Nov. 9, 2022, 7 p.m.
8 years of independent consulting (with a dash of existential questions)
Tom Critchlow
Hey it's me Tom Critchlow. I'm an indie consultant, founder of the SEO MBA and weirdo internet blogger. My website evolves but always has the color green on it.
The last newsletter was sent in the spring. What a turning of the seasons we've all had!
The last newsletter was sent in the spring. What a turning of the seasons we've all had!
A family that gourds together, sticks together.
I've been an indie consultant for 8 years, and every year I write a post reflecting on the past year. It's supposed to be October 24th but this one was harder because a) I was in Australia for a client project and b) there's a healthy dose of existential crisis in this one. So it's a bit later than planned. but it's here.
It's a long post, read the whole thing here:
https://tomcritchlow.com/2022/11/10/8-years-on-the-road/
Elsewhere
Some things I'm recommending right now:
Cedric Chen is quickly becoming my favorite blogger over at Commoncog. Just banger after banger. His writing is about 50% open and 50% members only. The membership is definitely worth it. This recent piece on Process Improvement is Trickier Than You Think is excellent and highly recommended for indie consultants who have ever recommended improving a process to a client!
My friend Brian Dell launched a new little studio called Public Artifacts: "A social technology studio exploring community dynamics and public goods." what's not to like about that?! Their first little experiment is a thing called Codebacks - inspired by something I built a while back called Quotebacks. Lovely.
A buddy of mine Gabe Hudson has launched a new podcast called Twitterverse (itunes, spotify) in partnership with Lithub and it's quickly become my favorite listen. Gabe is a great host with plenty of soul and the conversation is at the intersection of twitter and the literary world.
If you write a blog, consider creating a little map of inquiry that shows people what you're into. I did this in text and then Matt Webb went and made an actual map! (well, node graph). Check it out - I wish every blog had one of these.
Of course, why have one website when you can reflect yourself across an infinite set of mirrors. Absolutely inspired by Chia's personal website-verse.
What are you working on right now? How is your identity holding up? Hit reply and send me something cool you wrote recently.
Or, better yet, send me a draft. I love giving feedback on drafts.
Let a million personal websites bloom.
Love ya
Tom