Mark Zuckerberg joins Clubhouse, sparking rumors of acquisition
Elon Musk and crypto, Mark Zuckerberg talks VR, China users fly under the radar, and Twitter Spaces to be available for Android users
Welcome to this week's news, commentary, discussion and upcoming events on Clubhouse and elsewhere.
News & Commentary
The Clubhouse Chronicles covers Elon Musk on the GOOD TIME Show, Neuralink & Tesla, his typical day, cryptocurrency and interrogation of Robinhood CEO
Mike Butcher writes about Elon Musk busting Clubhouse limit, fans streaming it on YouTube, and the interview with Vladimir Tenev on TechCrunch
Steve Pratt discusses the disruptiveness of Clubhouse for Podcasting, Talk Radio, and Conferences on Pacific Content
NextShark discusses David Markovich, his Clubhouse meltdown and suspension for moderating a room welcoming Chinese and Japanese users that led to him disrespecting the community
The Clubhouse Chronicles talks about Mark Zuckerburg joining Clubhouse and his perspective on the future of Virtual Reality
The Pattern of Open and Closed social networks like Clubhouse and Twitter by Will Oremus
TechCrunch answers the question: Will the Clubhouse model work in China? Information control, Clubhouse elites, Chinese counterparts, and Technical support
This week in Clubhouse: Unreleased transcript of Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant, and Dan Romero on crypto, longevity tech, and education
The Clubhouse Chronicles goes into detail about the rumor of Facebook planning to acquire Clubhouse
Forbes explains Clubhouse growth compared to Twitter Spaces, Chalk, Discord, and Locker Room
Twitter reassures Android users that they will be able to participate in Twitter Spaces in the near future on Digital Information World
Clubhouse Release Notes & Town Hall Updates
No new app updates this week. The next release will be in two weeks. Find the previous release notes here.
During Sunday’s town hall, Paul Davison and Rohan Seth focused on welcoming people, keeping the wheels on, discovery, and great experience. The current updates they shared are: refreshing of calendars, club pages, and profiles, hiring engineers, designers, and a discovery team, and shareable links. They also mentioned that they will be releasing a green room feature soon which is a private space for hosts to gather and get ready before the room opens. You can find check out this Twitter thread for more details. You can also find a summary in the Clubhouse Tea newsletter.
Video of the week
How to guides, tips & tricks
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Notable people who joined Clubhouse this week
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck23): American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. Co-Founder, CEO, Chairman of Facebook.
Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan): American actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and television personality.
Chrissy Teigen (@chrissyteigen): American model, television personality, author, and entrepreneur.
Zendaya (@zendaya): American actress and singer. Known for Euphoria, Spiderman, The Greatest Showman and more.
Serena Williams (@serena): American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis.
Recommended events coming up on Clubhouse
We realize that it's impossible to curate events on Clubhouse as every user has their own preferences. Additionally some of the best events are not scheduled and are created ad-hoc. With all that said, the list below includes what stood out for us and should appeal to a wide range of people. If there's anything you think we missed out, feel free to contact us.
MON Feb 8, 10 AM PST
When to Discuss Your Transgender &/or Mental Health Status
w/ Marilyn Devonish, Corey Rae
When forming a relationship with a potential partner, when is a good time to discuss your transgender &/or your mental health status? Join us for an honest, open, respectful discussion. Over 18s only
MON Feb 8, 3 PM PST
🐾The No No’s🐾 - Setting your dog up to win!
w/ Michael Habicht, Ryan Matthews, Ekene Okeke, Tia Salmon, Serge Del Mar
Learn from a former Army K-9 trainer turned celebrity trainer - how to positively transform your relationship with your dog.
MON Feb 8, 7 PM PST
w/ Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz
Q&A, and arguing about the A’s, with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
TUE Feb 9, 6 AM PST
Personal Branding & Marketing with Guest Jay Baer
w/ Groundswell, Brittany Krystle, Fanzo, JayBaer
In-Depth discussion about ideas on how to build your audience and personal branding in 2021. This is the 6th session of our weekly room. www.PersonalBranding.club
TUE Feb 9, 8 AM PST
Entrepreneurs That Make A Difference
w/ Trevor Goodchild, Melinda Jackson, Givelist, Michelle Patschke
Join us to discuss the intersection between entrepreneurship & social impact. We network, share ideas & empower each other to change the world for the better through our unique abilities in startups.
TUE Feb 9, 4 PM PST
Drones and Robotics for Conservation and Science
w/ Amanda Johnstone, Catherine Ball, Shah Selbe, Andra Keay, Victor Villegas, Anthony Oyedeji
Come and bring your stories, questions, projects, ideas, and collaborations. A/Prof Catherine Ball Australian National University, Shah Selbe of Conservify, and Andra Keay of Silicon Valley Robotics.
WED Feb 10, 10 AM PST
🚀 👨🎓 The Business of Education: Weekly
w/ Vitaly Klopot, Peter Reed
How to scale online degree programmes to 1000+ students? The paradigm of quality over student quality? Edtech predictions in 2021?
WED Feb 10, 6 PM PST
Racism in Medicine/Medical Education...Let’s Talk About It
w/ Kimberly Adu-Gyamfi, Dr. Jessica Isom, Dr. Linelle Campbell, Ashalie Gonsoulin, Dr. Magdala Chery, Mohit Arora, Dr. Sabrina Gard
We will be discussing Racism in Medicine and in Medical Education from the perspective of Physicians and Medical Students. We will be sharing experiences and brainstorming ways to address.
WED Feb 10, 7 PM PST
w/ Eugenia Chen
Join Shark Tank Entrepreneurs as we share stories from our business building adventures and host an AMA
THU Feb 11, 1 PM PST
Creatives in Quarantine - Creating a Podcast using Zoom
w/ Tiwana Floyd, Ari Wojciech
Filmmaker-writer-actor Ari Wojciech interviews actor turned executive producer Tiwana Floyd, how she created & hosted 22 episodes of the video podcast “Creatives in Quarantine” via zoom.
THU Feb 11, 4 PM PST
w/ Jeanel Alvarado, Sweeney Mae, David Polinchock, “The Canvassing Queen”, Josh Orr, Craig Patterson, Stephen Brooks, Ron Thurston, Okey Nwoke, JUSTIN KORINIS
Join us for a discussion on the future of retail, as we speak with experts in retail, real estate and tech!
THU Feb 11, 5 PM PST
Women Interested in Climate Investing & Finance 🌎♻️⚡️
w/ Marisa Sweeney, Lydia Li
We need more women in principal investing to help fight climate change ⚡️♻️🌎 - join us as we highlight how we moved into working in sustainable finance and discuss other topics! All welcome 🙃
FRI Feb 12, 8:30 AM PST
How Non-Techies Can Launch Successful Tech Startups
w/ Nelly Yusupova
Are you a non-technical founder launching or want to launch a tech startup? Join Nelly Yusupova, CTO with 18 years experience, to learn how to do it effectively.
FRI Feb 12, 9 AM PST
w/ Kathrin Bussmann
A weekly chat about topics relevant to global brand building, e.g. global marketing, translation & localization, international SEO, web globalization, regional trends, cultural intelligence, and more!
FRI Feb 12, 5:30 PM PST
w/ Calvin Nellum M.Ed, Erica Pitts, Adrienne Waller, Jae Ricks
Is American education teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem solvers? How can just schooling be detrimental? Please join us as we dive deeper into these topics. Peace family!
SAT Feb 13, 8 AM PST
w/ Thalith Salis, Adeyinka Adebakin, Yemi Adebayo, Jerahmeel Madu
Session for the Deisgn Community, for talks on Design life, Products, UI/UX, Development, Functional Design and taking over the world by making life easier.
SAT Feb 13, 9:30 AM PST
Writer’s Pop-Up Shop📚🛍 Tell Us About Your Book!
w/ Kim Anthony
Come share your published or writing projects with us.
SAT Feb 13, 3 PM PST
w/ Ruth Gadson-Smith, Scott P. Dawson, MBA, Clayton Duckett Jr., Kassidy, Twa’Lea Jordan, Aisha Thomas, Mz. Word, Tessie Watts, Ed Nusbaum
Celebrate The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity Live Music-Spoken Word-Trivia—and much more!
SUN Feb 14, 9 AM PST
💠 AR Cloud: The 3D Digital Twin of the world
w/ Manu .Vision, Nabil Chehade
Nabil Chehade is a husband, dad and tech entrepreneur. He believes that AR/VR is the next Software wave & evolution of the internet. Come discuss about driverless cars, robots & the AR Cloud.
SUN Feb 14, 12 PM PST
Book Club: Valentine’s Edition
w/ Maya Singhal, Ryan Cecil Jobson, Michael Ralph
For Valentine’s Day, we’re discussing The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar, the book that inspired the Netflix show. Link to the book in the Book Club bio.
SUN Feb 14, 5 PM PST
🎤😂🚨 Overheard Stand Up Comedy Show - Recording 🔊
w/ Leah Lamarr, Nicole Behnam, Jesse Margolis
Solo on Valentine’s Day? We got you. Sick of your significant other on Valentine’s Day? We got you. Already over 2021? Actually, we can’t help. ❤️😂💔 Join us for laughter, celebs and some gem dropping.
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