It seems like there's been a massive resurgence in email newsletters recently. Maybe it's because slack has helped clear our inbox of tasks freeing up our inboxes for the kind of emails we love to read again.<p>Whatever it is, there's not much curation around email newsletters and there are just too many publishers to dig through (Mailchimp alone has 7m+ customers).<p>So I thought we could all share the best newsletters we're reading here.
Since Google Reader shut down, I've basically switched my behaviour to subscribing to sites via email and especially looking out for good curated weekly emails.<p>Here are my favourites at the moment:<p>iOS Dev Weekly : <a href="https://iosdevweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">https://iosdevweekly.com/</a><p>Data Science Weekly : <a href="http://www.datascienceweekly.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.datascienceweekly.org/</a><p>Clojure Gazette : <a href="http://www.clojuregazette.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.clojuregazette.com/</a><p>Ruby Weekly : <a href="http://rubyweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rubyweekly.com/</a><p>Green Ruby : <a href="http://greenruby.org/" rel="nofollow">http://greenruby.org/</a><p>Founders Cabin : <a href="http://founderscabin.io/" rel="nofollow">http://founderscabin.io/</a><p>SaaS Weekly : <a href="http://hiten.com/issues/" rel="nofollow">http://hiten.com/issues/</a><p>Also, shameless plug, I just started a weekly newsletter about Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Engineering:<p><a href="http://datacoder.aidanf.net/" rel="nofollow">http://datacoder.aidanf.net/</a>
My favorites:<p><a href="https://labnotes.org/" rel="nofollow">https://labnotes.org/</a> - fantastic, weekly summary on design, frontend, architecture, business, and some humor.<p><a href="http://rubyweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rubyweekly.com/</a> - a roundup of announcements, new gems, talks and more<p><a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/tag/linkdump/" rel="nofollow">http://www.evilmadscientist.com/tag/linkdump/</a> - monthly list of links related to science, hardware hacking, geekery<p><a href="http://randsinrepose.com/" rel="nofollow">http://randsinrepose.com/</a> - a few posts a month, great advice and thinking about tech and team management.<p><a href="http://consumeconsume.com/" rel="nofollow">http://consumeconsume.com/</a> - funny pictures of irony and shock, which always give me great material for tech presentations<p>For RSS->email I use IFTTT
Brainpickings is the only newsletter that I really, really do read every, every week. It comes on Sunday - the perfect day to kick back and read and think and stare out the window. Maria Popova always, always has (often several) something(s) in there to get me started.<p><a href="http://brainpickings.org" rel="nofollow">http://brainpickings.org</a>
I don't.<p>Used to. In fact, this was a primary mode for me, until RSS. Then I used RSS to setup feeds I would pick through on a recurring basis. The noise levels have gone up, and my interests have changed with career and role changes too.<p>Now I default to a few communities, this one included, where I can follow and interact with others who have interests and experience I find relevant. Ideally, I contribute the same.<p>Dialogs are very important. The perspective matters to me. From there, I'll have realizations or questions which I then follow up in various ways, connecting things together.<p>From those places, I end up following up on information based on recommendations, supplied to me in conversation.<p>There are still quite a number of blogs I will check in on, and I've got 'em organized for my own needs. This is irregular, depending on what my interests actually are. And some are for entertainment too.<p>Some newsletters are pretty great. I would reconsider them given much improved curation. Not sure where others are at, but for me at least, it's an opportunity for somebody.<p>...and I have to plug podcasts here. Mostly, I'm using these for news and hobby entertainment right now, but there seems to be a lot of potential. I find myself with drive times and other odd bits of down time here and there. Audio is often a great solution. For me, a good podcast could serve as a newsletter, and it could drop right into some recurring time I have too.<p>Anyone have good tech oriented podcast recommendations? I would like to add a few shows to my queue.
I am curious about the advantages of a newsletter over a blog featuring an RSS feed that you can subscribe to. The concept of getting mailed regularly seems so 1.0 and overcomplicated.<p>But my question is serious - I also maintain a data science blog and I'd like to evaluate offering a newsletter version of it.
I subscribe to the Farnam Street weekly newsletter (<a href="http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/newsletter/</a>) and have been reading it regularly for the past few months -- good stuff.
<a href="http://ben-evans.com/news/" rel="nofollow">http://ben-evans.com/news/</a> a weekly newsletter by Ben Evans, which is highly insightful on mobile world. It has a seperate 'stats' section which is really nice
I am looking for a newsletter that covers sales funnels, content and landing page design. Does anyone know of such a newsletter?<p>I currently subscribe to:<p>Closing Call on sales <a href="http://closingcall.co" rel="nofollow">http://closingcall.co</a>
Go Weekly on Go posts <a href="http://cooperpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://cooperpress.com</a>
Web Operations Weekly on devops posts <a href="http://cooperpress" rel="nofollow">http://cooperpress</a><p>I just found the <a href="http://hackingui.com" rel="nofollow">http://hackingui.com</a> and <a href="http://sidebar.io" rel="nofollow">http://sidebar.io</a> on this post, thanks
AngelList Daily Transaction Digest (seed stage deals happening in real time): <a href="https://angel.co" rel="nofollow">https://angel.co</a><p>iOS Dev Weekly: <a href="https://iosdevweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">https://iosdevweekly.com/</a><p>Product Hunt Daily Digest: <a href="https://producthunt.com" rel="nofollow">https://producthunt.com</a><p>Quora Weekly Digest: <a href="https://quora.com" rel="nofollow">https://quora.com</a><p>Dollar a Day (donate a dollar to a different charity every day): <a href="https://dollaraday.co/" rel="nofollow">https://dollaraday.co/</a>
I create a Dev Tips Daily 5 days a week: <a href="https://umaar.com/dev-tips/" rel="nofollow">https://umaar.com/dev-tips/</a> - It's basically a gif showcasing a DevTools feature.
Nice, I have started to collect a list of newsletters in a google spreadsheet if you want to take a look or add some help yourself: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u7Kb7iz6H5dnJJkOmZcdviyZzh_FXADtH5o4fM-2_rY/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u7Kb7iz6H5dnJJkOmZcd...</a>
I look forward to this one every day, easily the best return on $100/year you'll ever get.<p>Stratechery: <a href="https://stratechery.com" rel="nofollow">https://stratechery.com</a>
Harpers Weekly Review: <a href="http://harpers.org/blog/weekly-review/" rel="nofollow">http://harpers.org/blog/weekly-review/</a> – hilarious summary of the news (which I don't read normally – if there was a war, this is how I'd find out, 0-7 days late)
<a href="http://awsweekly.net/" rel="nofollow">http://awsweekly.net/</a> - A weekly roundup of AWS news<p><a href="http://postgresweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://postgresweekly.com/</a><p>Perhaps someone should start a WeeklyNewsletterWeekly, curating the best weekly newsletters?
a more UX-ey take rather than "what's the industry up to:"<p>kale davis' <a href="http://www.hackernewsletter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hackernewsletter.com/</a><p>peter cooper's javascript weekly javascriptweekly.com/<p>ux weekly: <a href="http://uxwkly.com" rel="nofollow">http://uxwkly.com</a><p>nickd's semi-weekly dispatch <a href="https://draft.nu/" rel="nofollow">https://draft.nu/</a><p>ios dev weekly <a href="https://iosdevweekly.com/" rel="nofollow">https://iosdevweekly.com/</a> (basically just
read the design section)<p>designernews digest, but I feel like I've stopped getting that :(
For iOS developers:<p>This Week In Swift: <a href="https://swiftnews.curated.co" rel="nofollow">https://swiftnews.curated.co</a><p>iOS Dev Weekly: <a href="https://iosdevweekly.com" rel="nofollow">https://iosdevweekly.com</a><p>In depth Mac and iOS articles: <a href="http://www.objc.io" rel="nofollow">http://www.objc.io</a><p>Not strictly a newsletter, but a great weekly podcast for Mac and iOS developers is Core Intuition: <a href="http://www.coreint.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.coreint.org</a>
Kickstarter HQ: Projects We Love - <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/newsletters/weekly" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/newsletters/weekly</a><p>NASA Earth Observatory - <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/</a><p>ESO News (European Southern Observatory) - <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/newsletters/esonews/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eso.org/public/newsletters/esonews/</a><p>Designers & Books - <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.designersandbooks.com</a><p>NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology - <a href="http://www.nist.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nist.gov/</a><p>WeekendHacker - <a href="http://www.weekendhacker.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weekendhacker.net/</a><p>Maptia - <a href="https://maptia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://maptia.com/</a> ("discover a world of remarkable stories, told by some of the most inspiring photographers, writers, and adventurers on the planet")
Check out,<p>Python Weekly <a href="http://www.pythonweekly.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pythonweekly.com</a><p>NoSQL Weekly <a href="http://www.nosqlweekly.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.nosqlweekly.com</a><p>Founder Weekly <a href="http://www.founderweekly.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.founderweekly.com</a><p>Disclaimer: I am the curator of these newsletters.
Just to add what have already been mentioned, Term Sheet by Dan Primack for all startup news, mainly around funding + other deals including PE. An aspiring VCs best friend <a href="https://fortune.com/newsletter/termsheet/" rel="nofollow">https://fortune.com/newsletter/termsheet/</a>
<a href="http://www.datascienceweekly.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.datascienceweekly.org/</a><p>The editor picks are usually extremely good, and if I didn't read them already, I know that I should.
Not exactly newsletters since I read them on the Web but I enjoy checking out <a href="http://webplatformdaily.org/" rel="nofollow">http://webplatformdaily.org/</a> every day of the week, as well as the weekly servo (<a href="http://blog.servo.org/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.servo.org/</a>) and io.js updates (<a href="https://medium.com/@iojs" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@iojs</a>).
Here's the "API Developer Weekly" from the co-author of my API design book: <a href="http://bit.ly/apiWeekly" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/apiWeekly</a> We've been doing it for over a year.<p>And here are the past issues: <a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=5005148108dfbac726f74e31e&id=239e48d26e" rel="nofollow">http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=5005148108dfbac726f...</a>
i'm the senior editor of netted (netted.net), the daily email from the webby awards, so newsletters are my thing. i read around 10 dailies, and more weeklies. i also write an album guide and new music monthly called the retrographer (<a href="http://tinyletter.com/ciwk" rel="nofollow">http://tinyletter.com/ciwk</a>). here's what i like:<p>- nextdraft<p>- today in tabs<p>- hacker newsletter<p>- saas weekly<p>- dan lewis' now i know<p>- buzzfeed news<p>- the quartz daily brief<p>- the skimm<p>- the politico playbook<p>- the capital playbook<p>- poncho<p>- i use digg's "news.me" service<p>- crunchbase daily<p>- ben cronin's two songs<p>- product hunt
Speaking of newsletters, I'd like to voice my love of tinyletter.com. I used it for the first time in 2010 and it's just as awesome 5 years later after the Mailchimp acquisition. I just started another newsletter on it last week and love the experience of using it. (Not posting the newsletter here because I don't want more subscribers and it's off topic), but yes. TinyLetter is <3.
Thanks for the great list of letters here. I'll add your suggestions to Letterlist (<a href="http://letterlist.com" rel="nofollow">http://letterlist.com</a>).<p>A side-project (& newsletter) I'm working on to curate and share the best newsletters).
SecuringPHP - <a href="http://www.securingphp.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.securingphp.com</a><p>That's the only one I ever read. I've probably been subscribed to others but I never bother to check them; they're insta-junked.
"The Long Emergency", James Kunstler Peal Oil blog:<p><a href="http://kunstler.com/writings/clusterfuck-nation/" rel="nofollow">http://kunstler.com/writings/clusterfuck-nation/</a>
Only one <a href="http://caesuraletters.com/" rel="nofollow">http://caesuraletters.com/</a><p>A daily devotional for life-long learners, critical thinkers, mindful questioners, and other hopelessly inquisitive people.
Digital Health Weekly on RefreshBox: <a href="http://www.refreshbox.co/newsletterInfo/NJrHY744rhs" rel="nofollow">http://www.refreshbox.co/newsletterInfo/NJrHY744rhs</a>
In addition to much of what has been mentioned, I find Core 77 to be a very interesting newsletter:<p><a href="http://www.core77.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.core77.com/</a> - industrial design
Bitofnews provides a nice and short summary of current events, I quite like it.<p><a href="http://news.bitofnews.com/#mc4wp_widget-2" rel="nofollow">http://news.bitofnews.com/#mc4wp_widget-2</a>
I curate a newsletter for people who are interested in Lean Startup (<a href="http://leanstartupdigest.com" rel="nofollow">http://leanstartupdigest.com</a>) if anyone is interested
The Weekly Forekast: <a href="https://forekast.com/weekly" rel="nofollow">https://forekast.com/weekly</a> It's a summary of notable upcoming events each week.
I write a weekly iOS dev nugget (often code-related). <a href="http://hboon.com/iosdevnuggets/" rel="nofollow">http://hboon.com/iosdevnuggets/</a>
For weekly music news and song recommendations: <a href="http://www.readthenote.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.readthenote.com/</a>
Pycoders Weekly<p>DashingD3.js<p>Kickstarter newsletters for Underworld Ascendant, Project Eternity, Shroud of the Avatar and Tides of Numenera (still being a big child... :))<p>CrytpoGram<p>SemiWiki<p>some foodie newsletters
python weekly<p>javascript weekly<p>sidebar.io<p>Product Hunt<p>The New York Times newsletter<p>Quartz Daily Roundup<p>MusicGeeks<p>Aeon Magazine<p>Re/code Daily<p>Changelog Weekly<p>...and it looks like I'll be adding quite a few more from this thread!