Hey everybody, Where I live in Chicago, everybody is aware when Mexican Independence Day approaches. In fact, I mark it on my calendar. My neighbors fly green, white, and red flags from their porches, attach flags to their car hoods, and even rock color-coordinated Air Jordans to celebrate the work…

Hey everybody, Ever since hosting a robust Medium Day discussion on the future of AI, I’ve been fielding questions about artificial intelligence. And not just technical questions. But ethical questions. Societal questions. Economic questions. Safety questions. Writers want to know if they lose copyright by running headline options and nut…

Hi everybody, As I enjoy the last dregs of summer in Chicago, I bask in the nearly-perfect pre-winter weather, the joy in returning my kids to school, and the mouth-watering vegetables that are finally ready to pluck from the garden. To me, being in this space is a manifestation of…

Hi everyone, Every now and then I come across a Medium piece that sounds like it could become a Netflix special. Marlon Weems’ tale of starting an investment firm in a southern U.S. state, making a ton of money for government pensions but then being framed for fraud is a…

Hi everyone, It’s been one week since Medium Day, and since then, #MediumDay has proliferated on various social media channels. Also since then, Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, has waxed poetic on the meta-device he created, its upcoming 16th birthday, and how we all use or misuse it. …

Last weekend, over 10,000 of you came together to celebrate the power of human storytelling. Here are a few highlights. — We just hosted our first-ever virtual conference: Medium Day. Like Medium itself, the day was full of stories worth telling and listening to. Authors shared authentic, personal points of view. Publication editors gathered their communities for inspiration and collaboration. Readers and writers learned about everything from humor writing to software…

This weekend, we’re highlighting original and imaginative fiction on Medium — “Fiction is the truth inside the lie,” wrote Stephen King—and anyone out there with a favorite novel, short story, or superhero film will agree. Fiction is vital. It gives us symbols and characters who reveal core truths about our day-to-day. It transports us into the minds of people we’ll never…

Hi Medium readers, We’ve been saying this a lot, but it bears repeating: Now is the time for human stories. For thousands of years, stories have been how we learn from and pass our wisdom to other people. We aren’t computers and we aren’t moved to true understanding by a…

Hi everybody, What a week it’s been for news and cultural analysis. From a special report about extreme heat and health to essays documenting the impact of the man who brought Pee-wee Herman to life to a UX-informed take on Twitter becoming X, the Medium community has served up scores…