Archive - Manual Transmission

May 2025

I can't quit you

I planned on quietly skipping this week's newsletter, but my sense of obligation got the better of me.

May 30 •

Add Some Chromatic Chaos to Your Images

Watch now | Chroma is here for Affinity Photo users and it will have you checking your eyesight

May 28 •

5:18

This Idea Might Get Me Shadowbanned

What's new, what's next, and what I shouldn't be saying on Instagram

May 23

Abstract in a can - Zero Point Assemblage

A recording from Dave Conrey's live video

May 16 •

52:55

In an automatic world, I'm back to feathering the clutch

Let's make things that feel like they belong in someone’s life forever.

May 16 •

Studio Stash #2

More Grit - More Grunge - All free!

May 13 •

The time I had to punch my way through to creativity

Breakthroughs are easy. It’s the get-up-off-the-couch part that's hard

May 9 •

80% of email newsletters get this wrong—are you one of them?

The most slept-on opportunity I see with newsletters is the first message you send

May 2 •

April 2025

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