J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
The most important advantage of writing is that it helps us to confront ourselves when we do not understand something as well as we would like to believe.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have... See more
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
how to survive being chronically online
why some friction is a good thing.
The essence of positioning is sacrifice. You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position. Nyquil, the nighttime cold medicine, gave up the daytime market. The focus of most marketing operations is just the opposite. They look for ways to broaden their markets by line extension, by size and flavor proliferation,
... See moreJack Trout • Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Thomas Hine’s 1995 book, Total Package, which chronicles the history of consumer packaged goods, described the things that house the products we buy as “persuasive containers”—boxes and jugs and jars designed not just to safeguard their contents but to produce particular behaviors in the people who encounter them. The consumer system puts forth a... See more
How Did The World Get So Ugly?
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Toyin Ojih Odutola, Ilé Oriaku seen at Jack Shainman Gallery 05.2025
One trouble with blogging is that people subscribe to the blog , rather than each post finding its own audience. This encourages lowest common denominator writing. In particular it creates a context in which depth is penalized