Five Years of Memberships
Metadata
- Author: Craig Mod
- Full Title: Five Years of Memberships
- URL: https://craigmod.com/essays/memberships_year_five/
Highlights
I never intended to make much “members only” stuff when I launched SPECIAL PROJECTS. In fact, it launched without anything you could call a “perk.” The framing was like that of NPR: become a member and “unlock the commons” of my free-for-all work. (View Highlight)review
So it was that during the early days of the pandemic, March 2020, I began to live stream my work sessions — laying out books in InDesign, designing websites like the Ise-ji mini-site, thinking about designing Kissa by Kissa and more — to members. (View Highlight)review
The stroke of unintended “business” genius of the launch was tying Yearly Memberships to a big discount on the book. (View Highlight)review
Permission to go, explore, unshackled from, say, pitching to a media incumbent. So offering an archive feels both like a thank you, and in the spirit of “education.” (View Highlight)review
Sometimes we choose a gear when we are eight, or twelve, or fifteen, or twenty-five — based on our resources and situation at that time — and then stay in that gear indefinitely. Time passes and the ground truth no longer aligns with that past choice. Meaning: It’s good to revisit and recalibrate your own self-imposed limitations every now and then. (View Highlight)review
Doing good work is very easy. You just need the time and space to do it. And then sit down and do it. (View Highlight)review