Memos by Brian Swichkow
- Destructive Book Scanning
Destructive book scanning is the digitization method that removes a book's binding so the loose pages can be fed through a sheet-fed scanner — the fastest and most accurate way to convert a printed...
- Oste
Oste is an Italian restaurant at 8142 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles, CA, built around pinsa romana — the long-fermented Roman flatbread that predates and is routinely mistaken for pizza. Pinsa takes...
- Bartender
Bartender is a mac-app from Applause Group that takes over the macOS menu bar — deciding which items are shown, which are hidden, and under what conditions each appears. It is sold three ways: a...
- Claude Code Slash Command Reference
Claude Code exposes its controls as slash commands typed at the start of a message; typing / alone lists everything available in the current build. Availability varies by plan, platform, and CLI...
- Brian Swichkow
Brian Swichkow is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and author recognized for his diverse expertise across Growth Engineering and Go-To-Market (GTM) automation, including community-led and...
- ScanSnap iX2500
The ScanSnap iX2500 is a desktop sheet-fed document scanner released by Ricoh's PFU division in June 2025 and sold on Amazon from around $459.99. It scans A4 color documents double-sided at 45 pages...
- unReal Holdings
unReal Holdings is a digital real estate company operated by Georges Elias that owns and brokers a portfolio of domain names. Its holdings run to the thousands and are concentrated in generic...
- In My Own Terms
In My Own Terms is a terminology blog written by Patricia Brenes, a translator and ECQA-certified Terminology Manager who holds a master's in specialized terminology from the University of Vic in...
- Daniela Luzi Tudor
Daniela Luzi Tudor is a founder and the co-founder and CEO of We Connect Recovery — formally WEconnect Health Management — a Seattle-based behavioral health technology company whose mobile app and...
- persistence
persistence is the act of continuing in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition — and, by extension, the continuance of an effect after the cause that produced it is gone. The word...
- pride
pride is the state of being proud — either a reasonable satisfaction in oneself, one's work, or one's associations, or the inordinate self-esteem that the moral tradition names first among the deadly...
- Julie Gaynes
Julie Gaynes is a cultural historian, college instructor, and interdisciplinary artist currently based in Los Angeles, California. She is an academic presently completing her PhD in World Arts and...
- Arielle Zadok
Arielle Zadok is an intimacy coordinator, sexologist, and producer with over 18 years of experience in television, film, and advertising production. She has managed high-profile talent, overseen...
- Rachel Blair
Rachel Blair is the owner and Chief Operating Officer at ALYST Health, A Catalyst Recovery Company, located in Los Angeles, CA. She has held leadership responsibilities at ALYST Health since 2014,...
- Ask Me Anything (service)
The Ask Me Anything (AMA)managed_service—provided by Ghost Influence (agency)—creates a platform for founders, investors, authors, etc. to amplify the ethos around their brand. [1] Method Research —...
- EchoMoto
EchoMoto is a planned, content initiative for MotoBot; the Automated Influencer that playfully converses with motorists in Los Angeles' infamous gridlock. At the core of the EchoMoto initiative,...
- Mathias Omotola
Mathias Omotola is an entrepreneur, author, and the founder and chief executive of Worldkam, an on-demand marketplace through which individuals and businesses book professional photographers and...
- Kibu
Kibu is a mobile-app and security protocol designed to protect mission-critical authorization workflows, information, and conversations from both internal and external threats. By leveraging...
- George Noory
George Noory is an American radio broadcaster who has hosted Coast to Coast AM — the syndicated overnight talk program devoted to the paranormal, conspiracy theory, fringe science, and the...
- Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is an American technology executive and author who served as chief operating officer of Facebook, later Meta, from 2008 to 2022. Before that she was vice president of global online...