HeyJaredFront Row by Futureative
Front Row is your backstage pass to everything we’re publishing on creative work, launching projects, and the trends shaping creative careers.
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On Rotation: September 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome back to On Rotation, a good month of listening to music, going to the cinema and being very very late to some good pieces of creativity. Enjoy! <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="630" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oQZy!,w_1456,c_l
The Algorithm Wants You to be Average (opens the original)
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The brilliance of today’s distribution channels are the open access and immediacy of them; anyone can, in theory, reach anyone in an instant.This poses a significant problem; these platforms must rely on technology to ensure they remain relevant to the people that use them.Over time, algorithms have been fine-tuned on large quantities of data; 0’s and 1’s that make predictions about what someone will likely want to consume next.But great creative work is not itself made to be easily predictable.
We Are All Overthinking Our Content Strategies (opens the original)
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Futureative began as an idea; that the future belongs to those who publish great creative projects. It didn’t begin with a marketing plan, a clear product or service or even a business model. Just an idea. But an idea with two beating hearts.The first is that creative people who commit to making their best work over time, have a shot at living a creative life. In this process, those hard won creative skills become assets over time that pay dividends in other areas of our careers and our lives.Th
The Artist’s Way: Week Eight (opens the original)
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Eight weeks down and four more to go. ⅔ of the Artist’s Way completed and there have been multiple developments across my creativity.In case you’re new here, hello and welcome to The Practise, a series where i work through different programs designed to improve creativity. This article is episode three of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way.Check out the rest of the series:Episode 1 - The Artist’s Way: Week 1
How do you *stay* in love with your craft? (opens the original)
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“Falling in love again with your craft is inevitable. Creativity is disinterested in the hive of productivity; it rejects the notion of optimisation and demands rest when it is needed. So rest.And anyway, there’s always tomorrow.” - MeWe’ve got to that point in the RoundUp where I’m quoting my own past articles. Not sure yet if that’s a good sign or bad, but it does deepen the RoundUp cinematic universe I guess.Hello, new reader who has no idea what’s going on and the other three reg
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