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9/9/2022
22 : 24
Friday Finds (Launch, Learning, Girard, Pop Music)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, The theme of this year has been massively ramping up our ambitions for Write of Passage. We now have a team of 16 full-time employees, and on Monday, I plan to
9/5/2022
22 : 54
Monday Musings (How I'd Change the Internet)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, The next Write of Passage cohort starts in less than a month, and enrollment opens next Monday. If you're keen to learn more, click here and I'll send you
9/2/2022
20 : 44
Friday Finds (Parties, Horses, Christianity, Music, Lies)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, The enrollment window for Write of Passage opens in 10 days. This cohort, we've made three promises to students. You'll (1) publish quality ideas, (2)
8/29/2022
22 : 24
Monday Musings (Mr. Beast's Obsession)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! The day has finally come... I just published a 17000-word guide to writing. It's by far the most comprehensive thing I've ever
8/27/2022
0 : 14
Friday Finds (Stripe, GDP, Hiring, iPhone)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I'm hiring a Chief of Staff. This person will report directly to me, and it's one of the most important roles at Write of Passage
8/22/2022
22 : 34
Monday Musings (What is Taste?)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I'm hiring a Chief of Staff. Here's a snapshot of the role: You'll work with me to run Write of Passage. It's an
8/22/2022
3 : 15
Friday Finds (Leadership, Proust, Foote, Tesla, Mary Oliver)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I've interviewed more job candidates in the past two months than my entire life combined. A key lesson: beware of charismatic people
8/15/2022
21 : 54
Monday Musings (Working in Alignment)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! As you may have heard, we're hard at work building Write of Passage Liftoff. Our goal? Help high schoolers share their ideas, find
8/12/2022
22 : 14
Friday Finds (Beauty, CEO, Greeks, Novels, Culture)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! As you may have heard, we're hard at work building Write of Passage Liftoff. Our goal? Help high schoolers share their ideas, find
8/8/2022
23 : 54
Monday Musings (Strong Beliefs about Writing)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I'm almost done a fully-refreshed version of my Ultimate Guide to Writing Online. It's a 10000 word distillation of the best things
8/6/2022
0 : 34
Friday Finds (IKEA Words, Carnegie, Christianity, Marx)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Let's talk about the mission of this newsletter. I'm here to shake you out of the news cycle and drag you away from the
8/1/2022
22 : 44
Monday Musings (The TWA Hotel)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Before we begin, I want to remind you that Monday Musings is one of two newsletters I publish every week. The other is Friday Finds, which
7/29/2022
20 : 14
Friday Finds (Pittsburgh, Picasso, The Bible, Steve Jobs)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Pittsburgh! A friend is getting married here this weekend, but I'm also jazzed about exploring the city. Last night, I went to the baseball
7/26/2022
1 : 4
Monday Musings (Why Writing Became Sterile)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Our new Write of Passage production studio is done. Bringing it into reality has been the most challenging design project I've ever
7/22/2022
22 : 34
Friday Finds (Singapore, Tattoos, Science, Hiring)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I've been working on a production studio for the past nine months and it's finally done. Now that it's built, I'm going
7/18/2022
21 : 44
Monday Musings (How We Lost History)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I've been working on a professional-grade production studio for the past eight months, and its reached the finishing touches. Next week
7/15/2022
23 : 14
Friday Finds (Logos, Minimalism, Music, Computers)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Last Saturday, I sat down at my computer, opened Twitter, shared an image of company logos, and asked: "What's causing all these logos to look the same?
7/12/2022
0 : 34
Monday Musings (Why Logos Look the Same)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Well... I just had one of the most distracting weekends of my life. I sat down at my computer on Saturday morning, opened Twitter, screen-grabbed a picture of
7/8/2022
21 : 4
Friday Finds (Cities, Oprah, Airplanes, Tarantino, Music)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I think I've spent more time writing in the past week than at any point in my life. I've been working on an updated Ultimate Guide
7/4/2022
17 : 24
Monday Musings (Why Daily News is Bogus)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Lisbon! I came out here for a wedding, and will now spend the week rewriting my Ultimate Guide to Writing Online. If the edit goes well, the essay