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The relationship graph

On cold emails, warm intros, and the invisible threads of a career in design.

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Don't call it a Substack

Anil Dash has some thoughts.

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What makes a good newsletter?

A roundtable with five email critics.

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You should be using an RSS reader

Or: How to fight enshittification.

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Share your work with authority

What have you got to lose?

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A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people

... and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.

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Why informally written emails work better

Some hard data.

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Tactics for writing in public

Written from the perspective of a web developer, but this post offers plenty of sound advice from Julia Evans. Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This particular issue links to an article on

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Out-random the AI

Make what you will make and be fully human.

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The best piece of advice I ever got about newsletters

20+ newsletter-ers offer their favorite piece of newsletter advice.