Five Things: October 3, 2024
“Why did you remove all the updates?” Five Things for October 3, 2024
Five Things: September 19, 2024
“Reading this was like watching an ace pitcher bedazzling hitters.” Five Things for September 19, 2024
Five Things: September 5, 2024
“Democratizing access to creativity.” Five Things for September 5, 2024
Five Things: August 22, 2024
“Data-informed, never data-driven.” Five Things for August 22, 2024
Five Things: November 30, 2023
“I’d pay good money to hear the whisper networks’ take on that.” Five things for November 30, 2023.
Five Things: December 15, 2022
Five things for December 15, 2022. That’s it! That’s the excerpt.
Refuting the Book of George
[This was originally published by About.com in its Poetry section, back in 1999, in response to the release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. It was retrieved via the Wayback Machine as About.com no longer exists, and I’m republishing it here for my own archives, but also in an initial response to Boba Fett’s return, about which I’m feeling a little ambivalent.]
Five Things: February 25, 2021
Five things of interest, every other Thursday. That’s it! That’s the description.
Publishing Dirt: Prioritizing the White Gaze for Fun & Profit
I don’t usually engage in conversations about individual books as the topic du jour is almost always something I haven’t read yet or have no personal interest in, but the ongoing conversation around American Dirt sucked me in because it was such a glaring symptom of the industry’s underlying illness I’ve raged about many, many, oh so many, times. Against my better judgement, it’s dominated my own Twitter feed for nearly two weeks now, and all indications are it’s going to remain a hot topic for a while longer—for better and worse. Also against my better judgement, I decided to consolidate my thoughts into this unexpectedly long, but hopefully coherent, post. Apologies in advance!
Marketing Memos: Quality Content, Diversity, and PowerPoint
I read (and listen to) a lot about what’s happening in marketing and media these days, and while the desire for clicks and the illusion of engagement generates a lot of useless noise, there are still some good, actionable insights being put out there that can be easily missed. I share the good stuff on Twitter and LinkedIn when I find it, but “Marketing Memos” is a weekly(ish) selection of 3-5 of the most interesting and insightful articles and podcast episodes—curated after I’ve had a chance to process them and identify the best.