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<itunes:subtitle>Creative motivation and inspiration from a bit of a different angle.</itunes:subtitle>
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Hello! If this thing that you're doing is going to be put out there and you want the world to see it, or you want to share it to a friend - it's going to be you, and that's all it's going to be. Thanks for listening.
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<itunes:subtitle>Maybe the thing you're making would be uplifted by some bad audio.</itunes:subtitle>
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We're almost always striving for the cleanest, most pleasant sounding audio and that's a great default goal. Maybe, though, we should wonder whether some phone quality audio here and there we'll help keep people engaged and curious. 
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The subtle art of building small, finisheable things. 
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<itunes:subtitle>Sometimes you just have to make something, even if it's just to prove on a whim that you can.</itunes:subtitle>
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