Ev WilliamsDo not disturbCan I assume when you’re in the zone You’re not distracted by your phone Should I hold my texts And take time to reflect Or fire away…Dec 9, 202322Dec 9, 202322
Ev WilliamsHow you can help the Amazon Rainforest–todayLast week, Brazil’s Congress shocked the world by suddenly fast-tracking and passing PL2903, the Marco Temporal bill. This bill paves the…Jun 5, 202331Jun 5, 202331
Ev WilliamsCat Playing Piano, in the style ofHere are 40 images I generated with Distropic, an interface to Stable Diffusion, a deep-learning, text-to-image AI.Oct 19, 202222Oct 19, 202222
Ev WilliamsNew Decade, New IdeasNext month will be the tenth anniversary of the launch of Medium. As we gear up for the next decade, I’ve decided to hand over the CEO…Jul 12, 2022106Jul 12, 2022106
Ev WilliamsYes, the fundamental tension, not only in strategy, but in business and, perhaps, all endeavors.Feb 15, 20221Feb 15, 20221
Ev Williams12 taglines for OdeoI found an old file called taglines. For context, Odeo was a podcasting product, and these were likely thought of as being delivered in…Dec 14, 202116Dec 14, 202116
Ev WilliamsWhat layer to work at is a question that applies at the engineering, company, and career levels.Dec 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021
Ev WilliamsinThe Medium BlogWe’ve acquired Knowable to bring audio to MediumToday, I’m happy to announce that Medium has acquired Knowable, an audio-first learning company, to bring audio capabilities to our…Nov 16, 202185Nov 16, 202185
Ev WilliamsinThe Medium BlogMedium Acquires Projector, a Collaborative, Multimedia Design PlatformI’m excited to announce today that we’ve acquired Projector, a collaborative, multimedia design platform, whose talented team has joined…Nov 9, 202169Nov 9, 202169
Ev WilliamsSimple or Easy? 🪨Say you need to move a pile of small rocks from point A to point B. The simplest thing would be to pick them up and move them by hand.Sep 22, 202147Sep 22, 202147