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This thread is about building, and:
- Changing plans
- Being authentic
- Just doing stuff
It's also about how and why I created @wordimagedesign.
Here's the journey so far including h/ts to people and tools.
- Changing plans
- Being authentic
- Just doing stuff
It's also about how and why I created @wordimagedesign.
Here's the journey so far including h/ts to people and tools.
Avoid idea 16 months ago I knew my job was to finish at the end of the year. I needed a plan.
I came up with a safe idea: digital marketing for non-profits.
That was fine but it didn't exactly set a fire in my belly. I also sensed I could do something more, so....
Don't look for overlap, look for uniquenessI discovered @jackbutcher's work and one video in particular on 'the obvious problem' caught my attention.
What's my unobvious mix?I looked at my skills/knowledge/interests:
- Writing
- Film
- Design
- Nonprofits
- Geopolitics
- Environment
- Photography
Not such an obvious mix: good. This gave me an idea....
Write your idea out, over and overA new idea was forming and I started to plan using @Julian's excellent guides on growth marketing and writing (note: learning is still in process). http://www.julian.com
Plan how you'll read, write and find ideasFor guides on writing and generating ideas, @david_perell eulogises about the power of writing, both professionally and personally.
Note taking in particular, I found, was v. important (more later). https://perell.com/essays/
How to Tweet?For Tweeting and online promotion, @mkobach's offers great, clear, no bullsh*t advice. Appreciated.
Find your aestheticGraphic design: I took @visualizevalue's design fundamentals course, and thanks to that discovered the wonderful @figmadesign (can't believe it's free).
For icons, @nounproject is the site for you.
For photos: @unsplash
Learning about learning - ideas (part 1)I realised I needed a better system to:
- Retain ideas
- Connect ideas
- Generate new ideas
I needed to learn to learn again.
@anthilemoon offers tonnes of ideas in this area, sign-up to her newsletter! https://nesslabs.com/
Learning about learning - systems (part 2)@ShaneAParrish's work @farnamstreet about mental models led me down a relevant rabbit hole that helped me with both ideas and analysing how I think. More on that another time... https://fs.blog/mental-models/
Put a system in place - Roam (part 1)Back to note-taking: I discovered @RoamResearch.
This allowed me to:
- Bank ideas
- Plan my time
- Capture Tweets
- Easily use Kindle notes (both @readwiseio)
- Highlight articles ( @Instapaper)
- Take Podcasts notes ( @AirrAudio)
Put a system in place - Roam (part 2)Roam Research has a pretty steep learning curve, but it's not as scary as it looks.
To get a good grounding I used @nateliason's Effortless Output in Roam course: https://www.effortlessoutput.com/
And then, well, just startI never felt 'ready' or comfortable. I set a hard deadline and I pushed myself to experiment.
Let's see where this goes! Thanks for reading.
For more: http://www.wordimagedesign.com/building-in-the-open/
