I have a bit of free time these days, and have been neglecting my blog as of late. Luckily, I have some project ideas! But I'm having trouble deciding which one to work on.

In an ideal world, I'd get all of them done this summer, and each project seems individually pretty doable! But I am no stranger to the planning fallacy, scope creep, and my own perfectionism, and therefore expect each of these to take substantial time and effort.

I'd love suggestions on which of these projects I should pursue most! I'll give a pitch for each option.

Is 69 Unique? The Search for Nice Numbers [video adaptation of the blog post]

I've written two popular blog posts on "nice numbers", and /Conflux/will-3blue1brown-publish-a-video-ab may or may not happen. But math videos are maybe more accessible/potentially-viral than blog posts, and Grant from 3B1B was supportive of the idea of me making my own video about nice numbers and entering it into his third Summer of Math Exposition contest. Could bring the joy of nice numbers to new audiences!

I have the content here, and some visuals/writing to use as a starting point. I've never made a YouTube video this involved though. SoME3 deadline is Aug 18 so that's a bit of forcing factor.

Ain’t a Bad Lie: A Crucimusical Multimedia Experience [video]

This would be an adaptation of a multi-layered presentation I gave at a "presentation party". I don't wanna spoil anything! But I think it's fun...

Could make it a blog post, but am more enthusiastic about recording myself presenting the slideshow (which I could probably do in a sitting), then adding the overture in video editing, which may be more finicky.

One-Sentence Book Reviews 2022-23 [blog post]

I did this last year, and thought it was reasonably fun and successful! I remember thinking I'd do it again in a year. It's not as flashy as some of the other options, but it might be faster to make.

The Market Manipulation Podcast (and Tales from Manifold) [blog post]

I've mentioned Manifold on my blog, but have yet to fully introduce it to my audience. This post would link to and describe the first four episodes of the Market Manipulation Podcast, but an ideal version of it would also have some background and fun anecdotes about Manifold - which is potentially the harder part to execute well.

Note that I am expecting y'all to be slightly biased toward this option!

Something else

Maybe I'll prefer another idea! It counts for this market if it's a nontrivial blog post or internet project.

Note for resolving this market: for the main four options, they won't have to be exactly as described or exactly with the tentative title I wrote - they just have to have the essence of the project, in my judgement.

I will extend this market until I publish my next nontrivial blog post or internet project. But I'd be disappointed with myself if I didn't publish anything within the next few weeks.

General policy for my markets: In the rare event of a conflict between my resolution criteria and the agreed-upon common-sense spirit of the market, I may resolve it according to the market's spirit or N/A, probably after discussion.