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How to Make a Proper Introduction for a Collaboration
At Own Your Content, you’ll find advice from influencers across various topics. This toolkit offers tips from Grace Bonney, founder of Design*Sponge, and others on how to craft thoughtful emails that can lead to creative collaborations.
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On Making Your Business Better, Not Bigger
“I think we just have to be honest and get over our penchant towards not wanting to brag a little.” In an interview with Paul Jun as part of the Own Your Content campaign, Paul Jarvis discusses About pages, keeping your business small, and the importance of an online space that we own.
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“It’s a Place for Writing and Thinking”: On Blogs and What It Means to Own Your Content
Three inspiring creators dissect what it means to “own your content” in today’s digital world.
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WordPress Websites of LGBTQ+ Organizations Around the World
At Out in Tech events, tech professionals build websites for LGBTQ+ organizations. Here’s a look at 10 sites launched at past hackathons.
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Distributed.blog
Distributed is a podcast from Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. The podcast focuses on the story of distributed work, at Automattic and across other companies who are pioneering the future of work.
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Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction
“What I do when I look at Twitter is less akin to reading a book than to the encounter I have with a recipe’s instructions or the fine print of a receipt: I’m taking in information, not enlightenment.” Mairead Small Staid explores the work of Sven Birkerts and reading in our digital age.
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MOLD
From cellular agriculture to 3D food printing, entomophagy to beautifully designed tableware (and why it makes your meal taste better), MOLD spotlights the ideas that will revolutionize how we produce, prepare and eat food in the years to come.
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Heterotopias
Architecture and gaming come together in this digital zine focused on the spaces and structures in video games and virtual worlds — dig in to studies and visual essays dissecting spaces of play, exploration, and violence.
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Tim Harford: The Undercover Economist
Economist and journalist Tim Harford blends insights on technology, business, and, economic history into accessible and engaging posts on a wide range of topics, from inequality to social media.
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Learn SEO from WordPress Experts Without Leaving Your Living Room
WordCamps feature talks by SEO and marketing experts, and you can watch them all from the comfort of the couch.
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Cool Hunting
The Cool Hunting team “uncovers the latest intersections of design, culture and technology,” sharing original and curated stories on innovative products, experiences, and people.
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You Don’t Have to Live in Public
Austin Kleon on the need to gain a sense of ownership over our online lives: “Back [in 2013], the worst I felt social media did was waste your time. Now, the worst social media does is cripple democracy and ruin your soul.”
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SEO Basics: To Grow Your Site’s Traffic, Make It More Visible
On the WordPress.com Business plan? Take advantage of our SEO tools.
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MiddleMe
Malaysia-based entrepreneur Kally created MiddleMe as a space for career advice, tips for freelancers, and other resources and inspiration based on her wide-ranging experiences.
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Primitive Technology
John Plant, the Australia-based blogger and YouTube producer behind Primitive Technology, is documenting his journey into the distant technological past, “making stuff from scratch in the wild.”
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