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the insane discipline of the world's best jam band
the Grateful Dead
Craft essays like an architect
I'm bringing the best parts of architecture school to essay writers
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Michael Dean
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Dawn of a listicle (Dean's List #1)
3 side effects of publishing, 11 confessions from a typewriter, and 10 logs to prove I’m still a multidimensional human before I start marketing the…
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Michael Dean
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a private universe of practice
what do I want my audience to hold me accountable for?
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Michael Dean
brief excursions in the dark arts of marketing
navigating the product, patron, process spectrum
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Michael Dean
The Mucha Method
How Selling Out Can Enable the Artist Within You
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Michael Dean
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The Center of Mount Shasta
It's been a long time since I've read fiction and poetry. It's showing me dimensions of writing that I missed during my non-fiction binge. It's where my…
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Michael Dean
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Beeple's Mosiac
Beeple’s “Everydays” NFT sold for $69 million. The fact that it’s an NFT is the least exciting part about it. This essay is about Beeple’s process. Your…
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Michael Dean
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Studio Culture
Architecture school was a 5-year military-grade boot camp for designers. Why does studio culture motivate students so intensely? We’ll look into the…
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Michael Dean
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