5 Quick Things: Digital Gardens, Too Many Interesting Things, AI Everywhere, Forcing It, Slow Horses

5 Quick Things: Housekeeping, Newsletter, Not Doing Things, Podcast idea of the Week, and Setting Up the Scale Properly

On this episode, I discuss the future of the podcast, the enjoyment of writing a weekly newsletter, balancing work and leisure, a unique podcast idea, and a lesson on measuring accurately. 💌 Subscribe to my newsletter [https://buttondown.com/lemoncasting]. Here are this episode's 5 quick things: * (00:00) - 5 Quick Things - 2025-10-01 * (00:08) - 1) Podcast Housekeeping * (00:41) - 2) I write a weekly newsletter * (01:07) - 3) Not Doing Things * (01:32) - 4) Random podcast idea of the week * (02:08) - 5) Setting up the scale properly Want to send me your thoughts? Reply on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duarqnv277snl27e4yv5b564/post/3mdxxm5o4rp2c] or Discord [http://discord.com/users/iChris#5728]. If you’d like to be on a full episode of Conversations with My Night Brain, please get in touch with me. I’d love to chat with you! Thanks to our monthly supporters * Lynn * Transistor.fm * Abbey Fisher * eileen smee * 3 Guys 3 Questions ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://www.patreon.com/ichris]

5 Quick Things: Meeting Transistor, Work Anxiety, Our Feeds, Consistency, and Cities Are Big

A whirlwind trip to Canmore, Alberta to meet the Transistor.fm team, personal anxieties around client work and the impact of AI, the varied information we consume through algorithm-driven feeds, challenges in podcast episode consistency, and reflections on the complexities of city life. Here are this episode's 5 quick things: 00:03 1) Quick trip to meet the Transistor.fm Team 00:47 2) Anxious about What to Do 01:40 3) Our feeds are not the same 02:14 4) Is 5 things too many? 02:42 5) Prairie thoughts leak out Want to send me your thoughts? Reply on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duarqnv277snl27e4yv5b564/post/3m25fxlopnw2e] or Discord [http://discord.com/users/iChris#5728]. If you’d like to be on a full episode of Conversations with My Night Brain, please get in touch with me. I’d love to chat with you! Thanks to our monthly supporters * Lynn * Transistor.fm * Abbey Fisher * eileen smee * 3 Guys 3 Questions ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://www.patreon.com/ichris]

3 Quick Things: Threads, New iPhones, and Violence in the USA Bleeds Everywhere

I talk about how Threads feels reminiscent of pre-Elon Musk era Twitter, the announcement of the iPhone 17 whether I should upgrade, and the disheartening conversations about violence in the USA. Here are this episode's 5 quick things: * 00:05 1) Threads is a lot like the old Twitter * 00:54 2) New iPhones * 01:43 3) Violence in the USA Bleeds Everywhere Want to send me your thoughts? Reply on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duarqnv277snl27e4yv5b564/post/3lylalf2xhq26] or Discord [http://discord.com/users/iChris#5728]. If you’d like to be on a full episode of Conversations with My Night Brain, please get in touch with me. I’d love to chat with you! Thanks to our monthly supporters * Lynn * Transistor.fm * Abbey Fisher * eileen smee * 3 Guys 3 Questions ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://www.patreon.com/ichris]

5 Quick Things: Digital Gardens, Too Many Interesting Things, AI Everywhere, Forcing It, Slow Horses

I explore the concept of a digital garden and its difference from traditional blogs. I discuss the abundance of digital tools and opportunities today, the overemphasis of AI in modern products, and the challenge of maintaining creative momentum. Lastly, I highlight the upcoming season of 'Slow Horses' on Apple TV+. Here are this episode's 5 quick things: * 00:04 1) Building a digital garden * 00:50 2) Too many interesting things * 01:40 3) AI in All the Things * 02:24 4) Forcing 5 Quick Things * 02:49 5) Slow Horses Season 5 Want to send me your thoughts? Reply on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duarqnv277snl27e4yv5b564/post/3lxzqbfrggh2e] or Discord [http://discord.com/users/iChris#5728]. If you’d like to be on a full episode of Conversations with My Night Brain, please get in touch with me. I’d love to chat with you! Thanks to our monthly supporters * Lynn * Transistor.fm * Abbey Fisher * eileen smee * 3 Guys 3 Questions ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://www.patreon.com/ichris]

5 Quick Things: Braces, Selfie a Day, Summer Denial, Wednesday Binge, and Podcast Experiments

5 Quick Things is a mini-episode of Conversations with My Night Brain that I’m doing so that I can just put stuff out into the world without having it all figured out quite yet. These are this episode's 5 quick things: * 00:04 1 - Youngest Kid Starts Braces * 00:26 2 - Selfie a Day Project Continues * 00:46 3 - Summer Continues * 01:05 4 - Wednesday was binged * 01:27 5 - 5 Quick Things process update Want to send me your thoughts? Reply on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duarqnv277snl27e4yv5b564/post/3lxdmp6ac4r24] or Discord [http://discord.com/users/iChris#5728]. If you’d like to be on a full episode of Conversations with My Night Brain, please get in touch with me. I’d love to chat with you! Thanks to our monthly supporters * Lynn * Transistor.fm * Abbey Fisher * eileen smee * 3 Guys 3 Questions ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://www.patreon.com/ichris]