> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.howardgray.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Adventures #32: The Tension, The Educators, The DJs - URL: https://www.howardgray.net/adventures-32-the-tension-the-educators-the-djs/ - Published: 2019-08-01T10:27:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-06T10:04:40.000Z - Author: Howard Gray - Tags: #substack, Adventures It's holiday time. Switch off, take stock, or perhaps get ahead while the rest are lounging. Whatever we're doing, the tension will eventually show: Work or Play; Creating vs Capturing; Employee to Entrepreneur; Fitting In or Standing Out. A lot of my recent notes, observations, and decisions boil down to working through the tension: the trade-offs, contradictions, and opportunity costs we all have to tussle with. The tension can drive us forward as well as hold us back. It's fascinating - and I'm doing a project around it. As for what the project is; you'll have to wait until next time. After all, I don't want to lessen the tension. I hope you enjoy this month's dispatch. and as always I'd love to hear where you're spending your time right now. Just hit reply. Thanks for reading. Howard **[www.howardgray.net](https://www.howardgray.net/)** | **[@howardgray](http://www.twitter.com/howardgray?ref=howardgray.net)** #### // CAREER FUEL ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/983002c4-70ff-4506-b606-2030e284b99b_700x338.jpeg) **[The Educator in Residence](https://www.howardgray.net/2019/08/01/the-educator-in-residence/)** Emerging forms of education are a smart company's new secret weapon. With some Hollywood inspiration, here's how they can activate it. **[\> Read more](https://www.howardgray.net/2019/08/01/the-educator-in-residence/)** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/a6f8ed70-302c-4bee-b268-99d9bb7926ef_800x514.jpeg) **[Workshop Creator Course](https://www.howardgray.net/workshop-creator-email-course/)** It turns out Adventures... subscribers can't sign up for the Workshop Creator course I shared last time out *(thanks for the irony, Mailchimp).* If you want to access it, reply here and I'll add you! **[\> Technology Fail](https://www.howardgray.net/workshop-creator-email-course/)** \*Extra Career Fuel\*: I've opened up two spaces for new coaching clients. Interested? Want to tell a friend? Curious what this is all about? **[Head over here to learn more >>](https://www.howardgray.net/coaching)** Also: **[\> Why you should Generalise, not Specialise](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/12/generalise-dont-specialise-why-focusing-too-narrowly-is-bad-for-us?ref=howardgray.net)** **[\> Coaching: going inside the 3 agendas](https://howardgray.net/2019/07/31/coaching-three-agendas-for-exploration/?ref=howardgray.net)** #### // MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/13aba01e-209b-45f3-a9d5-8720c3b48123_600x400.jpeg) **[Inside Eric Prydz's new stage show](https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/7/9/20683461/dj-eric-prydz-epic-6-0-holosphere-tomorrowland?ref=howardgray.net)** 5 tons of lasers, domes, LEDs and other electronic delights. I'd love to see more articles like this, especially with interactive elements where us regular folk can have a play around. **[\> Read more](https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/7/9/20683461/dj-eric-prydz-epic-6-0-holosphere-tomorrowland?ref=howardgray.net)** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/65827c53-9055-46b2-b890-0a34fc75e573_700x388.png) **[How music festivals respond to the climate crisis](https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3461?ref=howardgray.net)** It's good to see this issue being featured more prominently in niche media. Next month's digest will be going further into this and sustainability more broadly. **[\> Watch](https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3461?ref=howardgray.net)** *Note: the eagle-eyed among you may have noticed The Tension between the two articles above. The 5-ton festival structure ain't good for the climate. Wicked problems indeed.* #### // CULTURE ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/ad77995b-a38c-46a8-9bad-63aee5bb1a8a_900x600.jpeg) **[The dark side of the gig economy](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/doordash-ubereats-food-app-delivery-bike.html?ref=howardgray.net)** An inconvenient truth. I'm not sure how prevalent these services are globally but for a lot of NYC residents they're ubiquitous to the point of being staples. Here's what happens under the visor. **[\> Read more](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/doordash-ubereats-food-app-delivery-bike.html?ref=howardgray.net)** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/7d18a9a8-9339-4ccc-a891-48a447dbc1bc_600x450.jpeg) **[The consequences of Berlin's rapid gentrification](https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-causes-and-consequences-of-berlins-rapid-gentrification?ref=howardgray.net)** There's a lot in here - inequality, displacement, culture, digitisation, history. It's still an issue I find tricky to untangle, and again, there's a lot of tension. **[\> Read more](https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-causes-and-consequences-of-berlins-rapid-gentrification?ref=howardgray.net)** #### // JUKEBOX ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/8db916d6-99a1-453f-b985-3a654ac7a794_320x320.jpeg) ### **[Parquet Courts](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1aqeAn?si=%5F-OIMLuLR1O%5F3TF3oMqjUA&ref=howardgray.net)** This month I've spent quite a bit of time working from and wandering the sparse, arid, arty climes that are Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. What better time and place than to load up a dose of Parquet Courts' low-slung post-punk sounds... **[\> Listen](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1aqeAn?si=%5F-OIMLuLR1O%5F3TF3oMqjUA&ref=howardgray.net)** #### // FOOTNOTES Other things I've been up to this month: \- Podcast planning. My dulcet tones will soon be returning to a digital device near you. \- Hiding this down here as it's a little weird - will anyone will read it. **[On Tour Again.](https://howardgray.net/2019/07/30/orbiting-the-orbit-on-tour-again/?ref=howardgray.net)** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/d8/1a/d81abdb4-b001-4d5e-9a22-7d2a3d72df17/content/images/public/images/3ce6f664-5dab-4e6a-9cc5-3aa541935596_300x300.png) This is an email digest from me - **[Howard](https://www.howardgray.net/)**. I'm an educator, coach and project builder based in NYC. This monthly dispatch collates a few of the things I've found interesting across education, entrepreneurship, and entertainment.