This week’s episode is with Michael McDermott (@miguelmyriad). Michael runs a really cool website called Just Six Degrees. It’s a simple but brilliant idea: he reaches out to a person who has inspired him and asks them the question, “who in the world is inspiring you right now?”. When he gets an answer, he’ll contact that person and ask them the same question. And he continues following the trail of breadcrumbs until he’s made six connections.
Just Six Degrees is a goldmine. If you are feeling stuck in a rut, go on and check out some of the creators featured there.
Michael was also the co-founder of a very cool and very aptly titled online magazine called LeCool Dublin. LeCool used to be a staple of my week. Every Thursday I would get an email with the latest issue which had all the coolest events happening in Dublin in the following week. It’s one of the few mailing lists I didn’t unsubscribe from! And that’s because it was always good!
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Question of the day: who’s inspiring you right now? Let me know in the comments.
Selected Links
- South Studios
- LeCool Dublin
- Dublin Fringe Festival
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Offset Dublin
- The seven-year rule from Stefan Sagmeister
- The Web Summit
- Video of David Carr (NY Times) blasting Shane Smith (Vice) out of it
- Don’t go to Caracas…
- Just Six Degrees
- MacGuffin Magazine
- Song Exploder
- Boat Magazine
- A New York Times review of Mark Cousins’ The Story of Film
- Show and Tell – creative conference in Dublin
- Repeal The 8th
- Adam Curtis’ Hypernormalisation
- The New Yorker
People mentioned
- Ciaran Walsh
- Keith Walsh
- Stefan Sagmeister
- Gore Vidal
- Will Goodbody
- Paddy Cosgrave
- Daire Hickey
- David Carr
- Shane Snow
- Shane Smith
- Jóhann Jóhannson
- Christopher Nemeth
- Judy Blame
- Erin Spens
- Hrishikesh Hirway
- Mark Cousins
- Tag Christof
- Ailbhe Smith
- Lynn Scarff
- Louise Bruton
- Tara Flynn
- Tony Walsh
- David Norris
- Alan Turing
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