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Into The Black
Friends, subscribers, fellow humans, We’ve reached a pause. One year. What a year. I came up with this idea for sharing weekly content in late…
David R. Novak
Dec 29, 2020
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The Big Four
Good communication is built on 4 pillars: respect, authenticity, trust, and honesty. With all four of those, communication can flourish. This does not…
David R. Novak
Dec 22, 2020
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On Communicating’s Sanctity
Communication is profoundly common and mundane. Nothing could be more ordinary. Yet connecting with others is sacred. Paradox. We give some of ourselves…
David R. Novak
Dec 15, 2020
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Experimental: sPaceTIme WeIRdNeSS
Artwork: Gravitational Waves. Image: © NASA. [[Author’s Note: This week’s article is a little out there — even in comparison to some of my other oddball…
David R. Novak
Dec 8, 2020
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Channels of the Future
What are the communication channels of our future?
David R. Novak
Dec 1, 2020
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Oh Dear Ms. Communication
Miscommunication doesn’t really exist. “What?!! Miscommunication doesn’t exist?! It’s everywhere!” you might be saying to yourself. Stick with me for a…
David R. Novak
Nov 24, 2020
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The Messiness of Interpretation
It's easy to think about communication as nice, neat, simple, straightforward. Unfortunately, this isn't reality. Interpretation is messy, but it's also…
David R. Novak
Nov 17, 2020
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Where Language Resides
As one of the primary mechanisms of our interactions, language is part of communication. But where is it?
David R. Novak
Nov 10, 2020
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Awareness Sucks, Long Live Awareness
People talk a lot about using communication to make people aware of things. “We communicated it to them.” Awareness. What is being aware, really though…
David R. Novak
Nov 3, 2020
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[( )] : The Absence of Communication
As ubiquitous and pervasive communication is, the absence of communication is actually a quite interesting place to look for clues about what is going…
David R. Novak
Oct 27, 2020
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Communicating Emotions
Emotions are important to communication. But where to start? Emotions are inherent to humans communicating.
David R. Novak
Oct 20, 2020
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From 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> and Beyond
Communication and relationships are the same thing. And thus far, I’ve talked about relationships in mostly 1:1 terms. That is, one person to one…
David R. Novak
Oct 13, 2020
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From 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> and Beyond
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