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What is this link???
Well, I’ve decided (temporarily?) that this newsletters isn’t all over the place enough.
So slight (temporary?) change – a portion of the newsletter will be attached (linked) to every email as a PDF.
Why? Because 1) I want more creative control and 2) I am eager to visually offend any readers who may actually have legitimate design knowledge/ability.
Going forward (for now?), email will contain links to recommended articles, and a link to a PDF.
And yes, some people will recognize pretty uninspired usage of Canva templates. Everyone has to start somewhere and I’m just screwing around. Hopefully layout design will evolve to become more and more original over time.
On with the (shit)show.
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Speaking of experimentation: I was also playing with the idea of Strat Scraps being a constantly updated website.
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One non link that deserves top billing in the email section…
Near the start of my career, I started following Faris and Rosie Yakob. They showed me that going independent was an option and they were part of what made me like being a strategist.
Anyway, I had lunch with them recently in Seattle and it was lovely. If you don’t, subscribe to Genius/Steals, you should.
Here is an issue I was featured in.
Moral is – copy people you respect until you find yourself at a table with them. Then keep going.
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LINKS:
HARD RECOMMEND FOR MATT KLIEN’S “AUDIENCE CAPTURE” print booklet (a Zine, by ZINE!)
It’s a very in depth yet quick read about the creator economy from the POV of the creator.
I used to make collage art, and shared/sold it from Instagram. I stopped because the algorithm changed and I went from 500-1000 likes to maybe 20. I hate that I quit because of that.
I stopped making art and started vending when I stopped making things based on my own vision.
This experience was actually a big influence on my counter-productive editorial practices with the newsletter. It’s for me. And I’m very glad other people get value from it. But I can’t have it become a matter of performance.
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A Strong newsletter(blog?) recommendation:
The Halfman Newsletter
Jim Kosem is a product/experience designer who writes an occasional newsletter about… Design? Observations? Dinosaurs?
I’ll let his “about” write-up speak for itself
Major difference between Halfman and Stratscraps is I have monsters and his has metal (the genre, not the material).
Anyway, he’s smart/nice and the newsletters are a good read.
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Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs
Another blog by a product designer (those people are smart) that is worth a read.
Full of bits like this:
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Still gonna be monsters tho…
Except I havent been drawing as much since going freelance (and I wonder why I had a hard time with timesheets)
So here’s a draft of something I’m working on that is being traced so I can alter it.
loved the PDF- keep em comin!