Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers Paid Members Public
Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…
Why Substack's evolution is beginning to worry me Paid Members Public
Is the newsletter platform a boon for independent journalism — or the beginnings of another attention gatekeeper that we'll all regret supporting?
Maintaining friendships without social networks Paid Members Public
Maintaining friendships after Facebook and Twitter [https://jonmitchell.net/blog/how-to-stay-internet-friends-without-facebook-or-twitter] : > Some people are like, “How are you supposed to maintain normal human relationships?” Don’t worry, I tell them. There are way better ways to be internet friends than Facebook and Twitter. In fact, most of them already
The intimacy of e-mail newsetters Paid Members Public
Interesting history of the email curation platform Revue [https://blog.getrevue.co/from-side-project-to-millions-of-emails-6c64ebcaf95d#.xgr8l5h2n] from its founder Martijn de Kuijper: > Back then I saw the value of the newsletter and I still do. It’s such an intimate way to communicate with people, and so effective at the same
Slaying the e-mail monster Paid Members Public
I’ve been staring at an unusual sight on and off over the last 18 hours or so: Yes, I’ve hit inbox zero. And I need to keep as close to this as I can. Here’s why: My working life is about as complex as it has ever
Financial Times ups its morning e-mail game: FirstFT Paid Members Public
Slightly baffling e-mail from the Financial Times press team this morning: > Financial Times readers can now receive the FT’s daily top picks of global news, comment and analysis from around the web by signing up to FirstFT [http://www.ft.com/firstft]. Concise and engaging, this free email
Saying Goodbye to Gmail Paid Members Public
Last night I switched the e-mail hosting provider behind @onemanandhisblog.com from Gmail to Hover’s e-mail service [https://www.hover.com/email]. Why? Two reasons mainly: * I very rarely use webmail. Maybe I’m just showing my internet age, but the majority of my e-mail is done through Mail.
Weekend Joy and Monday Reality Paid Members Public
The weekend: [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/05/may-beach-life-1.jpg] The Monday morning price of ignoring the internets for the delights of the beach [http://adam.tinworth.org/2014/05/summers-start-on-the-beach.html]: And I don’t even want to think about the marking…
