What Creative Professionals Are Reading
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” — James Whistler.
It’s been a fun month for ART + marketing. Beyond publishing my favorite stories (featured below), the other notable monthly news is that Prowly, the data driven public relations software named us the #3 publication powered by Medium, and we moved our site to the more colloquial & google friendly domain of ARTplusMarketing.com.
I took the liberty of using the 🎨 emoji to represent volume of stories, and the categories — like the timely art of marketing or the fickle market for art — create a wide ranging editorial line, begging the question: what is a valuable story to those with vision?
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4 Fake News Debates:
The Dharma of Facebook: Fake News Is Downstream of Facebook’s True Purpose. by David Cohn, Senior Director at Advance Digital.
The Most Powerful Algorithm in the World by Joe Brewer, change strategist, complexity researcher, cognitive scientist and author.
I quit the news. Consider it too. by Michal Bohanes, Managing Director (UK) at Service Partner One.
Do you think fake news can be killed with the truth? Think again by Sharon Pian Chan, Seattle Times Deputy Managing Editor & MIT executive MBA candidate.
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4 Actionable Marketing Trends:
TV Commercials Vs. Online Ads: Understanding The Rules of Attention by Kyle LaFontaine, Co-founder & Exec Producer at Roadtrip video agency.
After Peak Marketing by Doc Searls, author of The Intention Economy, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, and Fellow of CITS at UCSB.
Lessons From a Nigerian Prince by Mike Sturm, the self described Existential Detective.
How I Launch a Product in a Few Weeks by Fang-Pen Lin, software engineer 💻 at Envoy & creator of TipWander.
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4 Doses of Humor:
Motivational Quotes for Realistic People by Ilana Gordon, the comedy writer, currently with Dose.com.
Great Moments in Customer Service by Vito Pasquale, who’s bio reads “is this an absolute requirement?”
I Am Willing to Replace All Media by Steven Markow, Writer, Comedian, from Thrillist, Huffington Post Blog, McSweeney’s, The Tusk, The Strand.
Caitlin Kunkel’s Corner: Comedy and Satire Newsletter by The SecondCity Teacher who takes off her pants as soon as she gets home (“This was by far the most useful newsletter I have ever read,” commented Sarah Cooper).
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3 Explanations of How Product is Built:
My UX Checklist by Pål Eirik Paulsen, the interaction designer.
Pivotal Product Hits by Paul J, Managing Director of Castle.co.
How to transform your product by giving it context by April Dunford, who likes startup marketing, running slow half marathons & doing cool stuff at Sprint.ly.
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3 Real World Experiences:
Understanding Privilege — My Experience in Prison by Brad Feld, managing director at the Foundry Group.
That Wascally Wabbit Or How I Told Parkinson’s To Bite The Carrot by Kate Stone Matheson, writer at the Huffington Post
Dealing with Death on the internet by Shreyas Narayanan, Community Evangelist at Scrollback & Volunteer Representative with Mozilla and Open Source Initiative (OSI).
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2 Cases of Where Virtual Reality Meets Mixed Reality Meets Reality Reality:
Identity Transfer And The Rise Of Virtual Surrealism by Gabriel Valdivia, Virtual Reality Design at Facebook.com.
What Should Mixed Reality UI Look Like? [Concept] by Ben Frankforter, Design Manager at BillGuard (acquired by Prosper).
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2 Arguments About Machines Taking Our Jobs:
Why Industry 4.0 is going to take all our jobs and why that’s okay by Greg Gascon, Tech Columnist & Founder of TechShrub.co.
How We Can Deliver a Universal Basic Income Right Now and Save Ourselves from the Robots (Without Waiting for Congress) by Daniel Jeffries, the author, engineer and serial entrepreneur.
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2 Things About Books…
Is the new Tim Ferriss book any good? Review of ‘Tools for Titans’ by Mike Anderson, CEO of Elevator and Board Member at Belief Agency.
Is a book worth dying for? asks Justin Fike, the writer.
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Politician Campaigning for Housing Reform:
Housing Is a Statewide Crisis, and All Communities Need to Pitch In by Scott Wiener, California State Senator.
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A New Creative Profiles Series:
3 Questions With Blog Interview Series (nominate someone)
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An Insider Perspective About the Dust Settling:
So…what the hell do we do now? by Tommy Vietor, Former NSC spokesman for President Obama & Cofounder of Fenway Strategies.
I’ve built 15 publications with 1,000+ subscribers, four with 500,000+ monthly readers, one with a million monthly readers, and this one, ART + marketing, is the hardest to define. It’s also the first one I built on Medium. It’s for marketers. It’s for creatives. It’s for people who see the ART in the world. It’s for that thread, explaining how something is talked about, inherently remarkable and ultimately just has to be shared. It’s what I find interesting. Contribute today.
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