flâneur

on learning in public

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From an email I received: Hi there, hope you’re doing well. I'm new here, but I love the topics you're writing about. The part of the intro about the book and not talking about it to avoid bad luck piqued my interest. I've been told the same thing my whole childhood. Now I genuinely believe it and I'm confused between that and the whole "build in public" thing going on.

From an email I received: Hi there, hope you’re doing well. I'm new here, but I love the topics you're writing about. The part of the intro about the book and not talking about it to avoid bad luck piqued my interest. I've been told the same thing my whole childhood. Now I genuinely believe it and I'm confused between that and the whole "build in public" thing going on. I'd love to have your take on that (maybe in a future issue). I don’t want this to become an advice column, but it’s becoming one anyway. I remember a blogger (maybe Penelope Trunk?) writing years ago that there are…

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