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June 21st, 2020

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Can I create a customized

suggested this offhandedly and the idea has stuck with me.

"You'd be a master of sending newsletters I feel like if you ever wanted to set your mind to it. Just like awesome resources or links from the interwebs." "You totally should" "I would love to see what things you find" "It's like a little dose of happiness sent right to your inbox" "You could start with a small group of friends to try out different things!" "You are a collector of strange wonders and enticing secrets"

At the same time I ran across a super interesting tweet from about a website newsletter combo where a user can 'subscribe' to whatever branching note or topic interests them.

"How do you watch a digital garden grow? Playing around with the idea of a newsletter where you can subscribe to individual notes or topics and receive a weekly/monthly newsletter of personalized updates"

https://twitter.com/azlenelza/status/1265837101825679363

What would be the core tenets of my personal newsletter?

should always feel like a draft, very

a-la &

"sketch" a al xkcd graphs

What do I find so interesting that I would write about?

What I'm learning about right now

Rendering

LEED Certification

Coding info

Note taking

Spaced Repetition

Roam Research tips

What kind of sections would be a part of the newsletter?

What have I been learning recently?

Cool things I've found

new plex additions

pg13

what I've been listening to this week

most played track this week

quote of the week

word of the week

one word from all my daily words

What are some good examples of beautiful and well thought-out newsletters?

theSkimm

beautiful font

starts with a gif

nicely formatted quote at the top which links to more info

uses plain language

always links to more information

share options beneath each story

nonsenseNYC

Frequency: Weekly on Friday afternoon

unsubscribe option right at the top

stylized as pure monospace text

week overview at top, info at bottom

donation link at bottom

Sections

week overview

XXXXX EVENTS XXXXX

event details

XXXXX ONGOING XXXXX

XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX

XXXXX WISHLIST XXXXX

XXXXX OVERHEARD XXXXX

excerpts from

XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX

XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX

XXXXX HELP XXXXX

XXXXX NONSENSE XXXXX

info about the newsletter

link so submit new links

Pain Points

far to long

each newsletter is ~ 7800 words. Far to long!

I get it at a bad time

by the time I get the newsletter on Friday evening, I've already made plans. Pretty much any Friday event is impossible to go to

difficult to find anything with their organization

annoying to read monospaced text

link to submit ideas is hidden

why is the

?

this puts unsubscribe at the forefront of your mind

Mi Niu York

Start with an image

"A weekly newsletter for curious people"

miniuyork.com

Pain Points

I unsubscribed because there wasn't that much I was interested in / had to wade through uninteresting bits

windscribe

gif heavy

plain language

Misc things to be aware of

dark mode in gmail inverts lots of colors

what does it look like on mobile?

should there be an TOC at the top?

maybe a quick graphic overview of the newsletter contents

the less scrolling the better

I've wanted my whole life to be a leader, someone who takes charge and is listened to.

It doesn't come naturally to me, it feels like the only ones who listen are those who are already lost.

{{}} can notion-py modify notion databases?

if so could notion be used as a visual backend for highlights?

https://github.com/jamalex/notion-py/issues/129

June 21st, 2020