No. 30 | Seven aspirations
To work the plan. To be radically present in my own life.
I have blogged intermittently since the mid 90s. Thankfully, much of the early teenage angst is lost to time. This collects my writings from this site, an earlier personal website, and some newsletter projects over the years, in mostly chronological order. I also publish new writing here. I publish somewhat more formal writing about content strategy and design careers at Content Career Accelerator.
An Introduction to Content Ecosystem Maps
A content ecosystem map is a visual representation of your content reality—what you have and where it is. And yes, you definitely need one.
How to Plan and Run a Content Strategy Alignment Workshop
If you want to ensure a project goes smoothly, you need to get everyone on the same page right from the start. Enter the content strategy alignment workshop.
Scratchpad
An ode to the tools that help us remember.
No. 29 | Seven items of miscellaneous personal news
Got to get into something new when you get dumped.
No. 28 | Seven questions to ask before you order swag
I have strong feelings about swag (also known as schwag, which, ew). The overall sentiment is: NO.
No. 27 | Seven things I make every effort to avoid
At any given moment part of my brain is on alert to help me avoid the following.
No. 26 | Seven lines from Depeche Mode songs you might also hear in a design critique
Everything counts in large amounts. Details add up. Even small things become big over time, after enough encounters with users.
The Side of the Egg
Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg. Haruki Murakami
No. 25 | Seven fears to which I give voice in order to lessen their power over me
1. The fear of my heart growing hard. 2. The fear that it already has.