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Trung Phan
readtrung.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2023
Trung Phan writes about business, media, and culture, covering topics like Bluey, Apple's packaging, Steve Jobs and taste, and Garmin.
What HN saysHN commenters cite his Bluey versus Cocomelon piece on children's attention and use his Economist cover and Apple posts to discuss market timing and brand taste.
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- 1A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)2 people · 198 points · first shared 2025 · 215 comments on HN
- 2Hermès Sells "Time"2 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 3 comments on HN
- 3Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" (2023)2 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 4The Economist Cover Curse2 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 5Garmin's –$40B Pivot1 people · 249 points · first shared 2025 · 310 comments on HN
- 6South Park creator’s 2007 digital ad revenue sharing clause1 people · 97 points · first shared 2025 · 58 comments on HN
- 7The Psychology of Apple Packaging1 people · 59 points · first shared 2024 · 41 comments on HN
- 8The Greatest Meme Template1 people · 31 points · first shared 2024 · 9 comments on HN
- 9Tariff Engineering1 people · 17 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 10James Cameron on AI in Hollywood1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 11Apple's M&A Strategy1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 12Costco's $9B Clothes Business1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 13How Costco Won in Japan1 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 14The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Becoming the Tuna King1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
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homefree · 2025-08-04
Cocomelon is particularly bad and weaponized intentionally against kid attention: https://www.readtrung.com/p/why-i-love-bluey-and-hate-cocomelon
Mistletoe · 2026-07-08
I 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-explained
keiferski · 2025-06-29
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 taste and Apple: https://www.readtrung.com/p/steve-jobs-rick-rubin-and-taste