Writing fan mail - a lost art?
A few thoughts on the value of writing fan mail, and being grateful.
Ash Mann
This week's best things
Dopamine addiction and the end of being 'extremely online', Amazon's Wizard of Oz approach to AI, the cost of interrupted work, a haunted Discord server, AI being used to revive the dead, and The Makedonium Band
Digital? Non-digital? It doesn't matter when it comes to good ideas.
Reflections on and lessons from creative r&d workshops in the Netherlands.
This week's best things
The age of flash fads, the death of the internet, how people listen to podcasts, the racism of AI tools, streaming bots, and a crow named Russell.
This week's best things
Avoiding the mistakes we made with social media, research and reports on audiences, understanding the value of gaming, re-learning the piano, a looming TikTok ban, critical evaluation of AI imagery, and Ken.
Is curiosity a leadership superpower?
Examining the shifts in mindset and approach required to discover new, and better, ways of doing things.
This week's best things
BBC News launches content credentials, the benefits of exercise for creativity, someone has a bad time with VR tourism, the mysteries of LLMs, invisible work, a cheeky ad, and José González.
Getting over 'the fold' and understanding how people read
A look at how people read in screen-based/scrolling enviroments
This week's best things
The power of video games to inspire different possible futures, 8 different decision-making models, how to decide which AI tools to use, the impact of AI-generated content on brand reliability, and an amazing piece of dance.
No filming, no photography. No clapping between movements. What could we learn from Unreasonable Hospitality?
Some thoughts on giant fish, Will Guidara's Theory of Unreasonable Hospitality, and being in an audience that was shushed by a conductor.