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Can you spot vintage slop?
Slop is nothing new. For decades, we’ve been taught to avoid clichés and jargon in our work. AI just made the list of slop-coded words a bit longer. You might be surprised by the words and terms other generations questioned that we perceive as normal (and human). While
Don’t confuse space and time.
How many times have you been told what you should put “above the fold” when creating a landing page or marketing email? It’s become my #1 annoyance with content strategy advice. Over the past 20 years, I’ve seen debates over which elements take priority, how much content can
The Audience Neglect Era
I don’t think we talk enough about how much online publishing has shifted over the years. At a very high level, the biggest shifts I’ve seen went something like this: The Audience Deficiency Era People weren’t online enough. It was the mid-90s — a fun period of