shanecleveland

Yes. I am not in a position to judge individual Russian or US military members without quite a bit more context.

I’ve got a few Notion products. Would love to connect. Feel free to reach out at the domain linked in my profile.

Absolutely! I would hope that any popular offering would have competitors. And I would expect that the creator of the linked service would at least notice that you offer only an iframe embed, as opposed to my SEO friendly JS embed. And I guess you would have to know if one was released before the other. I am sorry if we had similar ideas.

I use usenotioncms.com to fetch Notion pages for https://notion2embed.com. I personally use it to embed Notion blocks/pages on static sites. They are already nicely styled and simple to update. Just and MVP at the moment, but it works for me, and I plan on improving it over time. Will be great for roadmaps, FAQs, "meet the team" galleries, etc.

I would say true for most affiliate sites that are just aggregating the available options.

However, there are certainly sites, and perhaps this is one, where there is considerable credibility (actual interest and knowledge), research and effort that I have no problem with the owner being compensated for providing the resource.

Even if just providing a more intuitive and deeper method to narrow down options to fit a narrower use case (which vac has the longest cord!), then there is added value.

I use Stripe to manage payments for a subscription site with both monthly and annual options. I have renewal reminders turned off, because it seems like overkill for a monthly renewal – no option to only have it on for yearly plans. I worried about issues with yearly renewals, so I set up my own service to send a renewal reminder for yearly subscribers. I would rather have more customers not renew on friendly terms than deal with surprise charges. And I figure it may prompt some to check and update payment methods or spur them back into actively using the service more.

> retired at 55 or something with 75-100% income.

Not happening anymore.

Happy sponsor here. I'm not a prolific blogger, but I love the minimalistic nature of it and that I don't need to worry about maintaining it myself.

Thanks! I don’t really do much social media, and this has been really low friction to keep up.

https://shanecleveland.com updated by text message (https://textpost.me - also mine!). I mainly post pics.

Hmm. No idea, actually. Incoming texts run through Twilio.

I update my own site/blog/journal with a sms-only service I set up: https://textpost.me

Your traffic is incredible. I would work to understand the business use cases better and create a B2B niche service tailored specifically to one or more of those (API, more detailed info, custom solution, etc.). I don't know that growing your traffic overall needs to be a target. Rather, catering to an existing segment and/or growing that segment may be a better use of time and resources.

SEO. Technically still marketing, but once it gains traction, can be self-sustaining.

Or buy something that already has strong SEO and doesn't rely on "active" marketing on ad spending.

Yep. Though it does not snow a ton here in Western Washington, we go skiing in the Cascade passes. So I have deducted snow tires for our vehicles. They are the biggest difference maker in my opinion.

I wasn't actually suggesting people do that. I'm saying that many people who claim to know how to drive in the snow come from places where it snows a lot, but they don't have Western Washington hilly terrain and their streets are regularly plowed, sanded, etc. Hence, they have not actually driven in the snow. The safest way to drive in the snow is to stay home.

Not to mention the limited resources municipalities have to deal with these events, since they just don't happen that often.

It is more common to see 4WD vehicles abandoned in ditches because they didn't realize 4WD doesn't help with braking or going down a hill.

Wanna learn how to drive in the snow? Tackle an unplowed, 45 degree hill littered with vehicles that didn't make it.

They have validated the idea for you. Congratulations! And I can't imagine they are the be-all-end-all solution with no room for alternatives, are they?

Well put. Similarly, and one of many analogies that could be made, a published author's first "successful" work is unlikely to be the first thing they have ever written.

Just keep making stuff!

Nice idea. Do you get the location data from the image? Offering a map view showing all of the pins/path in one view would be nice.

I'm doing something similar (low-touch blog/diary tool) with https://textpost.me. One limitation with operating over text only is lack of data that comes through, including user's local time and location. I'd like figure out an easy way to allow for that, which would make it more functional as a travel diary.

I have a pretty basic Flask boilerplate I have used, but have been very curious about Django. It would probably be a better option for me in some cases.

https://textpost.me is a sms-only journaling/blogging service I made.

>> It may also be the case that those inclined to be skeptical of vaccines were also the ones who exposed themselves to infection most during the pandemic, through disdain for social distancing, mask-wearing, etc.

I anecdotally am finding this to be the case

Love this. Some ideas:

It would be nice to be able to provide a link to an older post and get the links.

Stats, such as top sites included across posts (all-time, this year, etc.), or posts with most links.

I've been having fun with https://textpost.me. It allows me to journal/blog by text message only. It's basically the only consistent, non-social-media method for me that works. So I made it available for others. Though, not many have jumped on board.

Using tags, I am able to keep track of my offline side project - restoring a Boston Whaler boat: https://shanecleveland.com?tag=whaler

Agreed. I believe the lines between editorial and news has become (purposefully?) blurred, or at least many no longer recognize the difference. It can be interesting to see how headlines and emphasis on news stories in both publications can differ for the same topic, but they both follow a predictable standard. As you suggest, the editorial boards are echo chambers, but they both give time to opposing views there, as well.

You used the term "column," which insinuates an opinion piece. All news publications have purposely-biased opinion pieces, and in the case of The NY Times, they will be limited to the clearly-marked op-ed section. And they also offer countering views, in many cases. Very different from news.

Twilio handles SMS and MMS for my https://textpost.me side project. Great platform and reliability.

... in ways that are not accessible to the everyday person.

Well, you can produce a plant, but you cannot produce a "Haas" avocado plant from the seed of "Haas" avocado fruit. Each seed has its own unique variety, and few of them taste good.