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Trung Phan
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Trung Phan's personal blog at readtrung.com covers business, economics and startups. Since 2023, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
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Most-linked posts?
- A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-03-12
- Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" (2023)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-29
- The Economist Cover Curse2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-12-23
- Hermès Sells "Time"2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-18
What Hacker News says?
Apple without Ive and Jobs increasingly has a taste problem. Everything from their ads to things like this are just in really poor taste, and aren’t something that they would have done 15 years ago because they would have thought it was beneath their brand. I like Apple, so I’m really hoping they bring on someone to solve this. Otherwise they’re on track to be the same as every other tasteless tech company. More on…
Comment linking /p/steve-jobs-rick-rubin-and-taste
on “More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad”Submitted Garmin's –$40B Pivot as a story · 249 points
HN discussionCocomelon is particularly bad and weaponized intentionally against kid attention: https://www.readtrung.com/p/why-i-love-bluey-and-hate-cocome...
Comment linking /p/why-i-love-bluey-and-hate-cocomelon
on “How we built Bluey’s world”Submitted A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024) as a story · 198 points
HN discussionThat's one criticism I've heard about it actually, but not sure how much it's actually true. Basically that people love Bluey because it appeals more to adults, but that may make it not as good as other shows for child development (which adults might find boring). I don't know that I buy that though, I think the shows that claim they're for child development but are insufferable to adults would be better of just ski…
Comment linking /p/why-i-love-bluey-and-hate-cocomelon
on “How we built Bluey’s world”Submitted South Park creator’s 2007 digital ad revenue sharing clause as a story · 97 points
HN discussionI don’t think The Economist has that kind of power. More likely that when they make covers like these every normie feels that way and it’s going the other way soon, as it has exhausted every buyer or seller and it has reached the ends of your earth and your Mom and Dad even feel that way. https://www.readtrung.com/p/the-economist-cover-curse-explai...
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on “Is The Economist Always Wrong?”Submitted The Psychology of Apple Packaging as a story · 59 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Greatest Meme Template as a story · 31 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tariff Engineering as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted James Cameron on AI in Hollywood as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" (2023) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hermès Sells "Time" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple's M&A Strategy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Costco Won in Japan as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming the Tuna King as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Costco's $9B Clothes Business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Economist Cover Curse as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hermès Sells "Time": How French giant creates most sought after leather bags as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hayao Miyazaki: 9 Creative Lessons as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware Value Capture as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Context matters more than content in the age of AI-generated media as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted OpenAI, Humane and Apple's Shadow as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Italy built an $8B dam to save Venice as a story · 1 points
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