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Promotion, activation, and conversation come together when the early adopters have a tool to share a new idea. My new book is out a few months,…

I asked Google Gemini about the last decade of Google’s relentless push to make blogs less popular. It wrote: Your timeline is spot on. The systematic…

Anniversaries | Seth’s Blog Birthdays are a little overrated. I’ve never met anyone who was more than a passive participant in their birth, but anniversaries represent…

Thirty years ago, Cory Doctorow did an interview showing primitive inklings of the internet future (music, videos, etc.). At the time, it was easy to dismiss…

99% might be enough (or not) | Seth’s Blog A 100-foot long boat that’s 99% complete is going to sink before it leaves the dock. That…

We have more agency and choice than we know. And sometimes, when the awareness of our freedom arrives, it’s too late to reclaim the opportunities we…

[A long riff on book publishing with (perhaps) wide applicability to your work as well.] Publishing is different from writing—it’s the hard work of creating the…

Status symbols | Seth’s Blog It’s pretty astonishing how far people will go to announce various forms of status: College logo sweatshirts Flat abs A good…

There are more than a million podcasts. The good news is that it’s easy to start one. The top 1% of all podcasts account for 99%…

When tech shows up, it offers a shortcut and convenience. You can use Google Maps to direct you somewhere without paying much attention to the surroundings.…