Daniel Miessler, the creator of the "Unsupervised Learning" newsletter and podcast, discusses the

importance of content creation for building a personal brand and breaking into

the industry. Miessler believes that having a visible brand can help connect

with others and lead to new opportunities. He recommends immediately capturing

ideas and always having a place to do so. Miessler's podcast and newsletter

cover security, technology, and human news. He believes that tech and science

are subordinate to humanity and is interested in how they impact humans and

what humans care about. Miessler emphasizes the importance of pursuing one's

interests and doing what resonates with oneself rather than creating for the

audience. He encourages being honest and transparent about the learning process

to build credibility and trust with others in the industry.

Miessler

recommends working for oneself as soon as possible, allowing for more control

over one's work and the ability to focus on what matters. He notes the power of

micro-podcasting and recommends having a website or a place to talk about

ideas, as Twitter may not be the best platform for longer-form content. Miessler

believes that AI will lead to digital assistants that will know everything

about you and interact with the world, collecting things that matter to you,

and then bringing them to you in the way that's best for you. He recommends

owning a domain and having content on that domain, making sure that it's easy

to import and export.

Miessler

emphasizes the importance of having control of one's content and recommends

having a website as a home base. He suggests linking out from the website to

different brands and syndication sources, such as Instagram, TikTok, Reddit,

YouTube, and Twitter. Miessler warns that platforms can change at any time, and

creators cannot trust them to keep their promises. As a result, creators should

make sure that their core identity is at their domain and their own website.

Miessler

also notes that the importance of SEO and having content on one's own website

may decrease due to AI's ability to parse and model information. In the future,

digital assistants may be able to answer queries without needing to access

websites directly. However, Miessler still emphasizes the importance of owning

a domain and having control over one's content. He discusses the potential for

AI to summarize books and present information in a way that is tailored to the

user's preferences.

Daniel's social media and resources:

https://twitter.com/DanielMiessler

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/

Unsupervised Learning https://danielmiessler.com/⁠