The Tangent Show: Recent Episodes
Katharyne Shelton
Every week, The Tangent Show with Isaac and Katharyne brings you a wealth of trends, niches and ideas for product creators and out of the box entrepreneurs. Explore our unique blend of Creativity, Business, Art and Technology with features like Niche Hunting, Platform of the Week, Nerd Corner and much more! Our goal is to leave your head spinning with workable ideas every week!
Another fast moving Tangent Show! Katharyne explains her quick method for generating ideas for KDP activity books, we talk about how to use sites like Statista to find content for your journals, we talk about emotion and relatability as selling points... and Isaac gives you a hot tip for finding free fruit - maybe on your street!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Ask Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit
Statista: https://statista.com
Gun Violence Archive: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Five Thirty Eight: https://fivethirtyeight.com
Martine Makes: https://martinemakes.com
StingRay Qello (Concert app): https://qello.com
Cash App: https://cash.app
Cleo: https://meetcleo.com
Another fast moving Tangent Show! We talk about Microsoft's new Mixer platform and why it is a serious contender to Amazon's Twitch, plus if you missed ASD, we show how to find products and private label vendors on their website, plus a new design tool that could add some pizzazz to your KDP books!
Also, we talk about play by mail games and brainstorm how to bring them into 2019 and share the awesome thing that Standard Ebooks is doing!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
ASD: https://asdonline.com
Mixer: https://mixer.com
Piktochart: https://piktochart.com
Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/
Another fast moving Tangent Show!
We share our takeaways from Vidcon 10 - the annual YouTube Convention, including the social media platform that was more talked about than YouTube! (It's not Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!)
Plus, we updated Tangent Templates this week to allow custom uploads. Learn more about that!
We share a neat way to generate color palettes and schemes... and we tell you which industry is now officially sanctioned at CES (Consumer Electronics Show).
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Our ASD schedule: https://asd.katharyne.com
ASD Show: https://asdonline.com
Coolors: https://coolors.co
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Lots of news today! From Earthquakes to Space babies...
Find out who is paying $1000 a month to sleep in a bunk bed and who is selling their bathwater for $30 a jar. Discover the new wave of easy to use wholesale sites. Find a wealth of public domain movies and learn how you can use them to create unique products. We talk about creativity - the best times to be creative and how to break a creative block. Plus we draw a winner for our 10,000 member contest
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Another buzzing Tangent Show with Katharyne and Isaac. If you watch this show, you'll learn how to get Amazon samples, find great niches for your books, discover how social credit can be super useful but is potentially about to ruin the lives of millions of people. (If you're mean to people on Facebook, will elevators still stop for you?) Also, we have a guest nerd corner with Sid who talks about Mario Maker 2 and why building game levels and assets may be the business of the future.
Finally, we brainstorm around the concept of Battle Royales and generate a wealth of business and book ideas for you!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Amazon Samples: https://www.amazon.com/samples
Movers and Shakers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers
Google Transit: https://maps.google.com/landing/transit/index.html
Line Social Credit: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18760928/line-conference-2019-score-sticker-vision-mini-app-tokyo
We're lazy AF this week and didn't do any research, so instead we're answering your questions!
Another fast moving Tangent Show! We debate the future of STEM and maker culture, I share my new public domain content lead, Isaac shares the awesome new tool you can use to monitor the environment from your own home and we talk about Google's new gaming platform, Stadia and Steemit, the blockchain based social media platform. Plus, Facebook's cryptocurrency launches this week!
Also, we talk about our crazy week with rattlesnakes and back to school planning!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Another jampacked Tangent Show! This week we went to see Sites Unseen by Trevor Paglen at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Downtown San Diego and it sent our creativity into overdrive! We talk all about it here. And share some relevant tips for making books like what the Freedom of Information Act is and how it can help you create content.
Also, we answer two of the most frequently asked questions we've heard this week - how to make coloring books (that will actually sell) and how to grow a Facebook group once you've got it started (see my previous video to learn how to start a group on the 'down low').
Plus... what we can learn from Tide being repackaged, why LaCroix is losing money and Isaac explains what the deal is with the new iPod Touch.
Lastly, we go trendhunting at Google Trends to find an unusual trending niche that is very underserved - and Katharyne shares a bunch of low content book ideas for it. We also show how to use Google Trends to find international niche ideas. Great if you're making books for other countries outside the US!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Cultivate: https://cultivate.katharyne.com/curriculum
Trevor Paglen: http://www.paglen.com
Google Trends: https://trends.google.com
We talk about:
The new Oculus Quest just came out and of course Isaac was first in line. What he's using it for and how it's way more than a gaming system! We also show how our 15 year old is using Google Tilt Brush for art projects.
How to use AI to generate endless content on any topic you can think of including recipes, news stories, erotica and much more!
Katharyne rants about why gamification isn't a substitute for fulfilling work and why you should probably quit if your employer does this to you (Jeff Bezos, we're looking at your 'Tetris' game in the Amazon warehouse).
News about Paypal policy changes (and sadly they're not great!), Canva news, Tangent Template updates... and much more!
Plus we go niche hunting at Twitch - it's not just for video games, we check out Curious Cat, explore tabletopping at Critical Role and much more!
Links:
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
Canva: https://canva.com
Curious Cat: https://curiouscat.me
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv
Critical Role: https://critrole.com
Tilt Brush by Google: https://www.tiltbrush.com/
TalkToTransformer: https://talktotransformer.com/
Another fast moving Tangent Show! We talk about Uber Quiet Mode and how far we should curate our real life experiences, how you can sell books without relying on keywords, we get excited about Minecraft Earth and other augmented reality technologies... including the creepiest dating app in the universe. Plus take a selfie with Salvador Dali and also how you can make money out of your backyard for a $700 investment (not a promotion!)
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Hipcamp: https://www.hipcamp.com
Salvador Dali DeepFakes: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/10/18540953/salvador-dali-lives-deepfake-museum
Cabin for $700: https://www.curbed.com/2017/9/29/16383988/a-frame-cabin-tiny-house-design-kit
Blast Theory: https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/
Tender: https://app.tenderbeta.com/
Game Detectives Academy: https://gamedetectives.net/academy
In today's Tangent Show, we pick out the interesting takeaways from the F8 Facebook Developer conference, we explore how to be sensitive to current zeitgeists (in order to predict the future and find awesome niches!) and Katharyne walks through her specific method. Isaac gets nerdy about Oculus Quest and we talk about why influencers aren't necessarily who you think they are. We niche hunt on Flipboard... Plus our big debate is on 'Are vowels even necessary?'
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com
Member Portal (includes free Mother's Day course and book): https://member.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncre
Flipboard: https://flipboard.com
This week, we talk about how you can use Buzzfeed to share the world of your book, how to find bestselling niches on federal government sites and we talk about POD saturation and what to do about it. Plus more fun and shenanigans! :)
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com
Member Portal (includes free Mother's Day course and book): https://member.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncre
This week, we talk about how you can use the Mueller report to create KDP classics, how robots are making death metal, where to find new trends, niches and artists, how to have dinner with strangers... and much much more!
Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com
Member Portal (includes free Mother's Day course and book): https://member.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Graphics Tools: Photoshop: https://adobe.com
Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/ (great for Linux users)
Affinity Designer https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ (Mac only)
PaintTool SAI - https://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/ (great for Manga)
Krita - https://krita.org/en/ (great for hand drawing)
Youtube Trending https://youtube.com/feed/trending
NewGrounds: https://newgrounds.com
AI Death Metal https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwnzm7/this-youtube-channel-streams-ai-generated-black-metal-247?utm_source=dmfb
Dinner With Strangers: https://dinnerwithstrangers.com/
Dinner In The Sky: https://dinnerinthesky.com
Download the Mueller Report: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/politics/full-mueller-report-pdf/index.html
Join Katharyne, Isaac (and Honey) for Tangent Show #8
Quora Spaces: https://www.quora.com/spaces
Gumroad https://gumroad.com
NeverThink: https://neverthink.tv
MeMe: https://me.me
Popchart.co: https://popchart.co/
American Science and Surplus: https://www.sciplus.com
We debate the Apple Special Event, talk about Spotify's brilliant new marketing strategies, explore how you can build Alexa Skills with no development expertise, learn how Hue lights are the secret to perfect kitchen dance parties (or 'sexytime') and we go niche hunting music genres! Oh, and we learn why you can't buy sexy knickers from Victoria's Secret with the new Apple credit card. (Or can you?)
Katharyne & Isaac Links:
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Triggered (free course and book): https://triggered.katharyne.com
Cultivate: https://cultivate.katharyne.com
Additional Show links:
MusicMap: https://Musicmap.info
Alexa Blueprints: https://blueprints.amazon.com
Just Add Spotify: https://justaddspotify.com
Apple Special Event: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/march-2019/
Hue Lights: https://www2.meethue.com
In today's Tangent Show, we recap on our Las Vegas trip, go niche hunting in the public domain, reveal a neat marketing platform for targeting people by occupation. We dive into the world of Yantras. We debate whether negative feelings have a place on social media. Isaac shares how you can access high tech games and software with a $150 laptop... and Katharyne eats macarons.
Links:
Amazon KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Punctuation Marks: https://www.rd.com/culture/punctuation-marks/
David Planeta Art: https://mymodernmet.com/depression-illustration-jungle-animals-dawid-planeta/
Slideshare: https://slideshare.net
Archive.org: https://archive.org
ASD Market Week: asdonline.com
Ember Cup: ember.com
Media on Demand: manufacturing.amazon.com
Tunecore: tunecore.com
Audacity Audio Software (free / open source) https://www.audacityteam.org/
CalamityWare: https://calamityware.com/collections/plates
WeWork Food Labs: https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/14/wework-food-labs/
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
Join Isaac and Katharyne for fun, shenanigans and brainstorming on the topics of Creativity, Business, Art and Technology! Today, we talk about how far you'll go to build your personal brand, how to find great book ideas through Reddit, what Isaac's using to make music online and much more!
Links:
Redditlist: http://redditlist.com/sfw
8 Week Money Fix: https://8weekmoneyfix.com
ASD Market Week: asdonline.com
Akai MPK Mini: https://www.amazon.com/Akai-Professional-MPK-Performance-Ready-8-Assignable/dp/B00IJ6QAO2
Audacity Audio Software (free / open source): https://www.audacityteam.org/
Quotev: https://www.quotev.com/
Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com
I tattooed my face so I didn't have to get a normal job: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47231027
KDP Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazoncre
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks
The Tangent Show brings you all the new info in Creativity, Business, Art and Technology.
Links:
KDP Group: https://facebook.com/groups/amazoncre...
Tangent Templates: https://templates.tangent.rocks Goldbelly: https://www.goldbelly.com/collections
Steve Pavlina (What if it's all a simulation?) https://www.stevepavlina.com/
Facebook Fan Subscriptions: https://www.facebook.com/business/m/fan-subscriptions-onboarding
Join Katharyne and Isaac for a jampacked hour of Creativity, Business, Art and Technology.
'How to have a Beautiful Mind' here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000S1LD48
Links: KDP Group: https://facebook.com/groups/amazoncreatespace
Elle Decor Celebrity Homes:https://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/
Distinctive Assets: http://www.distinctiveassets.com/
Oscar Goodie Bags: https://www.forbes.com/sites/eustaciahuen/2019/02/19/oscars-2
Google Trends:
https://trends.google.com
Spoonflower https://spoonflower.com
Japanese Woodblock Prints (Public Domain) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd/
Bobcat In a Box https://bobcatinabox.com
Zuber: https://zuber.fr
Oculus VR Headsets: https://www.oculus.com/go/
Welcome to our first experimental 'Tangent Show' live from San Diego, California with Katharyne and Isaac!
This week our features include Niche Secrets research tips, a social media platform that may or may not be an alternative to Facebook, how to monetize naughty AirBnBs... and a mindblowing way to play high end games or use powerful apps like Photoshop even if you only have a cheap computer or tablet.
Plus, are you led by passion or research? Let us know what you think in the comments!