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Shortish thoughts that took far too long to write.

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Godspeed you content capitalists

September 24, 2023October 14, 2020

The “epic finale” of my series about money and content being the same thing, sort of.

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Turns out cash and content are both king

September 20, 2023October 8, 2020

The second part of my series about the links between content and payments.

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Stripe proves words are worth billions

September 24, 2023September 1, 2020

A pandemic-era post about Stripe actually being a content company.

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Valentine Watkins

Val is a content designer interested in tech, wine and internet economics. Say “hey” sometime on Bluesky, Threads or micro.blog.


From Val's blog

  • My interview on the Canva design podcast
  • My Media Diet, Debut Edition
  • The logical fallacy haunting content design
  • IG commenters are content designers now
  • Rare wine review: $500 Bordeaux masterclass

From Val's social media

  • πŸ’¬ even nonstick cookware photos getting in on the ragebait
  • πŸ’¬ sat through the nonsensical new Doubt Never Did movie trailer ad from Co...
  • πŸ’¬ Excited to hear on The Town pod that the frontrunners for this year&rsqu...

Published in Melbourne in 2025. Hosted in Auckland by a cool guy named Sam.
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