Mark Grandstaff

Director of Content Strategy, Financial Services, at @GregoryFCA. Wrote for @USATODAY, managed @Fauquiertimes.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

@shanas621 One of the gifts my journalism career gave me was to work through the fear of looking foolish if I ask for information I didn't know.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I'm not on here as much as I was, but I should probably share that I've taken on a new role as the Director of Content Strategy for Financial Services at Gregory FCA! anyway back to drinking from the fire hose 😌

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I would never accuse LinkedIn of being cool and zeitgeisty, but as every other legacy social media site seems caught in a foot race to create the most hostile UX on Earth, I have respect for a stable platform where you can actually find useful information

[Woodrow Oates Montague @sadvalueinvestr]

I can’t, as an adult, press a button to call another adult over, look them in the eye, and ask that they unlock and get me sour patch kids. No sale was made. short $CVS

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

Which company? It is impossible to know, because this very good website now trims the headlines from links.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I desperately need new headshots to use for myself, the thing is that every new photo taken of me makes me look like I'm emerging from a cave to menace bilbo baggins

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

seeing news links on here with no embedded link/nut graf is so cursed, I hate it lol

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I've struggled to find a role for this website as an individual professional. It still has its strengths and there are ppl and groups that have strong footholds here, but I'm just... not going to take it as seriously

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I'm given to understand the Eagles have a forbidden butt push technique now that turns the entire team into a living rail gun pointed at the end zone

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I'm trying to actually learn about the NFL this year, which means I turn on the TV in another room and hope that the ambient football particles give me a +10% buff to sports knowledge

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

OK fair play, of course I'm going to click on an article in an industry publication that promises to tell me about a "brawl." you got me, folks

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

Windows just sent me a notification asking how likely I was to recommend this PC to other people. The PC in question is 10 years old. But like, hey it still works, so

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

It's a mix of competitive spirit, learning to love a very personal, endless journey of self-mastery, and recognizing fellow travelers on the same journey

the absolute dopamine icepick straight to the brain when you outmaneuver your opponent is nice, too

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I am going to spend most of this weekend glued to EVO 2023, I like fighting games a normal amount

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

This is probably naive of me but. it seems messed up to me that industry news outlets report on bajillions of dollars moving around while they hang by a thread after successive rounds of layoffs and buyouts.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I worked as a journalist for most of my career and I work in financial services PR right now. And financial services should want, need, and support independent press right now.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

You want an outside perspective and accountability. You want robust newsrooms, production teams, sales and support staff. Even and especially when they're critical of what you do.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

I am flabbergasted at how cheerfully and frequently Google Bard will just lie to you about pretty basic stuff. I know "hallucinate" is the acceptable tech euphemism but no this thing is bad bad.

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

the air in Philly is so bad it broke the fucking scale on the city website

[Mark Grandstaff @MarkUnusual]

Every Philadelphia primary is like, here are some straightforward ballot questions and top-line candidates. now choose 70 of your favorite court justices