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I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!
When a company you like buying from does something you don’t like, what do you do about it?
If most people publish average ideas…
Run average campaigns…
In average businesses…
With average levels of care…
There’s a subtle difference between perfectionism and growth:
When you have a product to sell, you can either:
There are two types of notebook users.
“Wedding photographers outraged by amateur who offered to pay couples to shoot their big day.”
A lot of folks are talking about ‘software brain’ again.
Between 2005 and 2019, the number of words we speak out loud to another human reportedly fell by nearly 28 percent.
Why are shiny new-and-improved things exciting?
When the camera happened, artists were supposed to be doomed.
Some want to pay less, to get less, while demanding more, and leave for a cheaper option when it comes along.
Your message isn’t what it says on your website.
Sometimes, you can get more ideas to explore by prompting an LLM for them.
I don’t mind if your email isn’t perfectly formatted. It shows me you cared to write it yourself.
Moleskine have been a staple of the creative world for decades.
For a long time, people pursued convenience.
If you keep a notebook or pen in your hand, you’ll write or draw.
My team was celebrated by a client because of the energy it brought to an emergency.
Our gardeners don’t touch the neighbours gardens.
When web authors don’t care enough to put readers above themselves, websites are a chore.
When you write good documentation, you’re really writing a book.
If you try to ‘generate’ a shortcut to creating your magic, you’ll lose the magic.
Whenever I go to the park with my son, I’m struck:
As of last year, 51–53% of global internet traffic was bots, surpassing human activity for the first time.
When the Gorillaz team were waiting in LA to hear whether or not their movie would happen,
I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!