Basecamp co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about HEY World, a new feature of the HEY email service where customers can create a super simple blog. HEY World has no templates, no endless scroll, no ads, no trackers, and no JavaScript. It represents Basecamp's attempt to create a Web 1.0 typewriter for our current digital age. In this episode, we talk about the return of blogging, countering abuse, and the sunsetting of Basecamp's long-running Signal v. Noise blog. Stay tuned until the end for a chance to win some Basecamp bucks! And by Basecamp bucks, we mean actual American dollars.
Show NotesHEY -
00:17Jason's post announcing HEY World -
00:22Signal v. Noise -
00:34The dumpster fire project -
2:02Jason on HEY World -
3:10David on HEY World -
3:13"Pick A Fight (on Twitter)," a vintage episode about David's relationship with Twitter -
3:28"100% Facebook-Free," our episode about getting Basecamp off Facebook and Instagram -
4:40"Two Weeks," our episode about launching HEY and running afoul of Apple -
5:21Berkshire Hathaway's website -
18:23The.Ink, Anand Giridharadas' newsletter -
18:45The Lefsetz Letter -
20:21HEY's Screener -
27:20HEY's Shield -
27:44Basecamp's "Until the end of the Internet" policy -
30:56Greymatter -
31:34David and Jason talk about how they met via email
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