I have a bunch of news websites bookmarked over the years that I scour through every week. And once and a while I pick something up through social media or friends and colleagues.

Marketing: I tried. I did some cross-promotion with other newsletters, some paid marketing, but that was ages ago. I don't take to marketing well so it tends to fall by the wayside ^^

It's been going for seven years now I think? It makes about 25k in sponsorships each year, although it could be more if I actually got myself to sell a bit more.

Either way, it's been a great way for me to keep learning. Nothing beats having to summarize a thing to thousands of people to make sure you really understand it :-)

https://securitynewsletter.co

[1]https://twitter.com/dietervds/status/1707473093445230803

Two years running, just crossed 5700 subscribers. MRR between $600 and $1000. Most successful thing I ever started and still love doing it. Kinda scary to have an “audience” of that size :)

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A few years ago I joined a company called Sunfunder [1]. They (we) provide financing to solar energy companies in Africa and SE Asia. Lack of financing is a major blocking factor there to get clean energy out.

I can honestly say I’ve never been more happy in my life than now, knowing that my entire workweek is contributing to something good.

[1] http://www.sunfunder.com

I made this thing because, well, I wanted it and couldn't find an existing service :-) Any feedback or questions welcome.

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I know about the awesome Hackernewsletter and HNDigest. But I'm looking for something similar to the @newsyc100 and @newsyc200 Twitter accounts, only as a daily e-mail.

If it doesn't exist yet I'll have a found a neat little project for this weekend.

P.S.: I've put together a quick Squarespace page to gather your e-mail if you also want this. Either I'll make it myself, or I'll tell you where you can go to get it when I find out :-) https://hackernewsemail.com/

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My wife suffered from CFS for over 10 years. In the final stage she could hardely walk anymore because of the muscle pain, and was on 26 pills per day.

We spent years on trying all kinds of stuff and seeing all kinds of doctors. What 'cured' her in the end was us figuring out for ourselves that what was diagnosed as CFS was actually closer to insuline resistance.

After some experimentation we went on a ketosis diet. Three months later she felt fine, her blood work was perfect, almost no more pills. Six months later she was off the pills, and even able to get pregnant (wasn't possible before because of the pills).

Now we're a happy healthy family :-)

Maybe this helps someone who is in a similar boat.

You are right, the filter of what makes news is something that I'm calibrating as I write more issues and learn more. I generally try and share only educational articles, like you said. In the case of Ashley Madison I found it to be an interesting story about accountability for lack of security.

But sometimes I'll just share something because it, well, made the news, and got a lot of attention that week, as I feel that's what many subscribers want. Or just something funny.

I do try to stay away from politics, privacy-only news (one can start a separate newsletter on that), and non-actionable news about a small exploit that was found and patched, that helps no one who reads it.

A bit over 300 subscribers so far, 3 months in. Open rates have been consistent around 60-70%. From all the projects I've done, I'm enjoying this one the most by far. The newsletter is sent with the service Curated, which I'm very pleased with.

Let me know what you guys think, I'd appreciate any feedback.