer)
  • How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation – (New York Times)
  • Water Under the Bridge – New Logo and Identity for Pete Buttigieg by Hyperakt Reviewed –(underconsideration)
  • AI developed a whole new sport – (engadget)

What To Watch

Empty eyeballs are the worst kind of eyeballs; keep your eyeballs filled with 530 visual goodies. Cord cutters cut cords and couch potatoes sit and spud out – let’s spud out!
  • Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé | Official Trailer | Netflix – (YouTube)
  • POKÉMON Detective Pikachu – Official Trailer 2 – (YouTube)
  • I Wore Wide-Leg Raver Pants for One Week to See How People Would Treat Me – (VICE)
  • Bill Murray Recalls Caddies as Golf’s Unsung Heroes in ‘Loopers’ Doc Trailer – (The Wrap)
  • Bill & Ted 3: Face the Music Announcement – (YouTube)
  • Euphoria | Starring Zendaya & More | Coming Soon to HBO – (HBO)

What To Listen To

Singles, LPs, Comps – all have their place in the world, but what if your world is filled with bad taste? Enter the 530ml music preferences…full to the brim with bad taste.
  • Shamir – On The Regular [Official HD Video] – (YouTube)
  • Caroline Rose Recommends Her Top Makeout Albums | HI-FIVES | Vinyl Me, Please  –(YouTube)
  • Purple Ribbon All-Stars – Kryptonite (I’m On It) – (YouTube)
  • Motley Crue – Tommy Lee Spinning Drum Solo – 10-15-1987- Tacoma, Wa – (YouTube)
  • Seasonal Regression – Dangerous Optimism – Single – (Apple Music)
  • Dead Kennedys – Nazi Punks Fuck Off (in studio) – (YouTube)

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What To Read

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So much news, too much news; all around us at all times – all day. FAKE and REAL NEWS. What’s news to you may not be news to us at all; and vice versa… but really, what even is news at all?
  • The Great Lost Dead Archive – (GQ)
  • Vans Memorializes David Bowie With Collaborative Collection – (HYPEBEAST)
  • Drunk shopping is a $45B industry. Here’s what people are buying – (TheHustle)
  • GauGAN Turns Doodles into Stunning, Realistic Landscapes – (NVIDIA Blog)
  • The government’s strange, decade-long quest to seize a logo – (VICE)
  • Splendid Vintage Snaps Of Young Girls With Very Big Hair In The 1980s – (DesignYourTrust)

What To Watch

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Empty eyeballs are the worst kind of eyeballs; keep your eyeballs filled with 530 visual goodies. Cord cutters cut cords and couch potatoes sit and spud out – let’s spud out!
  • Toy Story 4 – (YouTube)
  • How To Speak GenZ – (YouTube)
  • ‘The Dropout’ Part 1: Where ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes got her start – (YouTube)
  • Apple Special Event. March 25, 2019 – (apple)
  • STRAIGHT RAZOR: Warm up piece to build out a straight razor piece – (LinkedIn)
  • BEL-AIR Starring Jerry Madison as Will Smith – (Vimeo)

What To Listen To

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Singles, LPs, Comps – all have their place in the world, but what if your world is filled with bad taste? Enter the 530ml music preferences…full to the brim with bad taste.
  • Lost in the Middle of Nowhere (feat. Becky G) (Spanish Remix) (Official Music Video) – (YouTube)
  • Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (I Got The Horses In The Back)  – (YouTube)
  • The Notorious B.I.G. – “Sky’s The Limit”- (YouTube)
  • Iron & Wine – Father Mountain – (Spotify)
  • Jenny Lewis – On The Line – (Spotify)
  • ALASKALASKA – Bitter Winter – (Soundcloud)

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