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Don't write things down to remember them.
Write them down to forget.
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More than half of YC startups don't have a dot com reproof.app/blog/you-dont-ne… via @reproofapp
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I accidentally discovered something last year, in starting @reproofapp and Pith & Pip:
The best domain names might have more than one word.
It's crazy, breaks all the rules of "a shorter domain is better," but you've got a better chance at snagging a domain and ranking for it.
One new thing a day, from the @ChicagoManual, for the next month.
I’m reading the entire @ChicagoManual of Style this year, as one does when building a new writing and editing app (👋 @reproofapp).
And so, along the way, I’m going to Tweet one thing a day that I learned from the CMOS—things that apply to print and digital publishing alike.
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Markdown's how you format @github issues, @Reddit comments, @1Password details, @culturedcode Things tasks, @RoamResearch & @obsdmd notes, @buttondown emails, and more.
It's easy to learn, but tricky to remember.
Practice makes perfect, right? So I just made something new🧵
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So: If you're considering jumping ship the elephant site, and you're a writer, would love to have you join author.chat that we're running alongside @reproof.
It's a space for writers—come ready to share everything you write!
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It’s been forever, but I’ve finally recorded a new podcast episode thanks to @leanpub co-founder @lenepp having me on.
Here’s our chat about writing, remote work, and what we’ve been building at @reproofapp: leanpub.com/podcasts/frontma… – at Bang Na, Thailand
The original Macintosh was supposed to auto-save. Start instantly. Search everywhere. Be uncustomizable.
And it was supposed to only run a word processor.
Here's the Mac as it could have been: reproof.app/blog/on-designin…
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It's Friday. What'd you do this week?
At @zapier, that's a question you can't escape. You have to write a Friday Update, and share what you accomplished—or not—this week.
It's the best shared ritual I've found to get more things done. Here's how.
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Write what’s needed.
Pay little attention to the word count.
Don’t keep typing simply to have lengthier content.
Share everything you’d want to read in an article about that topic, then stop.
That’ll be enough.
#writing #writerslife #writetip
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The first time @Microsoft built a spreadsheet, it didn't even sell it itself.
The 2nd time, it got Steve Jobs to sell it.
15yr later, Jobs needed Microsoft's distribution to sell iMacs.
An audience is everything—and here's how Microsoft built theirs.
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Did you know Log in is more popular than Sign in?
Or that Help Center is the new cool thing to call your support pages?
Or that almost every site calls their plans page Pricing?
Here's what I discovered from a UX microcopy survey of 100 SaaS tools: reproof.app/blog/ux-copy-sur…
The best way to build something?
Document it first.
You'll find out what matters most while writing, while everything's still malleable, before you start making things real.
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“Thesauruses are useful things, but they don’t talk about the words they list,” wrote John McPhee in his Draft No. 4.
That's why you need a better dictionary—that, and etymologies—instead.
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Amazon @awscloud S3 offers 8 different storage tiers. @GoogleCloud Storage has 4.
It's far too confusing if you just want to back up your files.
So I dug in to find the best.
Turns out, neither. @Backblaze B2 may actually be the best option.
reproof.app/blog/s3-vs-backb…
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How do you ensure your tutorials don't have any typos?
Sleep. 🛌
“I rely on a good night’s sleep to put some distance between me and my text,” says @getkirby's @texnixe.
Here's how the Kirby team proofreads their work: reproof.app/blog/kirby-sonja…
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Bounce rate is gone.
Search Queries are hidden.
Even the classic "Site Content → All Pages" view got moved and renamed.
Everything changed in @googleanalytics 4.
Here's a guide to finding everything you need in the new GA before you have to switch:
reproof.app/blog/google-anal…
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Somehow hell froze over and Markdown won the formatting wars.
Even @googledocs supports Markdown with its newest update.
Except.... not really. Google Docs still doesn't support Markdown. Not really.
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Best way to improve my writing...sleep on it and attack first thing.
At least that was one of the ways @maguay, creator of @Reproofapp when asked about my writing as a story coach, founder, and entrepreneurial storyteller. #storytelling
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