A new journaling tactic that immediately kills procrastination and boosts creative insights. — Here’s the basic idea: instead of tracking your work with a to-do list, track your work with a journal. For this tactic, journaling in Evernote or Notepad is fine. A paper journal would be fine too. The difference is going to come down to taste — the journal option that…

Configure Your iPhone to Work for You, Not Against You — The iPhone could be an incredible tool, but most people use their phone as a life-shortening distraction device. However, if you take the time to follow the steps in this article you will be more productive, more focused, and — I’m not joking at all — live longer. Practically every…

The 15th year of my annual gratitude practice, now spanning 782 good things. — I’m almost two years late in publishing this, but I want to keep my annual gratitude practice going. Plus I have drafts of 2022 and 2023 going, so I’m almost caught up. Regarding 2021, it turns out we did have COVID years, plural, and this was the second one. …

I’m putting Better Programming on hiatus to make room for other programming publications. — I get that this is a big pivot given that we switched to a new editor recently. But things are changing at Medium and I think this will ultimately be a boon for everyone, authors, readers and publications. I would like to inspire some (but not all) of you to…

Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. — This is an evolving issue. I’m putting out our new stance, along with everything we currently understand about how AI trains on stories you publish online. Our goal is to get feedback from you — our writers, readers, editors, and curators. We’re in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence. Companies…

Somehow, this is what I need to get off my chest. (Write what you want to write) — On the surface, horse stall mats seem like a perfect solution to surface (heh) your home gym. That’s what I did at the end of 2021, when I converted our garage into a home office slash gym. Horse stall mats are cheap/sturdy and your local farm store definitely has them…

My keynote from Medium Day 2023 — Below is a transcript of my keynote talk from Medium Day on August 12, 2023. You can watch the video here. Hello, you’ve arrived at the State of the Union for Medium. I hope you’re enjoying Medium Day. I’m Tony Stubblebine, the CEO at Medium. I’m here to give you…

However, we have to delay support for India, Brazil, and Thailand. — Two weeks ago, we announced changes to our Partner Program. The response to our announcement has been extremely gratifying. Readers and writers on Medium seem excited that we are taking a stance on encouraging quality writing and actively discouraging content mills, AI-generated articles, and content that is meant only to…

A good morning with coffee and the best of Medium. — I’m in Boston, staying with family, but escaping to a Caffé Nero in the morning for quiet reading. This Saturday, I got a nice taste of what I was hoping Medium could become. I’ve been called delusional recently for saying that the best of Medium is better than the best…