Every holiday season I try to draw a set of Christmas comics. For whatever reason, it was harder this year. SIMON: Do you still pick up the pen? SPIEGELMAN: I pick it up, but it’s a very heavy instrument right now. And I’ve got little notes and little doodles and drawings. I have no idea […]
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No More Writing for Google
In today’s post I talk about an upcoming change to how I blog and why writing for Google works, but for me, shouldn’t be the point. It works. But that’s the problem. There is pretty simple logic behind writing for Google. People use Google to find information, often in pursuit of answers to their questions. […]
Alt Text in Canva – finding a workaround
How do you add alt text in Canva? Short answer, you don’t (Canva doesn’t have that feature). Long answer, read on for a workaround. As much as I love Canva for creating infographics and micrographics, as a website publishing tool (and a PDF creator) it is a failure. It’s missing some key features required to […]
Agile for One
How do you manage all the stuff you need to do each day? In today’s post I’m going to walk through my indie consultant project management process, which I call Agile for One. I am a creative with an ADHD brain. If you have followed me for awhile that sentence will not be a surprise. […]
Reader-Focused Report Assessment
How do you tell a good report from a bad report? That’s what I hope you’ll be able to do with my new quick 2 page assessment. So a little while ago I created a resource, it was a short 18 page eBook that walked through a 6 step process. If you’re interested you can […]
Human Centered Report Design
Are you searching for a modern reporting strategy that leads to visual reports other human beings would actually appreciate? I wrote you an eBook. Here is what you’ll find inside the 35 page visual eBook. It’s a super easy picture book that should only take you a few minutes to get through. The Why Behind […]