This newsletter started on the premise that writing is thinking. After putting pen to paper daily for the last 3 months (and actually publishing ~ 2 times per week), I’ve realized that bootstrapping it was akin to launching a new product. And after hitting my initial sign-up target, I found that sustaining it required a run the business mindset.
What tool did you ultimately go with to keep all your notes/brainstorms? I want to start taking more notes from books I read this year but haven't found a good tool for it yet.
I made it through the year with a combo of Substack drafts and physical notebook - heading into 2021 I'm exploring a few different tools (Notion, Coda, Roam, Fibery) and a new note-taking method (Zettelkasten) focused on idea connection (vs collection)
Really insightful post, and helpful as I consider striking up a public writing project in the near future. I'm curious, how have you evaluated Medium as a writing and publishing platform?
Also, I think the product person in tech is clearly a target persona. As a reader on the services side of tech business, I actually might be a good profile of an adjacent persona - a non-product reader but one who strives to wear the big hat for the company and values the perspective and transferable lessons from a product leader that can help me be a better leader and partner on the GTM side.
What tool did you ultimately go with to keep all your notes/brainstorms? I want to start taking more notes from books I read this year but haven't found a good tool for it yet.
I made it through the year with a combo of Substack drafts and physical notebook - heading into 2021 I'm exploring a few different tools (Notion, Coda, Roam, Fibery) and a new note-taking method (Zettelkasten) focused on idea connection (vs collection)
https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/
Really insightful post, and helpful as I consider striking up a public writing project in the near future. I'm curious, how have you evaluated Medium as a writing and publishing platform?
Also, I think the product person in tech is clearly a target persona. As a reader on the services side of tech business, I actually might be a good profile of an adjacent persona - a non-product reader but one who strives to wear the big hat for the company and values the perspective and transferable lessons from a product leader that can help me be a better leader and partner on the GTM side.
I've experimented with Medium https://medium.com/@ibscribe but a couple of hurdles have turned me off
(1) you basically have to contribute to one of the popular publications to get eyeballs
(2) the popular publications have arcane submissions guidelines / manual gatekeepers
(3) there is a push (and fine print) for the content to be exclusive to / only on Medium
(4) the distribution / subscriber list is owned by Medium vs the author (so you're locked in)
love your point on GTM folks being a potential adjacent persona! will keep in mind...