There’s a terrible LinkedIn-style post I’ve been tempted to write over the years that equates business to soccer… This isn’t that post, but it’s relevant context.
Tag: Rant
Understanding what “I am not ‘anti-AI’… I am pro-craft.” means to me
Resistance is never futile. More importantly, it can be contagious.
The “AI in Publishing” Hype Train needs to be derailed
The AI hype train is reaching predictably ridiculous extremes in a desperate attempt to force acceptance of its “inevitable” narrative, and it’s partly because credulous journalists who should absolutely know better by now happily platform the worst of this nonsense.
One year later, the problem with social media is clear: PEBKAC
I don’t usually buy into “blame the user” for most problems, but our collective addiction to vanity metrics ruined everything, and even those who didn’t buy into them have suffered the consequences. The problem exists between keyboard and chair.
Maybe Publishers Should “Love” Libraries a Little Less?
It’s truly amazing how publishers who routinely claim, “We love libraries!” every summer at ALA Annual — the conference many of them hope will replace their own failed Book Expo America — find it so much easier to fight those same libraries in court, on multiple fronts, rather than figuring out how to come to the table and negotiate in good faith with such a critical partner.
[FLASHBACK] The Future of the Blog: Robots Win
Shatner’s on Twitter, too, which is a “micro-blogging” platform. It’s like a blog on training wheels, for bloggers too stupid or boring to put together a compelling paragraph or three, and social media gurus who don’t like dealing with people all that much. Ev and Biz clearly had no idea the monster they were creating.
The Lessons of Media Bankruptcy (or, Sad Anniversary, F+W Media!)
Here’s four things I learned which might be strong signs your company is heading in the wrong direction.