Ethos

“It's actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you'll be okay.” ― Alan Cumming, Not My Father's Son

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My New (used) Book Just Sent Me an Email: Steal This Simple, Powerful Communications Idea

I'm a huge fan of Better World Books [https://www.betterworldbooks.com/] for its social impact business model. When I don't buy books from a local bookstore, this is my merchant of choice. Their transactional communications demonstrate the power of a good story and a great

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Designing Communications for Action

This is communications design that inspires action. Words and graphics that popped off my LinkedIn feed and got me thinking - and wanting to know more about Juhan Sonin. [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/juhansonin_juhans-draft-policy-list-v02-activity-6780266964741849088-pB14] While the policies are consistent with some (but not all) of my own positions,

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Navigating Our Imminent Future: A Conversation With Mike Kuniavsky

"I want to see the positive side of it, and I want to see where we really can give people superpowers—but with the knowledge that significant challenges happen with every single innovation."

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The Temple of Knowledge

Ronald Clark’s father was the custodian of a branch of the New York Public Library at a time when caretakers, along with their families, lived in the buildings. He remembers literally growing up in a library, creeping down to the stacks in the middle of the night when curiosity gripped him.

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Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

While the web enables incredible creativity, knowledge sharing, and progress, it also enables a lot of harm. Tim Berners-Lee is leading a global project to protect the web from being abused - and protect our information from being misused.As he writes [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/