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Customer discovery & strategic account development

Market-tested hypotheses (controlled experiments) = de-risked decisions by investors, entrepreneurs and creatives

Diary of a Lifelong Learner https://catheirne.substack.com/archive
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Slack + Notion + Zapier + Claude/ChatGPT
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Why 2026 Is the Year to Build a Second Brain (And Why You NEED One)
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
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January 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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"Contemporary art, design, and culture against an ancient backdrop"
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Desert X AlUla 2026 to Open “Space Without Measure” Exhibition on January 16
Desert X AlUla 2026, an international exhibition, returns as a powerful open-air art experience, transforming AlUla’s dramatic desert landscape and heritage
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January 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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15 of the coolest future Toronto building designs revealed in 2025
Developers didn't seem too deterred by the declining Toronto real estate market in 2025, and several ambitious proposals landed on the desks of city …
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January 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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"Photojournalist Amber Bracken was on assignment for The Narwhal, reporting from Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern B.C"
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The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP, explained
YouTube video by The Narwhal
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January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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On writing for impact: Bryan Danielson "Not Sorry" substack.com/@bryandaniel...
On writing for impact: Bryan Danielson "Not Sorry" https://substack.com/@bryandanielson
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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"Pragmatic politician rather than a theoretical economist"
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How Joseph Stalin Transformed the Soviet Economy | Ones and Tooze Ep. 224
YouTube video by Foreign Policy
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January 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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"Modular, earthquake-resistant structure that can be built in 7 days"
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Blue Temple creates earthquake-proof bamboo housing in Myanmar
Myanmar-based studio Blue Temple has teamed up with Housing Now to build a series of low-cost bamboo homes capable of withstanding natural disasters.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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*The Electro-Industrial Stack
* Turning Point in Financial Services
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How AI Will Reshape The Economy In 2026 (a16z Big Ideas)
YouTube video by a16z
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December 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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•LLMs' code execution unlocked agentic workflows for non-technical users
•AI-generated images enabled generative UI & new creative applications
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I Tracked Every AI Win & Failure in 2025. Here's What Actually Worked (9 Surprises)
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
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December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"Mohammed Bakri, director and actor has died.
In April 2002, the Israeli military entered Jenin"
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Jenin Jenin (Trailer) eng sub
YouTube video by Pedro da silva
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December 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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"Palestinian curators and artists control visual and symbolic arrangements"
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Banksy's 'Walled Off Hotel' Reopens as a Living Archive of Palestinian Culture and Politics
The reopening of the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem from a boutique art hotel to a cultural platform dedicated to the Palestinian narrative.
parametric-architecture.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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"She might be anybody or nobody – but because she is three metres tall, you are going to notice her"
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The 10 best things about visual art in 2025
From larger-than-life statues to embroidery born from anxiety, here are the exhibits, works and artists that stood out this year
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December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"civilizational erasure": National Security Strategy/Munro doctrine 2.0
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Why tech billionaires are quietly bankrolling Europe’s far-right | Pinch Point
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad won the non-fiction prize at the annual National Book Awards"
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Omar El Akkad and Rabih Alameddine take top honours at National Book Awards - the ‘Oscars of publishing' | The National
Palestine was top of mind at the event, which often serves as a counter-voice to current affairs
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December 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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"Shrewd public servant determined to derail the company’s billion-dollar takeover"
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Pie.yt Ad Free: Rogers v. Rogers is Canada’s real-life Succession story
Watch YouTube ad-free: Rogers v. Rogers is Canada’s real-life Succession story
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December 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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"Buildings which made the world scream with joy"
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We Thought Frank Gehry Would Live Forever
Read Aaron Betsky’s powerful tribute to Frank Gehry—celebrating the architect whose joyful, radical buildings changed architecture forever.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"Projects across 23 countries: paper log houses for refugees in Rwanda & Maui; modular privacy for Ukrainians fleeing conflict"
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Shigeru Ban Changed What Architecture Is For. Now the AIA Gives Him Its Highest Honor.
Discover why Shigeru Ban earns the 2026 AIA Gold Medal—celebrating innovation, sustainability, and humanitarian design.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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"His own house made Gehry's name using affordable materials such as corrugated steel"
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Frank Gehry's 15 most significant buildings
Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry has passed away, leaving an almost unbelievable architectural legacy. Here are his 15 most influential buildings.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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"Top tips for table laying at Christmas + a big arrangement for my much smartened up workspace"
Flower farmer and florist Georgie Newbery
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How I lay my Christmas table and why the flowers are on the side - enjoy and merry Christmas all x
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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"Cultural institutions, homes, hotels, skyscrapers, an architecture school"
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The best architecture of 2025
Continuing our Review of 2025, Dezeen's editorial team have each picked their favourite buildings of the year.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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"Timber Towers Competition, 44 submissions"
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Did these designs crack the code to wood towers?
YouTube video by About Here
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December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"Idi Amin expelled south Asians from Uganda in 1972"
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Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"Weapons & surveillance technologies are used in Palestine before being sold all over the world"
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How Israel tests military tech on Palestinians | The Palestine Laboratory E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"Literary Fiction Awards 2025: National Book, Giller, Writers' Trust, Governor General" www.cbc.ca/books/6-cana...
6 Canadian books on Time Magazine's list of 100 must-read books of 2025 | CBC Books
Books by Canadian authors Omar El Akkad, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Miriam Toews and more were recognized.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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"Poet Mahmoud Darwish asks “Where should the birds fly, after the last sky?”
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Anouar Brahem "After the Last Sky" (Official Music Video) - 2025
YouTube video by Anouar Brahem
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November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM