Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, as the director of operations, Ryan Costello, shares his thoughts on the state of the network.
In my time managing the network, there are a few decisions I’ve made based more on how they impacted me than how they might benefit the network. iTunes optimization was one of them, because the needy program kept trying to take over my devices. Another example is how long it took Know Direction to establish a Twitter presence.
For the longest time, I did not get Twitter. I found my feed uninteresting and inconvenient to navigate. I had an account that I basically abandoned, and never set one up for the Network. However, when Luis offered to manage a Know Direction Twitter account, I saw no harm. We set one up, he took whatever I shared to Facebook and brought it to Twitter, nice and simple. When Luis eased up on his Know Direction commitments, control of the KD Twitter account changed a few times and eventually ended up in my lap.
In an effort to increase the Network’s presence, I started looking into the best way to engage on the platform. Finally, I got it. I interacted with fellow Pathfinder enthusiasts, staying positive and playful. I had so much fun, I dusted off my own account.
Then, Elon Musk happened.
Honestly, my Twitter using experience hasn’t really changed much. And yet, every time the platform’s new owner institutes an inane idea, or is in the news touting his own genius over a simple or backwards idea, I resent the platform a little more. His latest endorsement of racist ideals pushed me off the platform, both personally and in a network capacity.
Know Direction will continue to post to Facebook, even though I realize it’s only a lesser evil. We’ve been posting to Mastodon for a while. Even though it’s our least engaged with social media profile, it’s where I met Esther and so I feel a fondness for the platform. More recently, we joined Bluesky. It’s easily the closest I’ve gotten to what I enjoyed about Twitter, so much so I created a personal account. If you follow The Know Direct Network on any of those platforms, feel free to say hi.
Speaking of The Know Direct Network, here is the content we released last week:
Recap of November 13th to to November 17th
What happened last week on knowdirectionpodcast.com and twitch.tv/knowdirection?
Monday, November 13th
Podcast
Intrepid Heroes 120 – Miracles
Our Intrepid Heroes are continue to confront Sivv forces in an effort to stop the Stellar Degenerator from stellar degenerating them and everything they know and love.
Article
Now You Know: What We Know About PaizoCon Online 2024
By Ryan Costello
I go over the recent announcement about the upcoming PaizoCon.
Tuesday, November 14th
Podcast
Game Design Unboxed 76: Dark Domains
If you’ve ever thought about adapting one of your TTRPG campaigns into a board game, Danielle speaks with Jeff Horger about his experience doing just that to create Dark Domains.
Article
Eldritch Excursion – Rangers and Rideshares
By Nate Wright
Nate, not one to shy away from weird concepts and weirder mechanical interpretations, revisits his idea of a group investing in a large transport by way of Archetype feats, this time with meatier results.
Thursday, November 16th
Podcast
Digital Divination 096 – Thanksgiving and Starfinder
John, Jason, and Ron have a broad and casual chat about Starfinder and Thanksgiving, the highlight of which is the casual creation of a playable space turkey species.
Friday, November 17th
Article
Essential Builds – Super Dinosaur
By Ryan Costello
Super Dinosaur is as obscure as I’m willing to go with an Essential Build.
Preview of November 20th to November 24th
This is Block 2 of our 2-block schedule.
Monday, November 20th
Article
Now You Know – End of a Twittera
By Ryan Costello
I feel better already.
Wednesday, November 22nd
Podcast
Know Direction 298: Pathfinder Remaster Review
The Know Direction Network’s own Rob Pontious joins the show to discuss Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder GM Core.
Article
Know Direction 297 In Writing
Also available in text!
Thursday, November 23rd
Article
Investing In
By Rob Pontious
Rob goes deeper into his thoughts on Pathfinder Remaster.
Friday, November 24th
Podcast
Upshift 027
Due to Thanksgiving commitments, Jason isn’t available to record with me this week. That means I’ll either record something solo, or we’ll take the episode off.
Now you know,
Ryan Costello
