Twas the eve of Christmas Eve
When all through the email list
Not a creature was stirring
Not even Guy
(who has scheduled this for 7am)
🎄 Happy Christmas Everyone! 🎄
Consider supporting this at the very end, but in the meantime
C’mere to me…
20 Million Trees
(Update: They actually did it!)
Some of you might remember my email at the end of October…
You can read it here - 20 Million Trees 🌲 by 2020
Mark Rober and Jimmy Donaldson (‘Mr Beast), together and with the help of several creators and donors all over the world, succeeded in their goal to raise enough money to plant 20 million trees by the end of 2020.
Massive donations came in from Elon Musk (CEO Tesla Motors & Space X) and Tobi Lutke (CEO of Shopify), who both forked up $1 Million each, of their own cash.
Large figures also came in from Marc Benioff (CEO Salesforce), The Discovery Channel, Jack Dorsey (CEO Twitter), Susan Wojcicki (CEO YouTube) and many more.
However, the huge grand total was not the work of big donations from notable people, this target still required the help of another 500k people around the globe who donated too.
I cannot understate the enormity of this achievement.
A bunch of YouTubers came together in October to proactively create a movement of change towards helping our environment.
Their goal was to effectively try and raise $20 million by the end of the year…
… and with two weeks to spare they actually did it!
You can still donate here - TeamTrees.org (€1 = 1 Tree)
Watch 📹👀
This is a very cool insight into the workflow of Billie and Finneas in the studio.
Naturally, a finished track is completely polished, but I find it fascinating, particularly as someone not in music production, to listen to all the different parts stripped back to when they initially recorded them.
And the stupid explanations as to how certain sounds sparked their creativity.
You wouldn’t think that ‘Bad Guy’ contains sounds from a crosswalk in Australia and from the intro song to Wizards of Waverly Place…
Memes that Defined the Decade
Since 2010…
(I take no credit here at all)
Buzzfeed has compiled a list of 100 trends that defined the last ten years.
It is hilarious to browse through them and remember all the really stupid stuff we got hooked on.
Everything from the Mannequin Challenge, Ice Bucket Challenge, Planking, Doggos and so so much more.
I got a facebook account in 2010, so it is also really weird to acknowledge the fact that social media has been in my life, for better or worse, for ten years!
Photos I Saved 📷
Think 🤔🤯🌊
The only time the word ‘incorrectly’ isn’t spelled incorrectly is when it’s spelled incorrectly.
That’s all for now 🤙🏽
Feel free to reply ↩️ to this email!
I love to hear your thoughts.
Please Share 🤗
If you enjoy reading this every week I’m sure your friends would too.
Consider Supporting ☕💗
If you like my content and want to give back in the simplest (non-commitment) way possible, please consider buying me a coffee.
Thank you!!
Guy