For years I’ve mostly understood the value of building “calendar blocks”, but I’ve always resisted. I know some people that use them and use them well, but something just didn’t work for me. However, a few weeks ago Jason Blumer presented them as calendar containers instead instead of calendar blocks, and it all suddenly clicked […]
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noreply means “don’t bother us”
I’m in between cars right now, and slowly looking. I’m not traveling much lately thanks to COVID, so I’m in no rush. Last week, I sent an inquiry to Subaru about a car on their lot. Here is a screenshot of the form I filled out: Pretty simple so far — I’m asking about a […]
How long to get to the good stuff?
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a huge difference in how podcasts deliver their content. Some do their best to get to the meat of things fairly quickly, while others have gobs of “stuff” to cover before they really get started. Below are five podcasts that I enjoy, and I thought it’d be interesting […]
When necessary, use paper
I’ve been listening to the 2Bobs podcast a lot lately. David and Blair do an exceptional job, and I highly recommend it to anyone in the creative industry. One of Blair’s big pushes is that proposals and contracts are two different things. Proposals should ideally simply be a way to reach a soft agreement, and […]