This the the day I remember my friend Rodney Lain. Yesterday was actually the 18 year anniversary of his passing but, it also happens to to be my wedding anniversary so I mark this date instead.
He’s truly missed both as a writer and a friend.
Andrew Canion – Replicating Hey.com Features in Regular Email Systems
Email doesn’t have to be pretty. Like any relationship, to work well it requires effort. This is the work.
Kurt asks, Why not just have paper?
What we believe in.
Hey, the new email service from 37 Signals started rolling out today. Jason Fried gives a video tour and there are many fresh ideas going on here. Worth a look.
I really care about email and have been using my current server/client/address for 20+ years so, this is not for me.
For the various naysayers I seem to still hear from/about who argue that, What’s the big deal? More people die from [X] than die died from Covid, here’s an annotated graph that should shut you up.
Civil Rights Law Protects L.G.B.T. Workers, Supreme Court Rules – The New York Times
In normal times, this would have been front page news.The world is so crazy right now I totally missed this landmark decision.
I still love this interview with me on Anthony Ongaro’s Break The Twitch so very much. Covers so much of what I believe in.
Fourteen years ago today, I became the luckiest man in the world because this beautiful, smart, fun lady married me.
“Here’s the truth, by the way: people don’t change their minds through confrontation and argumentation. They DO change their minds, sometimes very quickly; but quietly, in private. Ideally, no one notices. Could there be anything more human than that?”
— Robin Sloan, from his most recent always excellent newsletter
This Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hahn on Nondiscrimination is exactly how I needed to start my week. Maybe it’ll be a nice start to yours.