It's Getting Better All the Time
I receive the most criticism when I post about positive things happening in the world. I find that fascinating. It could be because a lot of people rely on negative outlooks to fuel their jobs, hobbies, or identities. Steven Pinker experienced this himself on a grand scale when he published
Get Published Podcast Episode 169: CJ Chilvers
Paul G. Brodie had me on his podcast [https://player.fm/series/get-published-podcast-2350290/cj-chilvers-engaging-your-email-list] to discuss A Lesser Photographer [https://www.cjchilvers.com/a-lesser-photographer] and how I chose quality of audience over quantity with my email newsletter. We had a great discussion after the show too about alternative business models
Thanks, Hamish!
Hamish Gill wrote a wonderful review of A Lesser Photographer at 35mmc [https://www.35mmc.com/31/12/2018/the-lesser-photographer/]: > “I suppose you could call it tips, or maybe advice, but that feels like an injustice to it. It’s more sage than those words sum up – it feels
I Finally Made a "Now" Page
I don’t know why I waited so long to make a “now” page (Derek Sivers). I read them all the time. If you’re new to the concept, here’s the inventor Derek Sivers [https://sivers.org/nowff]: > “It’s a nice reminder for myself, when I’m
Consistency
This is one of the sentences I say regularly that drives people crazy: > “Consistency is great, but we don’t want to be consistently wrong.” Consistency really is great when it reinforces good habits in your readers (weekly newsletters, daily posts, etc.). It’s terrible when it’s used
The Mechanization of Knowledge
> “Improvements in communication make for increased difficulties of understanding.” — Harold Innis [http://www.roughtype.com/?p=8557] This quote messed with my head for a while, yet it accurately describes the point we're at with some forms of online publishing. Breaking the barriers and killing off the