FWIW by David Tvrdon

the newest page all about pop culture, film, fashion, trends and everyday life. what we are wearing, obsessing over, and why it matters (or doesn’t).

Hi there 👋 As I promised a while ago, here is a follow up to my last message. Some house keeping first. I will be moving this newsletter/blog away from Substack to WordPress to my personal website. So the newsletter won’t longer be FWIW, but will be under my name. If you do not wish to get any more updates, feel free to unsubscribe, otherwise I will be moving the database to the new site in April. Of course, you can still unsubscribe then.

Hi there 👋 This newsletter has been dormant for a while and sice I have a few new project and new life situation, just wanted to quickly let you know. Also, this is my third attempt to revive this newsletter in the past three years (fingers crossed).

👋 Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. Let’s start with an apology. This newsletter has been dormant for a few months, which I’m very sorry for. I appreciate everyone that is subscribed to this newsletter and my plan is to revive it in early 2023. So stay tuned and don’t unsubscribe. This year I had to choose what to read because we had another addition to the family and I consumed most of it as audiobooks anyway.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. ā„¹ļø Iā€™m back! Sorry for the monthlong radio silence, I was on paternity leave and after that found out I needed to adjust my schedule a little bit more than I was expecting. That resulted in this hiatus. I wanted to include also older relevant news, but all seemed out of date.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. ā—ļø Programming note: This newsletter is taking a planned break next week to welcome a new family member. WhatsApp wants to be the place where Indians buy groceries DALL-E is making waves again with Outpainting How Amazon is giving Rivian an edge in the EV industry Itā€™s not a secret the Meta-owned WhatsApp isnā€™t a huge money maker.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. Apple wants to grow its ad revenue NYT reveals how it uses machine learning to drive conversions TikTok audio memes are not science We are experiencing a shift in an era of digital media and entertainment on social platforms. Feeds which were built around our preferences, friends, topics we like and people we want to follow are nearing their end.

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. Samsung Unpacked event & new devices Interview with the NYT Company CEO Apple wants more original podcasts In 2021, more than 1.3 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide, with Samsung shipping the most (272 mil.), followed by Apple (237.9 mil.).

šŸ‘‹ Welcome to FWIW by David Tvrdon, your weekly tech, media & audio digest. Dear reader, you might have noticed you didnā€™t get this newsletter last week. Itā€™s not an error in your inbox. I took an unscheduled week off from writing. Sorry for not announcing it upfront. Will do better next time. Earning season results Google Pixel 6a Review VFX artists are starting to speak up against Marvel Here is a super condensed recap of last weekā€™s earnings as there was no newsletter.