Welcome!
You have reached a little piece of internet property owned by Marcus Baumgart. You are most welcome.
First of all, humble apologies for the AI banner poster. It was an experiment. Enough of that.
This is the Terminal. You can travel on from here to a number of destinations. Now you have arrived here, go somewhere else.
places by marcus.
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marcusbaumgart.com
A blog. My home base. Musings that explore the landscape and methods of uncertainty in writing & design.
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A comms strategy business website mockup.
Early days: it’s a work in progress, and not good for general publication yet.
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THE design sessions
My upcoming podcast series about the business of creativity. Coming in 2025.
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the ink shot
An archived blog about the practice and tools of writing in cafés.
Active from 2012-2021. Currently offline due to technical issues.
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unfiction.org
My fiction site. A random and largely uncurated collection of fragments.
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pretty useless things
This project is currently having a snooze! A page of nonsense verse. Coming sooner or later.
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BCBA.studio
Just the day job.
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the back catalogue
An archive of my design journalism from twenty years of writing.
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man seeks husband
A social experiment inspired by 19th Century Melbourne entrepreneur E.W. Cole.
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privatewriting.space
An long-term project - A Writer’s Retreat in the Wombat State Forest outside of Melbourne.
WRITING.CONSULTING
My exciting current project - a book publishing in 2025. All about writing as business strategy.
places by clever people.
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AUSTINKLEON.COM
The home of a writer who draws. Based in Austin, Texas.
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gloss creative
The home of my friend, personal motivator and all-round inspiration Amanda Henderson. A fellow Melburnian and creative powerhouse who works with lots of other creative powerhouses (she follows E.M. Forster’s timeless recommendation, ‘Only Connect’).
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Public domain review
A wunderkammer and masterpiece of curation (visual & text).
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Aeon.co
So much food for your brain and soul. Made in Melbourne for a global audience.
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psyche.co
Sister site to aeon.co: all about the mind, the self and other things.
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The Marginalian
Such a wealth of wisdom and knowledge presented by direct quotation and reference, another masterpiece of curation.
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