All my notes, publicly accessible
This is an experiment about learning in public. I am sharing my notes on various topics, also incomplete thoughts. I want to see what connections can emerge by opening up my thinking and learning process
After discussing in various places, including here on IH, I've finally settled for self-hosting the newsletter using Colossus (an open-source, Django-based newsletter tool). It took few tweaks to make it work but now is there out in the open. I've managed to remove all the tracking (both clicks and opens).
The integration to the template of the garden is, however, not as nice as I would like, so I must work a bit more on that.
I decided to start counting the number of visits to my digital garden, although I am not completely sure this is a good thing. If I find myself checking the numbers too often, or if I perceive that somehow the visits push the direction of what I think and write about, I will stop it.
I am not trying to optimize any external parameters, and therefore the numbers, at this stage, are just a vanity check. They may become useful in the future, or not, I can't tell at this stage.
This week, I have been thinking about how remote companies hire employees. I like to call the process the Uberization of the Workforce.
I reflect on current trends on hiring and the loss of employee benefits, most of which were the result of a long and strenuous process.
The first newsletter covered too many topics. I had too many things in my back-burner. I shared the results of my first month learning in public through aquiles.me, and also the podcast I have been listening to, and things I had been reading.
I don't think the lack of focus is a good idea. Anyhow, this is the newsletter
If I start a newsletter, without a clear topic, but just with the things I think about during the week, and share them, would anybody care?
So far, more than 70 people signed up for my blog newsletter after the article on how to write a programming book, and what equipment to use to record video courses, so let's see.
This is an experiment about learning in public. I am sharing my notes on various topics, also incomplete thoughts. I want to see what connections can emerge by opening up my thinking and learning process