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J.D. Forrest on Medium
Refusing to Learn AI Is a Luxury Your Competitors Hope You Can Afford.
The loudest people in my feed right now are the ones announcing they will never touch AI. They wear it like a badge. Real writers don’t… Continue reading on Medium »
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
You Don’t Own Your Audience. You’re Renting It.
Most creators are building a business on land they can be evicted from, and they don’t find out until the eviction notice shows up dressed… Continue reading on Medium »
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Niche of One
The Roadside Places Nobody Plans Around Are Going Away
TL;DR: Rest stops and motels are the parts of America built for people in transit, and both are getting bulldozed or changing jobs on us. Two writers, six years apart, went and looked. Stop at one while it still has a roof. Some buildings exist so you never have to think about th
- Thomas Icom - "Ticom" Computer Stuff
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Niche of One
What Does a Big Institution Do to the People Inside It?
TL;DR: A retired Army lieutenant colonel argues that the worst damage to an institution is what happens to trust when the rules for getting ahead change. You can see the same thing at any big employer, and you can protect yourself without waiting for it to get fixed. Matthew Robi
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Niche of One
Owning Your Email List Instead of Renting It: What It Costs and the Smallest Version Worth Doing
TL;DR: Your list is the one asset a platform can’t repossess, but only if you hold a copy you can mail from. You don’t have to own the whole stack. You do have to own the export and the sending address. A post on Engineered.at summarizes Sam Patterson’s switch from Substack to Li
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Niche of One
What to Post Instead of Inspirational Quotes (and Why They Fail)
TL;DR: A quote card tells people you had nothing of your own to post that day. Post a failure, a template, a real number, or an honest review of a tool you use, and make every post survive four questions before it goes out. “The game is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourse
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Niche of One
How to Use AI Tools Without Betting Your Creative Business on One Company
TL;DR: The AI fight has three camps, and none of them is working for you. Use the tools for grunt work, keep the real work yours, and build so no single company can switch you off. Everybody yelling about AI right now is selling something. The big companies sell licensing deals a
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- Thomas Icom - "Ticom" Tomorrow
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
How I Use AI to Write Without It Eating My Voice
The tool is not as important as the user. Continue reading on Creator Ops »
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
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J.D. Forrest on Medium
Some Money Belongs on the Table
The two failure modes of creator pricing, and the narrow road that runs between them. Continue reading on Creator Ops »