Even if you don’t have anything to sell right now, you should always be collecting email addresses from people who come across your work and want to stay in touch. Why email? You’ll notice a pattern with technology - often the most boring and utilitarian technologies are the ones that stick around the longest. Email is decades and decades old, but ... See more

All of this feels a bit weird to me, a proud denizen of geriatric social media. It is quite strange, especially when you write about technology, to feel like the tools that define your formative era of the internet are no longer ascendent. But just because patterns are changing, I think it’s a mistake to assume that social media is on its way out a... See more

This is why writers like newsletters so much. **As other distribution channels are becoming increasingly crowded, email provides an alternative trade route.**

I’m bullish on Email as a channel for the future. Not in the way that is has been approached in the past, as a dumpster for offers and notifications, but as a content and communication channel.