This month’s reads on language and writing: accents, clichés, Tibetan translation, AI-written fiction, and the people who do the work.
Worth Your Time (November 2026) – Language, Writing, and People Read Post »
Two Google insiders read the same search data and reached opposite conclusions. One says everybody lies; the other says we’re kinder than we think. I review Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz and What We Ask Google by Simon Rogers, and then I pick a side.
Two Books on Google Search Data, Two Views of Human Nature Read Post »
With content governance, organizations that struggle tend to run into the same problems: outdated pages nobody can remove, conflicting versions, and approvals that stall. Let’s take a look at what goes wrong when nobody is in charge, or everybody is.
Content Governance: Who Decides on Your Content? Read Post »
Worth Your Time #1 – A content strategy resource list. This month: how AI and human translators compare, why AI makes everything sound the same, new English words from around the world, and Cicero’s two-thousand-year-old advice on holding opinions you’re willing to change.
Worth Your Time (October 2026) – Probably Right Read Post »
This issue is about messes. Priya Parker explains why good groups fight, and Abby Covert shows how to untangle any mess made of information and people.
Business Book Review – Why Good Groups Fight & Other Messes Read Post »
Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak tracks how social media reshapes language—emojis, euphemisms, and internet slang—through a linguist’s eye. Dan and Chip Heath’s Made to Stick offers the SUCCES framework (Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Stories) for building messages people actually remember, still holding up nearly two decades on.
Business Book Review – How Internet Slang Spreads and Why Some Ideas Stick Read Post »
