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November 18, 2021 by deborah-carver in Production

Internet business writing tips #3: Insight vs. observation and other troublesome word pairs

What's the difference between an anomaly and an outlier? How do you best leverage the word "leverage"? Check out these troublesome business writing word pairs.

November 12, 2021 by deborah-carver in Strategy

Internet business writing tips #2: The case for shorter sentences

Y'all need to write shorter sentences. Here's what to cut from your business writing and why.

Members November 5, 2021 by deborah-carver in Production

Internet business writing tip #1: "This is" weak prose

Why "this is" is uninspired writing, despite its popularity in the newsletterverse.

May 21, 2020 by deborah-carver in Production

A mockup tool for better design systems: Figma review

Figma is becoming the most popular collaborative digital prototyping and design tool. Read The Content Technologist review.

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style guides

Internet business writing tips #3: Insight vs. observation and other troublesome word pairs

Internet business writing tips #2: The case for shorter sentences

Internet business writing tip #1: "This is" weak prose

A mockup tool for better design systems: Figma review

A digression on trust: Slop blogs and the accomplished UX strategist who doesn't exist

Our 2024 tech stack: Back to basics

Cultivating ideas in content production: This one weird trick will separate the bots from the professionals

Join me in my media production kitchen

Is all generative AI art terrible? A consideration of how changes in software transform artistic production