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by benwerd 4y ago
No shade to Edinburgh! I miss it every day. But I'll tell you this: there was no startup ecosystem there worth talking about in 2003, and a lot of people who would side-eye you and tell you to get a real job.
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by benwerd 4y ago
I use Substack for the newsletter associated with my blog. It's pretty good! But it's as much a blogging platform as a newsletter engine, and you should consider what your exit strategy might look like if it ever shuts down. At a
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by benwerd 4y ago
A blog is a long-term endeavor. You want to be able to run it long after any particular platform has declined. Ideally, it should be your portfolio that follows you throughout your career. That means you should minimize dependencies. Also:
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by benwerd 4y ago
I've been blogging since 1998 and can trace every major step forward in my career to my blog. In 2003 I started writing about social networking and education - the replies to that blog post helped me kickstart my first startup. In 2009
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WordPress and ActivityPub(werd.io)
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On the Demise of Silicon Valley Bank(werd.io)
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A snapshot of the Twitter migration [pdf](deweysquare.com)
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Assessing the teams behind products and technologies(werd.io)
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Web 8(web8.technology)
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The myth of the good venture startup is dead(werd.io)
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Get Blogging(getblogging.org)
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The End of Twitter(werd.io)
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How the Web Reads Fiction(werd.io)
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by benwerd 4y ago
No. Why does this one employee get to vest early and the others don't? It's a legal minefield and sets up the wrong precedent.
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The Future of Cars(werd.io)
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I'm very sorry for your loss. I did this with my mother and have hours of iPhone video that I'm very glad for now; she died last year and I'll be able to show my future children who their grandmother was. A few things for peo
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by benwerd 4y ago
"Finally, a NAS that lets you use a standard operating system that you're used to, like Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS." So this isn't really for non -technical users. But still very cool!
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by benwerd 4y ago
I love it. It's simple and easy. Yes, I'd prefer to have a desktop app, but whatever - I can figure that out myself. Just having the day view + tasks in one screen really helps me. My one niggle: it'd be useful to have a keys
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by benwerd 4y ago
The 19th | Remote (USA) | Full-Time | https://19thnews.org/ The 19th is a non-profit newsroom that reports on gender, politics, and policy. We make the content created by our diverse newsroom available with a Creative Commo
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Abortion rights supporters are trying to reduce barriers to access through SEO(19thnews.org)
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by benwerd 4y ago
The common theme was revealing more about how I thought about tech and my work in general: not so much technical solutions but my mindset and how I thought about the future. The more detailed I was with my opinions, the more people were abl
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Building a Mobile Subscription Button(werd.io)
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by benwerd 4y ago
Completely. Every single progression in my job over 24 years (I started blogging in 1998) has come through my blog. Some of those were huge. Self-hosted is the way to go. Start small; post on a regular schedule; comment on other peoples&#x2
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My indieweb real estate website (part two)(werd.io)
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Tech on Juneteenth(werd.io)
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The startup slump may be a blessing in disguise(werd.io)
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by benwerd 4y ago
Thank you! Hoping to be a part of the solution.
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by benwerd 4y ago
Founder here! AMA.
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I’ve definitely let the project fall quiet, but I’m planning on spending more time on it. I use it on my own site at https://werd.io and there are quite a few others.
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by benwerd 4y ago
It likely is, and I’m serious about paying it!

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