# Valentine Watkins

> Writing, product language, wine, reading, and now-page updates from Valentine Watkins.

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- [Content Design’s distinction without a difference](https://valentinewatkins.com/distinction-without-a-difference/index.html.md): Once you see it, you can’t un-see it.
- [Instagram commenters are content designers now](https://valentinewatkins.com/instagram-commenters-are-content-designers-now/index.html.md): There are dozens of us! Dozens!!
- [The content-to-capital pipeline](https://valentinewatkins.com/content-to-capital-pipeline/index.html.md): How online writers turn audiences into investment capital—and why media and venture capital have more in common than either side admits.
- [When payments become content](https://valentinewatkins.com/when-payments-become-content/index.html.md): How Venmo, Patreon, Kickstarter and other payments companies use social features and storytelling to become something more.
- [Stripe is a content company](https://valentinewatkins.com/stripe-is-a-content-company/index.html.md): Stripe shows that documentation can be a product—and that a technology company can use publishing as a genuine competitive advantage.