In praise of Twitter threads (looking forward to the Twitter notes)
Sep 24, 2022 2 Min read
In times that seem dominated by video – TikTok, TikTok, TikTok… – it is surprising to see how…
TikTok is under scrutiny in the US. In Europe, we should not follow the same path.
Sep 18, 2022 7 Min read
Rules and transparency must rule our European attitude toward TikTok and all other platforms, not political stances or…
Creator economy: unbundling, rebundling and some issues to solve.
Nov 7, 2021 9 Min read
After years of unbundling, we see creators joining into collectives or coming back to publishers as contributors. What´s next for the creator economy? Thoughts and
When technology unleashes creativity: the renaissance of the digital spoken word.
Jul 27, 2021 18 Min read
Video might have killed the radio star, but the spoken word is alive and thrives. A (re) discovery path between technology and fresh ideas.
Substack: a critique.
Apr 1, 2021 9 Min read
A critique in nine articles, selected for you between November 2020 and March 2021. The dream of a…
The future of work and the written word.
Feb 17, 2021 2 Min read
We will not come back to our old habits after the pandemic. The future is distributed and asynchronous work. For this future, embracing writing will
Content marketing needs to change.
Feb 5, 2021 14 Min read
There is too much content out there. Too irrelevant. The problem of content has a name: content marketing. Time to go back to the basics
A world of teachers, a world of learners.
Jan 20, 2021 18 Min read
As the “passion economy” paradigm is challenging the “platform economy” (i.e. the domain of demand/offer orchestrators, global marketplaces, and social networks), so its extension to
Decoding newsletters, part three. Make your newsletters shine.
Oct 2, 2020 5 Min read
10 things you can do to make your editorial newsletter a stellar experience.
Learning with newsletters.
Sep 24, 2020 10 Min read
Instructional designers spend more time with Mooc, videos, digital learning platforms and interactivity than with emails. Few of them have considered newsletters as instructional design
Decoding newsletters, part two. Types and genre.
Sep 18, 2020 1 Min read
Made to read on mobile, made to skim, daily or weekly, newsy or narrative. Newsletters grow and differentiate. A map and a taxonomy to explore
Decoding newsletters, part one. The value of curated newsletters.
Sep 12, 2020 8 Min read
A “back to basics” three-part series on editorial newsletters. Why are they so popular? And how do they work? A short guide and some best
Inside Patreon, the champion of the Passion Economy.
Aug 24, 2020 15 Min read
A record number of artists, musicians and creatives joined Patreon to compensate the revenues lost during the pandemic, asking their fans to subscribe to them
Is there a future beyond the platform economy? Yes, and it has a name: welcome to the passion economy.
Jul 27, 2020 17 Min read
Patreon is the original champion of a new ecosystem that has been popularised in the late 2019 by Jin Li, a former investor at Andreessen
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