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I accidentally discovered something last year, in starting @reproofapp and Pith & Pip: The best domain names might have more than one word. It's crazy, breaks all the rules of "a shorter domain is better," but you've got a better chance at snagging a domain and ranking for it.

Markdown's how you format @github issues, @Reddit comments, @1Password details, @culturedcode Things tasks, @RoamResearch & @obsdmd notes, @buttondown emails, and more. It's easy to learn, but tricky to remember. Practice makes perfect, right? So I just made something new🧵

So: If you're considering jumping ship the elephant site, and you're a writer, would love to have you join author.chat that we're running alongside @reproof. It's a space for writers—come ready to share everything you write!

It’s been forever, but I’ve finally recorded a new podcast episode thanks to @leanpub co-founder @lenepp having me on. Here’s our chat about writing, remote work, and what we’ve been building at @reproofapp: leanpub.com/podcasts/frontma… – at Bang Na, Thailand

It's Friday. What'd you do this week? At @zapier, that's a question you can't escape. You have to write a Friday Update, and share what you accomplished—or not—this week. It's the best shared ritual I've found to get more things done. Here's how. reproof.app/blog/write-what-…

The first time @Microsoft built a spreadsheet, it didn't even sell it itself. The 2nd time, it got Steve Jobs to sell it. 15yr later, Jobs needed Microsoft's distribution to sell iMacs. An audience is everything—and here's how Microsoft built theirs. reproof.app/blog/on-distribu…

Did you know Log in is more popular than Sign in? Or that Help Center is the new cool thing to call your support pages? Or that almost every site calls their plans page Pricing? Here's what I discovered from a UX microcopy survey of 100 SaaS tools: reproof.app/blog/ux-copy-sur…

Amazon @awscloud S3 offers 8 different storage tiers. @GoogleCloud Storage has 4. It's far too confusing if you just want to back up your files. So I dug in to find the best. Turns out, neither. @Backblaze B2 may actually be the best option. reproof.app/blog/s3-vs-backb…

How do you ensure your tutorials don't have any typos? Sleep. 🛌 “I rely on a good night’s sleep to put some distance between me and my text,” says @getkirby's @texnixe. Here's how the Kirby team proofreads their work: reproof.app/blog/kirby-sonja…

Bounce rate is gone. Search Queries are hidden. Even the classic "Site Content → All Pages" view got moved and renamed. Everything changed in @googleanalytics 4. Here's a guide to finding everything you need in the new GA before you have to switch: reproof.app/blog/google-anal…

Somehow hell froze over and Markdown won the formatting wars. Even @googledocs supports Markdown with its newest update. Except.... not really. Google Docs still doesn't support Markdown. Not really. reproof.app/blog/google-docs…

"Kill your darlings," says @StephenKing of those fun bits you know you should remove from your writing. It turns out, over half the writers I've interviewed keep their cut sections around, just in case they're useful later. reproof.app/blog/writing-and…

I accidentally wrote what, years later, is still the 35th most Googled article on the @zapier blog. And it all started with a dead car battery. reproof.app/blog/articles-an…

Wait. Print. Remix. Copy. Listen. Here are the best ways to proofread, from @melaniepinola, @mjmetts, @awelfle, @aghoshal, @annhandley, @iCanAutomate, @mattgemmell, @ncaddell, @jasoncrawford, @jhpot, @martin_plural, @pgpreston, @adamd, and @rochi_zalani. reproof.app/blog/how-to-proo…

What's the best book on proofreading? I set out to find it, and build a library of the best books about improving your writing. And I found some gems. 🧵 reproof.app/blog/library

Remember boredom? Yeah, me either. The Skinner's Box in our pockets is too effective a dopamine machine. But it's not all bad. Part of why phones are addictive is that they answer all of our questions. And we're insatiably curious. reproof.app/blog/content-mar…