“Writing is not magic. It’s a process, a machine for revealing our thinking to us, for helping us see its patterns.” — Elizabeth McGuane at Leading with Tempo

Watching a great talk from @lapope.bsky.social on creativity at Lead With Tempo 2025 And it’s designed like a zine!

"Best practices have to start somewhere — why not with you, your team, and your practice?" — @lapope.bsky.social at Lead with Tempo 2025

Love an @andy.wtf talk ❤️

“You’re a leader first, content comes second. Your function doesn’t define you.” — Erin Sian Williams, McDonald’s Senior Director of Global Experience Design at Lead With Tempo 2025

It’s just a few days until Lead with Tempo in London (and online!) and there’s still time to join us www.leadwithtempo.com

If you loved Config or WIC conferences this week then you will LOVE Lead with Tempo that happens in just 4 week’s time! www.leadwithtempo.com

Washed and blow dried my hair this morning and promptly got crapped on by a pigeon on the way to work. Just a little Monday morning reminder that some days you’re the bird and some days you’re the statue.

At last year’s Lead With Tempo we had some brilliant talks, such as this one from Danielle Small. You can watch them all on the Lead With Tempo You Tube channel, and don’t forget to get yourself a ticket to join us this year!

Questions and discussions are an integral part of Lead With Tempo. Come along and ask your content design heroes some questions! Take 20% off any ticket between now and Friday with code SPRING20. www.leadwithtempo.com

Flash sale on conference tickets for the next week! Use code SPRING20 for 20% off at www.leadwithtempo.com

Top tip, keep a word search book lying around, and whenever you’re tempted to scroll through the misery on your phone, do a word search instead.

All the Lead with Tempo speakers are going to blow your minds! (And mine!) here’s a taster

I loved reading @rachelmcconnell.bsky.social's interview with the always-great @lapope.bsky.social for the upcoming Lead with Tempo conference. "When you gloss over the complexity, nuance, and detail, you miss so much… it shuts down so many opportunities to learn." medium.com/lead-with-te...

In a couple of weeks prices move to standard, so make the most of the early ticket rates and join me in person in June! www.leadwithtempo.com

Today’s the last day!

Take 20% off any ticket between now and Friday using code JAN20

Take 20% off any ticket between now and Friday using code JAN20

I like getting the night bus as it’s just full of teenagers that can’t afford taxis and I get to listen to all their fascinating conversations.

Good to see the BBC covering the important political stories of the day. What’s your favoured mid-week lunch? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s time #HomeAlone

It’s so weird that a recruiter reaches out to someone, asks to speak to them, arranges a time and then doesn’t show up. How have we reached this level of contempt for people’s time and emotional energy?

Hi folks! I’m planning my 2025 and I’ve set a goal to sell 5 workshops. One is sold already. Can you help me sell 4 more? Pls share or interact with this post and help a small, immigrant woman-run business survive this wild time! www.linkedin.com/posts/jane-r...

Today I republished my book (after sadly losing my original publisher, A Book Apart earlier this year). Yes it’s been a rough year, but at least I’ve achieved one thing! a.co/d/aedCs2p

If you've been thinking about learning some UX writing fundamentals, @rosenfeldmedia.bsky.social put my book, “Writing Is Designing” on sale for 33% off! Rather than the usual $50 for the paper book and ebook, it's now only $33.49. writingisdesigning.com

Wednesday is ‘Podcast day’ as some of my favourites drop. But this week’s pods have such a random collection of guests - Derren Brown, Kim Cattrell and Vanessa Williams - that I feel like we’ve gone back to 2006. What’s happening?

So apt for me!

Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.

I started a job cover letter with ‘Firstly, thank you for reading my cover letter’ and it worked — they invited me for a call 😂

I wrote a book! The timing is... weird, to say the least. But it's here, it's real, and it's available for purchase at your favorite online bookseller. Buy a copy. Buy several. I won't judge. Note: I was fully unprepared for how weird it was to hold my own book in my hands.

I finally finished Rivals, the final episode was 👌🏼

Today is the last day to get 15% off your ticket with code CELEBRATE15. It's just less than 4 weeks until the only conference to focus on the leadership aspects of content design hits the UK and your global screens! Don't miss it. See the schedule at www.leadwithtempo.com/schedule2024

This is one to watch, what with all the pressure on content designers to be applying AI

Content leadership can be a lonely place sometimes. Why not come and meet other leaders, swap stories and make new friends? Join me and others at www.leadwithtempo.com

You don’t already have to be leading content design to benefit from Lead with Tempo! Anyone with ambitions to lead will get a career boost from our talks and panels. #conference #contentdesign #uxwriting #contentstrategist #uxwriter #uxcopy #design #leadership #personaldevelopment

Yes, the line-up for this UK conf is 🔥 It’s such a treat to get US speakers coming to London too! Please make the most of this!

Today is the last day to get 20% off your in-person Lead with Tempo ticket (use code APRIL20)

Woohoo, it’s sale time!

Woohoo, it’s sale time!

It’s 7 weeks until our Lead with Tempo conference! Use code APRIL20 for a 20% discount!

How to do more with less? That's what our speakers will be talking about at this year's Lead with Tempo conference, to help you scale the impact of your team. Join us online or in London this June! www.leadwithtempo.com

Training budget left to use? Upskill yourself in all aspects of content design (from the basics to leadership) and take 15% off any course with the code FESTIVE15 for the rest of this month! 🎄 www.theproductcontentdesignstudio.com

Training budget left to use? Upskill yourself in all aspects of content design (from the basics to leadership) and take 15% off any course with the code FESTIVE15 for the rest of this month! 🎄 www.theproductcontentdesignstudio.com

Women’s Health magazine have an article referring to fish fingers as ‘aquatic appendages’ and I hope the journalist responsible is taking a good hard look at themselves because no.

It struck me the other day that ChatGPT would be great for conversational ideation before wireframe sketching. So I asked it to simulate a conversation between someone buying a plane ticket and someone selling one, and it was pretty good. Try it next time you have an interaction to design for!

It struck me the other day that ChatGPT would be great for conversational ideation before wireframe sketching. So I asked it to simulate a conversation between someone buying a plane ticket and someone selling one, and it was pretty good. Try it next time you have an interaction to design for!

I saw my old sixth form tutor in the gym and now I can’t go back because even though 27 years have passed I still feel he’s going to start hassling me for my UCAS form.