Writing

Another good example of clear offer in email

December 18, 2019

This one is very simple, and you’ll see that the type is small and hard to read, but the point is that they are highlighting…

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Not being shy about your newsletter

December 16, 2019

I like the way Tim Ferris puts his newsletter as a menu item on his website. This is part of an integrated strategy—I like what…

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A bold and honest ask

December 15, 2019

What I love about this is that the design itself says, “we are not afraid to ask first before we send you emails.” People actually…

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Decentralizing gig economies

September 9, 2018

Today I read a really interesting article about creating the Decentralized Web. The people pursuing the idea are seeking to extricate themselves from the hyper-aggregation of…

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Creating a Structure to Nurture and Share Our Work

August 19, 2017
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Where the moon has come out

August 12, 2017

We have walked away from the dinner table where they were all talking about all the terrible things you had to do just to survive.…

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A Nearly Coherent System is Completely Non-Functional

August 12, 2017

A discussion of partial systems, versus whole systems, that applies to just about anything. Has important implications for how we design things.

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Thoughts on Expert Systems

August 12, 2017

Thoughts on the advantages of expert systems. Optimal wetware/software interfaces, but with learning curves. Problems with learning (you become estranged from the hardness for naive…

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Felt Upper And Lower Bounds As A Way Of Setting Sliding Scale

August 10, 2017

Thoughts in a felt way to set a sliding scale, based on feel. Finding a middle ground between a pure capitalist “we each try to just…

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A 5-D Paradigm for Making Websites That Matter

August 10, 2017

 

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