by Brett | Aug 7, 2025 | Updates
It’s time for a pivot here at Pencil Pusher. I’m a real estate marketing professional by day. I’m making a pivot with this site to focus on the themes, tactics, and trends in the field of real estate marketing. To break the fourth wall for a moment...
by Brett | Jul 31, 2025 | Updates
It’s the last day of July. I carved out a few minutes this morning to put the finishing touches on my July playlist. My favorite new song on the playlist is “I Used To Live In England” by Supermodel* (Spotify | YouTube). It’s a catchy summer...
by Brett | Jul 25, 2025 | Updates
I picked up a box of Mitsubishi 9852EW (HB) pencils at Penny Post in Alexandria a few months back. They’re a solid, dependable work horse that I’ve found myself coming back to again and again. This morning I reached for one to start my Morning Pages ritual...
by Brett | Feb 7, 2025 | Updates
Happy International Clash Day! One of the first cassettes I owned was London Calling by The Clash. I don’t remember exactly how I ended up purchasing that white tape. Still, I like to think that a snobby record store employee like Barry in High Fidelity turned...
by Brett | Jan 30, 2025 | Updates
OpenAI and Anthropic just saw their competitive advantage in generative AI change drastically in the last few days. Their billions of dollars in spending (and funding) aren’t turning out to be quite the protective moat around their business like they thought....
by Brett | Jan 24, 2025 | Updates
TikTok TikTok has had an eventful January. After a bit of back-and-forth over the weekend, TikTok went from normal – available to use and download on the App Store and Google Play – to completely unavailable. Then it came back online, but with a bit of a...