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I create a Dev Tips Daily 5 days a week: https://umaar.com/dev-tips/ - It's basically a gif showcasing a DevTools feature.
Major fan here. I can't believe this is not getting enough vote to rise to the top. This guy is unstoppable with amount of tips and the effort it goes into illustrating them with animated gifs. *Must-follow for frontend developers
I don't. Used to. In fact, this was a primary mode for me, until RSS. Then I used RSS to setup feeds I would pick through on a recurring basis. The noise levels have gone up, and my interests have changed with career and role changes too. Now I default to a few communities, this one included, where I can follow and interact with others who have interests and experience I find relevant. Ideally, I contribute the same.…
>Some newsletters are pretty great. I would reconsider them given much improved curation. Not sure where others are at, but for me at least, it's an opportunity for somebody. I'm actually trying to solve the problem of curation and discovery at Letterlist.com. It's amazing that there isn't really a great way to find the best newsletters yet. I'm curious - what is the biggest barrier stopping you from subscribing to n…
The biggest barriers for me are:
1. Time / relevance and the investment to figure that out. It helps to know the intent of the newsletter too. Some people are adding value to products and services with relevant commentary. That's a good thing, but only when I'm into the product or service. Others are sharing insights and perspective, sort of blogging via newsletter. Like those too.
And I'm search driven, so I'll land on one, and read the relevant bits, and sometimes subscribe. On that note, full content delivered to gmail sometimes is worth it. I've searched my mail, and found very relevant things in there, often long after they were published. Maybe there is something exploitable there.
2. Use of time. I can listen and do lots of things.
3. Interestingly, I would absolutely love a newsletter of news letters, where snippets that are relevant to me are presented in a dead simple mobile friendly read it quick format, or are presented as audio reviews of some sort.
The barrier here is good content that I don't know is good. Selling it to me in an easy to consume form would be kind of like a mentor who presses us to do or read something. Once in a while, I find one, and realize I should have been following it, and then binge on it to get caught up.
I would pay for this one. Having some service, or even persons or person who knows me enough to push and select high relevance things is worth a lot.
4. Speaking more specifically to #1, size matters. Popular ones seem to balloon up, and I'll tune out. To me, a short, but very potent newsletter can be just one item, but it's really worth it. I prefer this to a big one where a few gems are hidden among a lot of other things.
A side-project (& newsletter) I'm working on to curate and share the best newsletters).
I don't. Used to. In fact, this was a primary mode for me, until RSS. Then I used RSS to setup feeds I would pick through on a recurring basis. The noise levels have gone up, and my interests have changed with career and role changes too. Now I default to a few communities, this one included, where I can follow and interact with others who have interests and experience I find relevant. Ideally, I contribute the same.…
>Some newsletters are pretty great. I would reconsider them given much improved curation. Not sure where others are at, but for me at least, it's an opportunity for somebody. I'm actually trying to solve the problem of curation and discovery at Letterlist.com. It's amazing that there isn't really a great way to find the best newsletters yet. I'm curious - what is the biggest barrier stopping you from subscribing to n…
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- O'Reilly Radar (http://radar.oreilly.com/)
- Right Relevance Daily Digest (http://rightrelevance.com/)
- TweetQureet Daily Tweets Digest (https://www.qureet.com)
- nextdraft
- today in tabs
- hacker newsletter
- saas weekly
- dan lewis' now i know
- buzzfeed news
- the quartz daily brief
- the skimm
- the politico playbook
- the capital playbook
- poncho
- i use digg's "news.me" service
- crunchbase daily
- ben cronin's two songs
- product hunt
python weekly javascript weekly sidebar.io Product Hunt The New York Times newsletter Quartz Daily Roundup MusicGeeks Aeon Magazine Re/code Daily Changelog Weekly ...and it looks like I'll be adding quite a few more from this thread!
Similarly, I love The Conversation (https://theconversation.com) - started that one reading the UK edition, glad they have a US one now too, but still kind of liked following British politics.
Software Lead Weekly: http://softwareleadweekly.com/
Starting Strength Weekly Report: http://startingstrength.com/index.php/site/ss_weekly_report_...
Dan John's Wandering Weights: http://danjohn.net/wandering-weights/
python weekly javascript weekly sidebar.io Product Hunt The New York Times newsletter Quartz Daily Roundup MusicGeeks Aeon Magazine Re/code Daily Changelog Weekly ...and it looks like I'll be adding quite a few more from this thread!
Was surprised no one had mentioned Quartz ( http://qz.com/ ) except in this post. They have quickly become my go-to for knowing what's happening in the world in just enough detail. Similarly, I love The Conversation ( https://theconversation.com ) - started that one reading the UK edition, glad they have a US one now too, but still kind of liked following British politics.