WFH consulting has it's perks - like when your 4 year old daughter doodles in your notebook
Hey - it's me Tom Critchlow - indie consultant, blogger, firehose drinker & now accidental organizer for a discord community for indie consultants.
Just a short note this week with some updates. The !& discord community (pronounced: Yes! And...) continues to provide stimulating discussions and connections with other indie consultant types. Open invites are closed but if you're on the tinyletter use this link to access.
Last week we hosted a discussion around "small group consulting" inspired by a set of articles and readings. We meandered to the point - but ended up with some interesting reflections around alumni networks - how powerful they are for indie consultants and how you might manufacture them if you're out on your own.
Read my writeup here: Generating an alumni network for indies
Perhaps this discord space might become almost like an alumni network?.....
Two Upcoming Salons This Week
- Tues Aug 11th @ 1pm ET: a "hire me" page group crit session. RSVP here.
- Fri Aug 14th @ 12pm ET: using Roam for indie consulting. RSVP here.
Some links
Here's some stuff:
- For media aficionados this NYT interactive art critique is sublime in both medium and message. If anything I think it's *better* on mobile than desktop. (Makes me think - how hard would it be to replicate this in an AMP story format?)
- Talking of custom essay formats - I have been collecting some examples in this Twitter thread. Ping me if you know of good examples!
- My friend Kyle Monson is starting to do some "thinking in public" for his agency and I think it's a great example of how being open can be interesting. Follow, subscribe, etc. Kyle is one of the good ones.
- Last week I pounded some ciders one evening and fired up a thread with some generic observations about business. People seemed to like it.
Much love,
Tom