Substack, Email, and Data Portability

This week, Federico and John explore the popularity of Substack among writers leaving big media companies, rethink their email workflows after leaving Hey, and consider data portability and the tradeoffs of proprietary app systems.

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Links and Show Notes

• Substack
  • The Platformer
  • Galaxy Brain
  • Sidechannel Discord
• Email
  • Hey
  • What Really Happened at Basecamp
  • Connected, Episode 343 – The Jeremies
  • Spark
  • SaneBox
• The Value of Apps That Don’t Silo Data
  • Obsidian
  • DEVONthink
  • LumaFusion

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