Better Thinking. Better Work.
Don GiannattiEssays on creativity, AI, independent work, and making things that matter.
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Better thinking. Better work.
Ideas, creative strategy, practical AI, and decades of hard-earned experience for independent creatives who refuse to become average. My name is Don Giannatti, and I am very glad you are here.
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Photographer, designer, writer, entrepreneur. I write and speak on mentorship, creativity, and the arts. I am also the owner of Visual Media Strategy, an agency for commercial photographers.
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