Jeff is an international speaker and visual marketing consultant. He hosts the Social Media News Live show and podcast and is also the editor for Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People Podcast. He is also "Head Beard" at Manly Pinterest Tips.
The moment "I wish I could make that" died
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Howdy Reader! If we're connected anywhere on social, you've probably seen this float by. But you're on my email list, which makes you VIP, the big cheese, numero uno. You're one of the people I actually get excited about telling the good stuff to. This is the brand new opening for The Maker's Table, the weekly live show I co-host with Katie Fawkes. Stop-motion plasticine, a cozy cabin, two makers at one table. Forty seconds total. Here's the thing I've been chewing on all week... Three years ago, a piece like this would've taken a studio, a budget, a team, and a year of production. It would've lived in my imagination as something I wished I could make (one of those "someday" projects that quietly never happens). The tools that finally made it possible barely existed a year ago. And let's be real, the tools didn't do the work. AI didn't come up with the idea, or the vision, or the patience to see it through. What it did was lower the floor. The doorway between "imagine it" and "actually make it" is wide open now, as long as you bring a clear idea and the willingness to nerd out on something new. This is the first moment I can think of where a single creator can take an idea straight from imagination to a finished, tangible thing. What used to be "I wish I could make that" is quickly becoming "let me try that this afternoon." That's genuinely mind-blowing, and I don't think I've grasped what it means yet. So here's what I want to know. What's your "someday" project? And is it still a someday, or is it suddenly a this-afternoon? Hit reply and tell me, I'd love to hear it. The Maker's Table goes live every Friday at 1 pm Central. Katie crochets, I carve, and we have great conversation. If that sounds like your kind of slow afternoon, you can subscribe on YouTube right here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMakersTableLive Pull up a chair, friends! See ya around the interwebs! P.S. Watch it with the sound on. The opening song is a huge part of why the whole thing works, and I think you'll feel the cozy cabin energy right through your speakers. |
Jeff Sieh
Jeff is an international speaker and visual marketing consultant. He hosts the Social Media News Live show and podcast and is also the editor for Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People Podcast. He is also "Head Beard" at Manly Pinterest Tips.
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