Make It Yourself
Making sense of the existential dread I feel from the sudden rise of ChatGPT and resolving the conflict between affordances and the humanity of doing difficult things.
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Patterns: Familiar, comfortable, and meaningful
Patterns are important for creating meaning. Thoughtfully breaking patterns creates richness in writing, design, and life.
Playground for the Mind
Why you should keep a journal and how to get started.
Making Meaningful Chunks of Words in Digital Content
Three ways to create meaningful units of words that compel audiences to savor your content.
The Long Winding Road to Your Voice
Each of has a voice waiting to be discovered if we can overcome the nefarious behaviors of Resistance.
Reflections on 2022
How do you measure success: volume or Quality?
Content = Ideas + Writing + Form
Breaking content down into its atomic parts and examining how they work together to create an experience.
The Practicing Artist
11 Principles for Crafting your Life as a Work of Art
In Praise of the Shit File
Instead of killing your darlings, what if you stored them in a place with a foul sounding name until they were ready for their moment? That's a job for the humble Shit File.
Data Storytelling
A primer on how to weave data and narrative into a compelling argument that connects real humans to ideas.