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Original writing on the current state of digital content, including SEO, UX, social media, legacy media, software, independent publishers, AR, VR, emerging tech, and everything in between.

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From engineered content to informed editorial: Blazing new trails in digital publishing

From engineered content to informed editorial: Blazing new trails in digital publishing

With data science and algorithms being panned into binary, good-versus-bad narratives, where can we find clarity and room to experiment?

Redefining content strategy: Matching business needs with audience behaviors

Redefining content strategy: Matching business needs with audience behaviors

How can we better elevate content strategy at the business level so that our roles, our passions, our work, and our brains are not considered replaceable?

When it comes to content, is data science actually scientific?

When it comes to content, is data science actually scientific?

Understanding predictive modeling can help you play moneyball temporarily, but it doesn’t scale as anticipated. And the scientific method completely falls apart when applied to the chaos of the internet. Here's why.

When the discourse misses the point: Techno-optimists vs. legacy media

When the discourse misses the point: Techno-optimists vs. legacy media

There’s a lot of online chatter on the new platform-driven internet, the rise of AI, and what all that means for the future. With techno-optimists and legacy media failing to understand what’s actually going on, maybe it’s time to create the internet we really want.

Join me in my media production kitchen

Join me in my media production kitchen

For content creators, it can be a struggle juggling multiple content streams at once. Turns out there’s a lot we can borrow from the restaurant industry to create efficient production pipelines of our own.

“Content” isn’t the enemy: Keeping content creative, not generative

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Publisher Deborah Carver steps into the ring to weigh on recent media criticism of the word "content," suggesting that the budgets allocated to content production and the possibilities of generating "form" with AI should be where our attention lies.

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