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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…
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…
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…
Dec 15, 2020
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David R. Novak
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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…
Dec 8, 2020
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Channels of the Future
What are the communication channels of our future?
Dec 1, 2020
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David R. Novak
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November 2020
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…
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…
Nov 17, 2020
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David R. Novak
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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?
Nov 10, 2020
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David R. Novak
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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…
Nov 3, 2020
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Awareness Sucks, Long Live Awareness
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October 2020
[( )] : 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…
Oct 27, 2020
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Communicating Emotions
Emotions are important to communication. But where to start? Emotions are inherent to humans communicating.
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…
Oct 13, 2020
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From 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> and Beyond
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