I'm a product designer and strategist who works across design, product, marketing, and content. Noir Book is my personal reference library, built for the kind of work I actually do.
Most reference material is written to rank, not to be used. The good stuff is buried in paywalled books, niche newsletters, or a Medium post with six paragraphs of preamble before it says anything. Paid courses are better, but they take weeks, and by the time you finish, the project has moved on. I wanted a place where I could look something up mid-project and find a real answer in 30 seconds. Something I could actually use right now, not a starting point for more research. A cheat sheet, but a smart one, with everything easy to find.
Topics across UX design, product management, marketing and growth, and content strategy. Every topic follows the same structure: theory first, then practical methods with templates, then real examples. Cross-disciplinary by design, because the best work rarely lives in one lane. Opinionated enough to be useful, referenced enough to be trusted.
I add topics when I need them. The bar is simple: would I look this up again? If yes, it goes in. No schedule, no backlog, just the gaps I keep hitting. The format stays the same: theory, methods, examples. Short enough to scan, deep enough to actually use.
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One topic per week, sent as a standalone read. No paywall, no upsell. Coming soon.