Author Archives: Scott Smith
Tell Me Where It Hurts
In my years in creative operations, IT and content strategy, there are three content pain points that I keep encountering, over and over again. First, “I can’t find it”. This can occur if the content is insufficiently described, has multiple … Continue reading
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Tagged Content Strategy, Findability, Pain Points, Thinking of Cheese
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Write Like Nobody’s Editing
I’ve written several slice-of-life posts over the years along with my writing about topics such as content management and education, but I’d never done a long-form ”memoirish” post like this before. I had made several attempts in the past to … Continue reading
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A Purpose-Driven Night
Cold and Broke Several months before my 31st birthday, I felt glum for two primary reasons. I wasn’t worried about getting older…though for the first time in my life, I worried about getting colder. I had spent many of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Burt Lancaster, Chicago, Memoir, The Red Lion, Unforgiven, Windy City Chill
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Here’s Looking At You, Kid…
Free Beer! Like you, I’ve been getting cold calls from recruiters since I began working (decades ago in my case). My experience is that they are rarely helpful; largely because the recruiter is often low on information. I don’t blame … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, Bergman, Bogart, Recruiters
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