Collaboration and photography
This summer, my friend Janne-Pekka Manninen, a Finnish journalist and photographer, began a three-month artist’s residency in Berlin. He invited […]
It’s Clippy’s world now
When Microsoft first introduced its Office assistant, “Clippy,” it was ridiculed by many. The cutesy animated paperclip came across as
How to write like Neal Stephenson
I was standing in the futuristic, multi-story atrium of NVIDIA’s “Endeavor” building when I saw Neal Stephenson leaning against a
What it’s like to attend a Renaissance Weekend
Last weekend, on a sunny balcony overlooking Monterey Bay, with cocktail chatter in the near background and sea lions barking
Introduction to Listening Poetry
This summer, I took a five-week course from The Good Listening Project to learn the craft of listening poetry: poetry that arises from
Good listening leads to better thinking
A fellow consultant recently asked me for advice on writing and publishing more consistently. He wasn’t asking me to ghostwrite
Writing with (and without) AI
Artificial intelligence complicates things for writers. It’s complicating everything for everyone these days, sure. We all have AI in our
What is content? What is writing?
Like many writers who take their craft seriously, I had an uneasy relationship with the word “content” for a long
Rewrites to infinity: David Strom on the reality (and dangers) of content collaboration
David Strom is a veteran technology journalist and content strategist who has been covering enterprise technology for over three decades.
Secrets of the word wizards
Writing has always been a challenging job. But now, in the age of generative AI, it’s getting even more difficult