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Jason Fried (CEO of BC) retweeted the Gumroad post and said a few things in a tweet

Might look like self-promotion but a tool* I've developed is meant to help (read: force) people into writing in a better way:

You write your full idea, then you create a new 'layer', and have to cut down on words. Basically distilling what you're trying to say. In the end you'll end up with the 'shortest' layer of the message.

I built it partly with the aim of helping remote workers 'learn' how to write better

* https://bychgroup.com/layered-ink

Don't stress, your question is very valid. I don't use them per se. I've just got a card from crypto.com — the other card I have that uses WC is Curve

Curve is not my main card, but as for the crypto.com, Wirecard doesn't hold their funds.

May not have to do with that. Other WireCard-powered companies are back on track. Most probably they'd be looking to switch, but I own a couple of Wirecard-cards and they're working

It's Notion-like, but did you build the blocks editor from scratch or is there any open-source option for Notion's block-based editor?

I know there's the sentiment of fear/hate/etc about Google taking over but...

1) Doesn't it make sense for them to do that? After offering the search engine for free for ages (not that paid search engines are a thing) and playing an important role in building the internet? For most, all the internet they know is thanks to Google

2) Wouldn't you do the same? Keep in mind they're a public company and we know how incentives are aligned when you're a public company

Very bold to do it in the current landscape but I'm sure they've got their reasons to do so

Genuine question: why are hospitals empty? Aren't people affected by covid taken there?

Pricing is for Zapier, not for this product

Loved your post. Thanks for writing it

The way I'm making the tool, yes, you could do that

It'd be an immense effort to do it for a book but it surely could work

I've never heard of it but I looked it up for the last minutes and indeed, Layered Ink would be one of the ways to respect the pyramid principle! Thanks for pointing it out. Where have you heard about it?

I'm sorry, your second paragraph is too ahead of me. Can you explain it in a different way please? I believe what you're saying is interesting

Nice idea. Thanks!

Valid point, thanks for pointing it out. I'll keep thinking about it — if you come up with a solution, please PM me!

I didn't know that exists — will look it up. Yep, similar concept... I believe we always learn on layers (when we actually learn).

Super valid point, especially if you're doing what keenmaster does (wish I could tag him). Frankly, I've got FOMO when reading long stuff that interests me

Thank you DCP!

1. Hmm, the concept is: the more layers, the better. This way, you can easily "pick your pace" — if you're short on time and you want easily-consumable content, you'd skim through 1-min versions. Ideally if at a certain point you say "holy shit, I love this", you'd jump to the full version. The same way you don't just skim your favourite author's new article — you just go to the full version because he's proven time and time again that his style fits you

2. Oh? Tell me more? Did I get you right: showing it to ppl who bypass the 280-char-limit by having tweet storms/threads? P.S: I love Dynasty's logo!!!

Fantastic Stavros, I love it. Really close concepts we've got here. I thought of exactly what you've made a few weeks ago as... some words may or may not be jargon on a certain "layer" of my essay format. So what I barely-envisioned was what you put into code here. Will bookmark it!

Wow. I love JF and, obviously, this idea as it's pretty much on the same basis. I'd love to send it to him as soon as it's done — if anyone can help me with this, I'd be more than grateful

Indeed, there are problems with Twitter, people take stuff out of context and like to be polarized. But just as you say, the first time I interacted with Twitter I loved the fact that I had to "distill" my idea.

Kinda like Vodka — you keep distilling alcohol until you purify it (or close to it). What you're saying about "refining the idea" made me think about this.

I didn't but I just checked it out now. Interesting I'd say. They have the short-version and the max-version. The tool I'd like to make would allow you to do all the in-between versions

It'll be a writing tool. A text editor. There are two ways to approach it:

1. Let people brain dump — write everything they've got on their mind. Click "new layer". Cut down on words. Click "new layer". Cut down on words. Repeat ad nauseam.

Every time you write a new layer, you're "editing" your article so as to make it shorter. In other words, you're purifying the idea

2. Let people write the shortest version, then write a bit more, then more.

I'm doing way #1 because I feel like road #2 prevents people from having a brain dump... I'd lose all my ideas if I'd start with the short verison

If you ever find it again, send it my way please! Indeed it would be very useful for complex concepts explanations. Definitely not do tabloids or anything like that — though it might... help?

It's essentially the reverse way of what writers do when they write the "tweet version" of their essay — plus all the steps in-between.

@ your last sentence: Check out the InVision link I've added to the OP!

Sure! Or how TLDRs work on Reddit. The problem with news and reddit's TLDR is... there's only layer 1 and layer max. What about the in-between?

Here's how I see what I described earlier: https://invis.io/GQWINO2YKU2#/410298082_1_Min_Verison

What do you think?

Tell me more about the a la Genius idea? I know, love and constantly use Genius.

Here's how I see what I described earlier: https://invis.io/GQWINO2YKU2#/410298082_1_Min_Verison

What do you think?

I'm making a new tool for writers. With it, you'll be able to write your essays on "layers"

The problem? Tweets are easier to read than long-form essays, as they require less time commitment. If the content is not good on a long-form article, you'll find out way too late. With this tool I'm developing:

Layer 1 is the shortest version of your essay, the 1 min read — like a tweet. The idea boiled down to the shortest version

Layer 2 is the same text from layer 1, but with extras added here and there. What's already read by you is in black ink. What's new is in blue ink. This is the 2 min read version

Layer 3 shows everything from Layer 1 and 2 in black ink, but what's new is now in blue ink. and you keep doing that until you get to the full version.

I can post some screenshots here of my mockups, as I'm a designer. PM me if you find this intriguing!

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Edit: Since people are showing interest, here's how I see it happening — https://invis.io/GQWINO2YKU2#/410298082_1_Min_Verison

The first thing that you see is the first layer (1 min version). Go right for 3 and 5 min version!

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Edit 2: since I'm seeing the upvotes and the emails, I quickly made this sign-up form for the people who want to be updated when the product is done: https://layered-ink.webflow.io/

I would put up the https://layered.ink link but the domain hasn't been propagated yet.

@Admins — please do let me know if this is not permitted so I can take it down. Apologies if so.

Always wondered that myself. I can't "get it" since I'm not a Slack user (nor a Discord user), though I interacted with both

Love it

> Copy my .thunderbird and offlineimap user profiles to my new host

Would you be paying for a web-based email client for all your email accounts, in order to avoid this transfer?