Memos by Brian Swichkow
- 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 Command...
- Resend CLI
Resend's CLI is its terminal interface with four headline features: local React Email file support, Automations management, webhook listening, and agent Skills. Available via cURL installer, npm, or...
- 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...
- 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...