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I'm an ~Influencer~! | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This week, I had my first full-on “influencer” evening.A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to go to a Christmas party YouTube was throwing in ...
More Videos! More Often! | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This week I’ve been making progress on the script for January’s video!I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet that we’re currently in a process ...
My Next Video is About...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.Another belated Friday Update this week as life has continued to be incredibly busy! But we'll catch up, I promise!What have I been up to this week?This week, we’ve been maki...
Another Mini-Series? | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.First and foremost, a quick apology for the delayed posting of this! I was at my best friend’s wedding last weekend and so, whilst I’d written it, I didn’t get a chance to ac...
Streaming and Scheming | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?The past week has seen us embark on a new experiment here at Tom Nicholas Towers (not a real place).A little while back, someone from Twitch got in...
Announcement: New Twice-Weekly Live Show!
Hey all!An exciting little announcement...Over the next few months, we're going to be experimenting with a twice-weekly live show over on Twitch.It's going to primarily be a media review show, in which we take a look (and perhaps take apart!) the news stories, reporting and opinion pieces which have been cloggi...
Filming On Location!
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?Well, I’m shattered, because this week has been pretty overwhelming!Last Sunday, we released the latest video about Bibby Stockholm and the crisi...
Video: Britain's New Prison Ships
Hey all!Here's my latest video: Britain's New Prison Ships.Whether you're based in the UK or elsewhere in the world, my hope is that this will provide a bit of insight into a terrifying development in the UK in which our ailing Conservative government has decided to experiment with placing asylum seekers on...
Coming into Harbour | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This week we’ve been putting the final touches to our upcoming video: Britain’s New Prison Ships.It’s been a really interesting project to wo...
On Location | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?Firstly, I need to apologise for missing a week of the Friday Update last Friday. It’s been a veeeeeery busy fortnight here which didn’t leave ...
I Can Predict The Future | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?As you’ll all now know, my latest video was released last Sunday.The Rise (and Fall) of Patreon is currently performing really well and has start...
Video: The Rise (and Fall) of Patreon
Hello all!Here it is, my latest video: The Rise (and Fall) of Patreon.A slightly weird one to be posting here on Patreon itself!In fact, this has been a slightly weird one to make. The unique relationship that many creators (including myself) have with Patreon seems to shield it from even very light criticism. While I ...
Festival Fever | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?So, despite what the italicised explainer above suggests, these posts usually focus on what I’ve been up to for the preceding five days from Mond...
Books and Boats | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?So, my video about the rise (and fall) of Patreon is very nearly done. As I type, Georgia is making some final tweaks to the edit and it’s lookin...
Style Icons | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?Our next video about Patreon’s present financial troubles is currently making great progress. Georgia’s been working really hard on some really...
Patreon Problems | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This week, we’ve been making incredible progress on the next video.As I mentioned towards the end of my last Friday Update, the video is going to...
My next video is going to be about… | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?So, I guess it’s time to announce what my next video is going to be about…This feels a little bit different this time around. See, prior to tak...
I Got Married | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This one’s gonna be slightly different…As regular readers of the Friday Update will know, I usually break down my update into a few categories:...
A Bit of Everything | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?Over the course of the last week, I think I’ve done a bit of every single part of my job.Firstly, I finished the script for the next video!A...
Video: Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now
Hello all!Here it is, Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now.The video is about online passive income grifts. But it's also about our economy more generally and the manner in which contemporary capitalism has become dominated by businesses which make their money through pure rent-seeking.I hope you find it inte...
Deconstruction | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?It’s been a week of finishing touches here.On Tuesday night, I filmed the last couple of pieces of my upcoming video about online grifts. Th...
Away Days | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?First off, apologies for a recent hiatus in the Friday Update, I’ve both been snowed-under with work trying to get the next video filmed and had ...
Interviews and Sea Shanties | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?The highlight of this week was taking part in a little bit of research.A viewer had got in touch as they’re undertaking a PhD which is looking at...
Podcast: How to Survive Your Twenties (in a World on Fire)
Hey all!Here’s the latest episode of Induction!This time around, I chatted to Leena Norms about the how the “crucial decade” between the ages of 20 and 29 has changed in recent decades.It’s a slightly more lighthearted chat than some of the others we’ve had recently but hopefully there’s a lot to be gleaned...
A Blaze of Writing in the Blazing Sun | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?This week has been mostly a blaze of writing and re-writing.We’re making excellent progress on my upcoming video about the cultural ubiquity...
Bath Time | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?We’ve been picking up the pace massively with work on the next video over the past week.Things began fairly enthusiastically on Monday when ...
Podcast: Utopian Thinking in Dystopian Times w/ Andrewism
Hey all!The latest episode of my podcast, Induction, has just gone live!This time round, I'm chatting with Andrew from the brilliant channel Andrewism about the need for utopian thinking even in (or maybe especially in!) dark times.I've been a big fan of Andrew's videos for sometime and always find they lea...
Podcastin' | The Friday(ish) Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday(ish) Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?In these little posts, I generally focus on the work I’ve been doing each week in relation to my main channel videos. By the time I’ve upd...
Changing-Up My Writing Process | The Friday Update
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.What have I been up to this week?The past seven days have really seen my next video (about YouTube audiences’ recent obsession with grifts) begin to take shape. (As you can see a...
Podcast: How the Internet Changed Healthcare w/ Medlife Crisis
Hey all!Thought you’d all like to know that the latest episode of my podcast Induction is out now.For this latest instalment, I chatted with Rohin Francis of Medlife Crisis about the impact the internet has had on healthcare and our relationship with it.Let me know what you think!Tom
