The Silicon Florist newsletter originally began as an effort to highlight the most important stories of the week from the blog — so you didn't have to try to read the blog if you didn't want to. (Honestly, it was inspired by a good friend who said something along the lines, "I really enjoy your content, but I'm lazy. Could you just send me really important stuff to read every week instead of forcing me to remember to go to your site or read your feed all of the time, please?")
I plan to keep that same ethos going. So if you want the minutiae of everything I post, the blog is the best place for that. If you simply want to stay up-to-date on the biggest stories and events and whatnot, then the newsletter is perfect for that.
I'm also exploring ways to give Substack subscribers unique content and opportunities that won't appear in the blog or the usual newsletter.
Thanks you for the detailed response, Rick. It's very helpful to understand and I can relate to your good friend: I used to read Silicon Florist consistently via RSS but after Google killed Reader and my Feedly got too cluttered I kind of drifted away and would only read SF when I saw it cross-posted or was curious about the latest.
Knowing SF on Substack is meant to be the highlights and every story will be on the blog will help inform my consumption.
Will you be posting same content on the website and here on Substack or check both places?
Great question, Bryce!
The Silicon Florist newsletter originally began as an effort to highlight the most important stories of the week from the blog — so you didn't have to try to read the blog if you didn't want to. (Honestly, it was inspired by a good friend who said something along the lines, "I really enjoy your content, but I'm lazy. Could you just send me really important stuff to read every week instead of forcing me to remember to go to your site or read your feed all of the time, please?")
I plan to keep that same ethos going. So if you want the minutiae of everything I post, the blog is the best place for that. If you simply want to stay up-to-date on the biggest stories and events and whatnot, then the newsletter is perfect for that.
I'm also exploring ways to give Substack subscribers unique content and opportunities that won't appear in the blog or the usual newsletter.
Hope that helps,
Rick
Thanks you for the detailed response, Rick. It's very helpful to understand and I can relate to your good friend: I used to read Silicon Florist consistently via RSS but after Google killed Reader and my Feedly got too cluttered I kind of drifted away and would only read SF when I saw it cross-posted or was curious about the latest.
Knowing SF on Substack is meant to be the highlights and every story will be on the blog will help inform my consumption.
Push vs. pull. The age old dilemma.
I still miss Google Reader 😭
Welcome! And thanks so much for the kind words.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you feel more at home around here.