dietervds
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Comment · 1 year ago
Very late to the party, but I needed to give Banished a shoutout here, since it hasn't been mentioned before. The music alone is enough to get me to relax.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks :-)
I have a bunch of news websites bookmarked over the years that I scour through every week. And once and a while I pick something up through social media or friends and colleagues.
Marketing: I tried. I did some cross-promotion with other newsletters, some paid marketing, but that was ages ago. I don't take to marketing well so it tends to fall by the wayside ^^
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks! If it helps, I ended up using Curated for hosting and email infrastructure. Been meaning to self-host something for ages but until then I'm happy to use them.
Comment · 1 year ago
I write a newsletter on cybersecurity every week. Usually a summary of interesting articles and a list of known breaches and software issues.
It's been going for seven years now I think? It makes about 25k in sponsorships each year, although it could be more if I actually got myself to sell a bit more.
Either way, it's been a great way for me to keep learning. Nothing beats having to summarize a thing to thousands of people to make sure you really understand it :-)
Comment · 3 years ago
Eufy has been a pretty great experience for me. Except for the fact that they recently used their notifications (normally used for camera/motion events) to push a marketing message[1], which really ticked me off. Hence my interest in these threads now :-)
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks! Through sponsorships, there's two slots per issue.
Comment · 7 years ago
Im a bit late to the party, but outside of work I spend most of my professional time on a curated newsletter for infosec news: https://securitynewsletter.co/.
Two years running, just crossed 5700 subscribers. MRR between $600 and $1000. Most successful thing I ever started and still love doing it. Kinda scary to have an “audience” of that size :)
Comment · 7 years ago
That’s amazing! Can I subscribe somewhere to stay informed on the project?
Comment · 8 years ago
One rather general suggestion I have is to pick a company to work for that does some of the requested points. It doesn’t have to be non-profit or volunteer work only.
A few years ago I joined a company called Sunfunder [1]. They (we) provide financing to solar energy companies in Africa and SE Asia. Lack of financing is a major blocking factor there to get clean energy out.
I can honestly say I’ve never been more happy in my life than now, knowing that my entire workweek is contributing to something good.
Comment · 9 years ago
That's great feedback! I might add a 500 and 1000 threshold too. Thanks!
Comment · 9 years ago
Hi guys,
I made this thing because, well, I wanted it and couldn't find an existing service :-) Any feedback or questions welcome.
Comment · 9 years ago
Sharing this in case it helps anyone.
My wife suffered from CFS for over 10 years. In the final stage she could hardely walk anymore because of the muscle pain, and was on 26 pills per day.
We spent years on trying all kinds of stuff and seeing all kinds of doctors. What 'cured' her in the end was us figuring out for ourselves that what was diagnosed as CFS was actually closer to insuline resistance.
After some experimentation we went on a ketosis diet. Three months later she felt fine, her blood work was perfect, almost no more pills. Six months later she was off the pills, and even able to get pregnant (wasn't possible before because of the pills).
Now we're a happy healthy family :-)
Maybe this helps someone who is in a similar boat.
Writing a weekly newsletter on infosecurity at https://securitynewsletter.co/.
Feel free to ping me at https://twitter.com/dietervds