It’s been a couple of weeks since The Atlantic ran their article entitled “The Problem With ‘Hey Guys‘” and I’m still thinking about it, so I thought maybe it was time to air it out a bit. Specifically, at the time it was published, someone said to me (paraphrased) “We should just let ‘guys’ evolve … Continue reading “How we’re beating “hey guys” (and why it’s important).”

So we’re about a quarter more than two years old here at The Interconnected and it’s safe to say that building an audience and publishing on a regular basis is harder than it looks on TV. Or anywhere else, especially the internet. And there’s lots of reasons for that. For example, it sounds easy to … Continue reading “Fits and starts”

I keep thinking I’m not writing for this site, or doing any other professional writing, because I’m busy, or because I’m writing more fiction, or because I’m focused on doing instead of reflecting. But I realized recently that when I look back at the period when I was speaking at conferences and writing a lot, … Continue reading “writing about not writing”