Always our final question: What are three books you recommend to the audience?
Anything by Andrey Mir. He is the Marshall McLuhan of the 21st century. But if I had to pick one, I would pick “Postjournalism and the Death of Newspapers.”
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
I have a master plan for #Obsidian. The conveniences of the modern world are great, but the price we are paying to host our entire lives on the cloud is too high. And I don’t mean it in monetary terms, although it can certainly become expensive.
Japanese author Haruki Murakami has a bizarre writing practice. He drafts each book in English (his second language) before translating the draft to Japanese.
When asked why he does this, Murakami says:
“Every language has its unique rhythm, its own essence. By translating my own work, I get to experience the story from two different persp…