A New Journal Creation Flow
Day One version 2025.9 for iOS simplifies journal creation with name suggestions and unlimited journals for all users. Enhanced features include better navigation, calendar coloring, and various bug fixes.
Grammarly Expands Program for EdTech Partners With Grammarly Authorship Resale Motion and Strategic Partnership With Douglas Stewart Software
Grammarly expands its edtech partner program, introducing resale capabilities for its Authorship tool, which tracks AI and human writing in student work. The partnership with Douglas Stewart Software boosts Grammarly’s educational reach, enhancing academic integrity and promoting authentic writing. Grammarly aims to foster innovation and value-driven partnerships in education.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/company/edtech-partner-program/
6 Tweaks You Can Enable in Scrivener’s Appearance Settings
Scrivener offers various settings to customize the app's interface for comfort during long writing projects. Users can change themes, add notepad lines, highlight current lines in the editor, adjust index card display, enhance the Outliner, modify Scrivenings separators, and switch to page view. These tweaks improve navigation and visual appeal, allowing for a more personalized writing environment.
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/6-tweaks-you-can-enable-in-scriveners-appearance-settings
Good Writing
Good writing merges pleasing sound and accurate ideas. Pleasing sentences support better idea development. Optimizing for sound often enhances idea clarity, making writing easier to read and mistakes easier to spot. Good rhythm in writing reflects natural thought patterns, improving internal consistency. While elegantly written pieces can be false, clumsy writing often indicates faulty ideas. The link between sound and content in writing is strong and intertwined, suggesting it's tough to be right without sounding right.
How to Make a Living as a Writer
Walrus article on making a living as a writer explores strategies for income generation in writing careers.
From Words to Value: How Grammarly’s Effective Communication Score Quantifies AI’s Impact
Grammarly introduces the Effective Communication Score (ECS) to measure AI's impact on organizational communication. It aims to assess overall communication quality through metrics like correctness, clarity, and inclusivity. ECS provides real-time insights for Enterprise customers, helping them understand communication effectiveness compared to industry benchmarks. The scoring method gauges the number of unaddressed writing suggestions, reflecting communication quality. The initiative seeks to enhance insights on communication across platforms and prove Grammarly's ROI, helping organizations improve their writing and productivity.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/engineering/effective-communication-score/
How to Use Scrivener’s Navigate Menu to Access Elements of Your Projects
Scrivener's Navigate menu enables project navigation even when the Binder and Inspector are hidden. Users can switch to a minimal layout or Composition Mode for distraction-free writing. The Navigate menu provides access to project elements, allowing quick jumps between documents, revealing items in the Binder, and opening Quick Reference windows for details. Various commands in the menu facilitate efficient project management without visible interface elements.
How AI Is Helping Customer Support Teams Avoid Burnout
Customer support teams face high ticket volumes and constant communication demands, leading to burnout; 62% of agents feel pressured by the expectation to always be connected. Despite AI's potential to alleviate some of this burden, adoption is low, with only 68% using it. Barriers include lack of resources, privacy concerns, and preference for human interaction. AI can enhance agent communication, productivity, and brand compliance, but customer support tools must evolve to meet growing demands.
https://www.grammarly.com/business/learn/cx-productivity-shift/
How to Write an Effective Rough Draft: Practical Tips for Every Writer
TLDR: A rough draft helps writers explore ideas freely without perfectionism, paving the way for better organization and clarity. It fosters momentum, clarifies arguments, and prepares for revisions. Key steps include transitioning from an outline, writing an introduction, developing body paragraphs, overcoming obstacles, and concluding effectively. Tips include writing without overediting, utilizing placeholders, and seeking feedback. Embrace AI tools like Grammarly for enhanced drafting efficiency, but remember to revise with your unique voice.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/writing-process/how-to-write-a-rough-draft/
“What We Make Stands Testament to Who We Are.”
Jony Ive's recent Stripe Sessions 2025 masterclass emphasized the deep connection between design and philosophy, showcasing insights on identity linked to creation. He argued that true understanding comes from making, aligning his thoughts with philosophers like Vico and Aristotle. While he sees himself as a craftsman, he critiques design's economic constraints and emphasizes the spiritual aspect of caring in design. He advocates for valuing ideas over mere opinions, highlights the significance of effective collaboration, and acknowledges the pain of change in design processes. Ultimately, Ive's philosophy intertwines creativity with careful thought, stressing the importance of principles and the nuanced nature of ideas.
https://ia.net/topics/what-we-make-stands-testament-to-who-we-are