Five Things: June 20, 2024
"People are the answer to the problems of bits." Five Things for June 20, 2024
Five Things: January 4, 2024
"One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire." Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Not-so-random pandemic thoughts on Author Platforms
It's an unfortunate truth about books that it's never simply been about being a good writer, but as literal thousands of new books are published every month, marketability is arguably more important — and harder to define — than it's ever been.
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.
Five Things: November 16, 2023
"Culture handbooks don't produce culture, people do." Five things for November 16, 2023.
I don’t miss the office, I miss the people…
Like so many other things, the pandemic completely disrupted those social outings, but at no point did I ever miss getting on the train and going into an office every day... until I suddenly did. Kind of.
Goodbye, Twitter. Goodbye, Substack. *DELETE*
Much like the lack of flying cars and personal jetpacks, the internet in 2023 is a major disappointment.