Why I like Medium in a Big way

Recently I got asked a question by a regular reader of this newsletter: where do I get my news (so I can think about it and share my insights with you every week)? Or to put it another way, how do I support my learning?

Before we deal with the where, let’s deal with the “how.” On my iPad, I have apps from news agencies, newspapers, audio and video streaming platforms, reference sources, email, collaboration tools, Internet search, book library, access to databases, social networks. It sounds like a lot. It is. But I need all of these sources to keep learning all of the time.

My iPad tells me that I spend on average 3 hours a day interacting with all the resources. I am not sure if that’s a lot or little. But anything I can find there, I can use as a pointer to other information, It helps me to validate (or negate) my assumptions. It provides me with topics to think about. And it connects me with others who are also interested in the samne topics. It helps me with my projects.

That’s the “how” — so now let’s deal with the “where” I visit online to get the best quality stuff. That’s Medium.

I first learned about Medium from the entrepreneur and bestselling author John Battelle, in 2015. Medium was founded by Evan Williams. — you know, the cofounder of Twitter. Williams realized that 140 characters was not enough to…