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Wow... I think you undersell your previous blog. Being old enough to remember I think that Fuckedcompany.com was the Techcrunch of its time. Loved to read that

Wow... I think you undersell your previous blog. Being old enough to remember I think that Fuckedcompany.com was the Techcrunch of its time. Loved to read that site - it brought a sense of reality to the startup/web space which is probably still required to this day. For tinyletter, I like the idea however the one thing I would note is that it doesn't actually provide any sample of the type of newsletter that it would produce. For instance, what is the value of using this site as opposed to simply having a Google spreadsheet form to collect subscribers and sending the emails using Outlook? Does it provide HTML templates to easily produce structured newsletters or does it only provide a big text field to type the newsletter? I'd be hesitant to sign-up without seeing at least sample visual of a newsletter that would be produced with the system.

pud 16y ago
Thanks for the kind words about FC... those were fun days...at least for me :-) Regarding TinyLetter, I suppose it automates that process were you might collect addresses with Google and sending with Outlook. Do this to see what they look like: Go through the short sign up process. Then subscribe to your own newsletter. Rhen click "Write a newsletter." Then write something, and click "preview" Wow that sounds complicated -- trust me it's not. But you make a good point...there should be a way for people to get an example newsletter in the mail so that they know what they look like. Thanks! Philip
dansingerman 16y ago
I'd love it if one day Michael Arrington came on here talking about how Techcrunch was once a 'somewhat popular blog'
kgtm 16y ago
And i remember that it was even mentioned in the movie August, [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ ]! The employees of the startup portrayed are being caught by the founder slacking off there, while the company is sinking as the dot com downhill commences. A rather good film, despite its 5,4 rating on IMDB...

pud 16y ago

Thanks for the kind words about FC... those were fun days...at least for me :-) Regarding TinyLetter, I suppose it automates that process were you might collect addresses with Google and sending with Outlook. Do this to see what they look like: Go through the short sign up process. Then subscribe to your own newsletter. Rhen click "Write a newsletter." Then write something, and click "preview" Wow that sounds complicated -- trust me it's not. But you make a good point...there should be a way for people to get an example newsletter in the mail so that they know what they look like. Thanks! Philip

dansingerman 16y ago

I'd love it if one day Michael Arrington came on here talking about how Techcrunch was once a 'somewhat popular blog'

kgtm 16y ago

And i remember that it was even mentioned in the movie August, [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ ]! The employees of the startup portrayed are being caught by the founder slacking off there, while the company is sinking as the dot com downhill commences. A rather good film, despite its 5,4 rating on IMDB...