KIA ORA! HOLA! 你好吗 ! HEY HOMIES! WELCOME to the 2nd TILT ⚡️
Yep, we're back with another newsletter to stack onto this week's inbox. But this one is cool. And we're gonna remind you why you should be frothing for our weekly download 😉
Check out our official launch post last week for the zesty deets in case you missed it.
We are 3 Kiwis. Blaise, Mahoney and Aidan, who have been thrown together in COVID times in the isolated context of New Zealand. Fresh back in NZ from the bigger lights of the San Francisco and Lisbon Tech scenes, Mahoney, Blaise, along with Aidan (a NZ-based entrepreneur and investor) share their uninhibited opinions on the world of tech, as they see it from NZ, and bridging this with the big wide world of tech beyond NZ. 🌉
By TILT, we mean harnessing collective momentum to shift paradigms, lean into a new idea, territory or life path and go full steam at creating impactful ventures.
It’s about radical collaboration, radical candor, radical curiosity, radical iteration (vs stagnation), radical diversity and radical impact.
We stand for saying no to dialing it down, and saying a SUPER big YES to radically questioning the status quo, and always tilting towards boldness. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
THE GOOD SOUND BITES 🎙
One way SUPERTILT is connecting with the world is through our podcast series which we're super stoked to release and share with you. SUPERTILT: the podcast is a dynamic audio journey serving you weekly doses of unfiltered insights to TILT your perspective on what's happening in tech around the world.
This podcast exists as a much needed bridge and a source of truth. Born in the Antipodes, this podcast is here to fill a contextual gap between NZ and the world. We will bring you intel on the tech scene in New Zealand and the rest of the globe by interviewing founders, thought leaders, dreamers and doers. We focus on tech news and deals, COVID-free NZ life, climate, FinTech and planetary issues. 🌏 You will receive a unique perspective and insights that you won't hear anywhere else.
As your devoted podcast hosts, we will take you on a journey of healthy bickering, bantering + interviews on a collection of buzzworthy, topical + perhaps controversial topics. TILTing into high curiosity mode is the name of this podcast's game as these topical issues are explored through a broader financial, political and cultural lens.
EPISODES RELEASED
📈 SUPERTILT is hot! And we're getting listeners from all over the globe.
Check out our latest episodes that have already dropped this year…
In this week's episode we explore what the heck is going on with the property crisis erupting in New Zealand versus globally and what that means for entrepreneurs + tech developments around the world.
Click here for the Apple Podcasts link 🍏
We dive into what's leading to surges or plummets in global housing markets and how that's being impacted by the rising tide of remote-centric, nature-seeking, lifestyle-conscious tech workers/ founders. Naturally, we go into the nuances around San Francisco, and the "tech exodus" (to hotspots like Austin, Lisbon, Miami etc.) that's radically changing the game for tech folk everywhere. This leads us to some cool discoveries about "creator towns" and what urban innovation is on the horizon.
This week we were stoked to drop in with tech founder, angel investor + futurist Sydney Lai, live from her Brooklyn apartment. We get her insightful spin on NYC's real USP, that keeps those tied there, despite all the COVID shit going down.
“If you’re in NYC and lacking nature… my God are potted plants the next ETH”.
We discuss personal wellbeing amidst these testing times, and the coping strategies she's developed throughout her NYC x COVID journey. We'll leave it there for now…have a listen to hear her words of wisdom.
Bonus relevancy points to Sydney for the pretty avante-garde #dogecoin favicon on her website.
Now for some extra juice on last week's podcast about Clubhouse and the surge in voice based social networking... in case you've been missing all the Twitter action that's blowing up around their crazy growth right now. Yep, 5M users, and it’s STILL IN INVITE-ONLY BETA MODE!
If you want to know more, follow them on Twitter and you'll get a feel for how motivated their community is to make this social app experience definitively different from the spiral of doom that is unfolding in the land of the #Zuck.
Android users, be warned. You can't sit with us...yet. Still in iOS dev mode. (Is this actually a stealth social app move coming outta the Apple HQ you may ask? Hmmm.) One thing is for sure, Elon Musk appearing in a Clubhouse room for a public, IRL audio chat is definitely something to be racing to the app store for. CH to the moon. 🌙
MINDFULNESS 🧠 HACK OF THE WEEK:
Create Space + Reduce Stimulation
When you need to focus and block out external stimulus rub your hands together quickly for 30 seconds, creating friction and warmth in the space between your palms. 🔥
Cup each palm over your eyes and notice the fit: the heel of your palm lines up with your cheek bones, and your eyes are lightly covered by your warm palms. 🌴
Stay here for as long as you need.
This can be done any time you need, except while you’re driving. Please safely pull over first. 🚕
WHAT WE'RE LISTENING 🎶 TO:
We’re #long on NZ music appreciation especially on our #long summer road trips... so we’ve been jamming a lot of cruisy, Aotearoa-made tunes like this lovely little psych-folk-rock-pop tune (très George Harrison + Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). We were even lucky enough to catch Arthur and his jivin’ band at a live festival a couple of weeks ago!
Slap this song in your ear-pods and wave your arms around. Go on.
Coming up…
Something interesting is brewing across the ditch 🦘 in Australia with Google Search threatening to pull out of Australia thanks to the Aussie government’s proposed new law which would force Google + Facebook to pay news companies for content to appear on their platforms. There’s a fair bit of debate over this tough nut 🥜 of a situation which we crack into on the next episode. Keep your eyes peeled and your search engine privacy secure…
YOU + THE SUPERTILT COMMUNITY
We are SUPER keen to hear from you. Every week we will take a question from our community. There are no dumb questions. Fire anything you wish at us. No holding back!
Episode and tech topic requests are VERY welcome. We are keen to explore as many angles as possible, so feel free to ping us and share your desires!
CONNECT WITH US! 🤗
Where to find us:
Catch the SUPERTILT team on IG/ Twitter:
🐝 @blaiseturnbull
🦓 @mahoneyturnbull / @mahoneyjkt
🦧 @aidan_kenealy —> also dropping some sublime analysis on Medium
Defo drop us a line on social or hello@supertilt.club
Produced with AROHA for you in AOTEAROA NZ aka the COVID-FREE COUNTRY down under 💙