Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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People read nonfiction to learn and to feel. My framework for ensuring a blog post accomplishes both is to start with a first draft that focuses on "novel" ideas.
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
- Counter-intuitive —
julian.com • Writing Well - Part 1 - What to Write About
what cannot be said will be wept
Daisy Alioto • Yearn in Review
"Whether you are an adult or child, your first attempts will often seem unimportant or foolish.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the... See more
- The open mic night at a nearly empty bar.
- The early blog posts that get ignored.
- The dance recital on a little stage.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the... See more
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
reminders to trust the process and for makers
Remember how sabrina carpenter was preparing for her moment :”)
It empowers us to be worldbuilders. To create, for one another, the worlds we want to live in. To build spaces that encourage us to be more full and more whole — for strangers and for neighbors, for friends and for people on the internet we have never and will never meet.
When you wait, you lose momentum. And momentum is incredibly powerful because when you’re inspired, you act—and you do it with enthusiasm.
Erifili Gounari • literally just do things
Will we become so accustomed to speaking with AIs that we begin to interrupt one another more often, or speak less patiently and more forcefully? I can see us having to remind each other, “Hey, I’m not an AI. Don’t talk to me like that.” There are bound to be social and cultural ripple effects.
AI's Communication Revolution: We're All Talking to Computers Now
The more we reduce our experiences—transcendent, fraught, delightful, frightening, whatever they may be—to a series of stark data points and engineered touch points, the more we chase the magic out of them.