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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!
I write every day because its a workout for my “idea muscle”.
I was reading a vintage comic today, admiring the artwork, and noticed something that has been lost today.
The PHP exploit this week has caused madness among tech.
Interesting thought exercise in the car this week.
If you want different ideas to everyone else…
If everyone is racing to create more “content” as quickly as possible…
I’ve chatted with a few folks this week with an interesting problem.
I have toys from my childhood on display in my home.
It taking a long time to make doesn’t automatically make your work better.
Picking up my son from nursery is one of the very best parts of my day.
Planes fly themselves. But having a pilot is still important, to make sure everything’s OK, for the times when it’s not.
You can “get more SEO” if you trade a few quality thought pieces for a sausage-factory of slop.
We want to see the backstory behind your brand.
If machines write your copy,
and machines design your pages,
and machines write your code,
and machines generate your images,
adn machines build your products,
and machines answer your phone,
and machines handle your emails,
and machines have your ideas,
and machines run your reports,
and machines run support,
and machines plan your future,
and you sit watching them do it,
Teenage Engineering, a company that makes synths, announced they’re no longer making synths.
Think about all of your competitors.
Stop worrying about how much your tools cost.
Several Photoshop and Lightroom clones are circulating online at the moment.
When you’re at your desk, and you’re about to pick up your phone…
If AI can generate a video of your exact likeness, lip syncing to your exact audio track, why bother getting a camera out and doing it “for real”?
Some brands are built for everyone. To service everyone, appeal to everyone, to be “a household name”.
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!