Delights
Most popular links from the Delightful community
What’s all this now?
This is an archive of links sent in Delightful, my more-or-less weekly newsletter on creativity, strategy, and other stuff that blows my hair back.
To be honest I didn’t even want to write this intro, I wanted to just have that photo of a curious deer. But the robots were tirelessly insistent that there be something here, lest the other robots be confused and categorize this as an authoritative domain on cervidae. Which would be a good goof. The only way to have special places is to hide them these days, you know.
Alas. We’re here, you and I together, at different times, server requests passing in the night, because we’re looking for something: Inspiration, advice, torn notebook pages from the intrepid internet Shackletons who went snowshoeing through the wintry domains long before, whatever. Regardless, I earnestly hope you find what you’re looking for. Even though, of course, the fun part is the searching, which is delightful and which never ends.
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The shelves
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Creative advice59 records
Craft, taste, and process advice for creative work.
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Strategic thinking29 records
Defining the problem, finding insights, writing the brief, all that.
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Agency futures14 records
How creative/strategy/media agencies are evolving.
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Writing is power38 records
Writing craft, persuasion, and the influence of prose.
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Brand strategy31 records
Positioning, distinctive assets, and brand-building thinking.
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Media shifts31 records
Structural changes in media, platforms, and attention.
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Creative tools46 records
Software and utilities and random lil' geegaws that help creative work.
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Reference libraries31 records
Collections, archives, and reference material worth bookmarking.
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Research reports15 records
Reports, surveys, and studies worth keeping around.
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AI perspectives95 records
Practical AI usage, workflows, the death of original thinking, that kind of stuff.
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Game recommendations25 records
You will remember to play, won't you?
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Better Research14 records
Methods, trends, tools and workflows for finding shit out.
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Modern Romance48 records
Love, the lack of love, and being a good human to other humans.
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Better at Work43 records
How to work better, job insecurities, job and career advice
Friends, lovers, and dependably delightful sources
Humanists
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Kottkekottke.org
A shining bloggy beacon on a hill
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Andy Baiowaxy.org
Co-founder of the XOXO Festival and wonderful link blogger
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Why Is This Interestingwhyisthisinteresting.substack.com
Incredible topics daily, I'm proud to contribute here
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The Culturistwww.theculturist.io
Art, literature, music, and cultural and religious history
Strategists
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Rob Estreitinhowww.salmonlabs.co
Strategy links and a great community
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Joe Burnswww.linkedin.com
Strategic cold-cuts in a world of lukewarm hot-takes
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Sean Monahanwww.8ball.report
Normcore, vibe shift, boom boom
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Ben Dietzsic.substack.com
A digest of developments
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Anita Schillhornframestrategy.substack.com
Marketing, culture, and societal change
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John Nessthisisness.substack.com
Content strategy, storytelling, and the creative life
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Strands of Geniusgeniussteals.substack.com
Faris and Rosie are the best
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Casey Lewisafterschool.substack.com
An examination of youth culture
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Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick1234kyle5678.substack.com
Dude spends a LOT of time online
Researchers
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Saeideh Bakhshisaeidehbakhshi.substack.com
OpenAI researcher, writer, and curious person with more questions than answers
Technologists
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BRXND Dispatchnewsletter.brxnd.ai
Noah Brier is a smart and generous man
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Lynn Chernyarnicas.substack.com
AI research & tools, narrative & games, esoterica & weird news
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Sean Bonnerseanbonner.com
Author, Artist, Activist, Cultural Alchemist