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Free content tech ideas: Somebody please develop these tools

Free content tech ideas: Somebody please develop these tools

Five ideas for content tools that don't exist at the time of writing. Maybe they are good? Probably not.

Why there's no such thing as "healthy competition" in digital content

Why there's no such thing as "healthy competition" in digital content

A competitive mindset is endemic in the media and agency businesses where I’ve worked in the past. How can your content business get over competition?

How to optimize gifs on Giphy

How to optimize gifs on Giphy

Gifs have changed conversation and online communication. Here's how to optimize for the most popular gif search engine, Giphy.

On the MIT Media Lab, Joichi Ito and the funding of innovation

On the MIT Media Lab, Joichi Ito and the funding of innovation

We need to talk about what enables the kind of behavior that minimizes others’ autonomy.

Why do I love digital content?

Why do I love digital content?

I love the internet and digital content but I don't code. What's up with that?

Do content marketers buy tech?

Do content marketers buy tech?

In conversations with several content software vendors, they’ve indicated that they’re not tabling at Content Marketing World. Why is that?

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