Cold emails, warm leads. fromtheplateau.micro.blog

I just learned that when you’re in an elevator that only goes to certain floors in a high rise and it says EZ instead of a number, it stands for Express Zone.

I finally figured out the name for my new thing, with a domain that may be available! And I registered the backup domain just in case I don’t get it.

So Long XOXO, and Thanks for All The Fish richardfelix.com

Met Jason Kottke today. That was pretty cool.

God give me the audacity of an Oral-B electric toothbrush that dies after I’ve brushed half of my teeth, shows me a frowny face and tells me I need to do better next time

and THEN shows me a notification that tells me “by the way, your battery is low”

Troubleshooting a simplehuman foam sensor soap pump that won't dispense soap richardfelix.com

I called my finance company to transfer some assets today. I was very surprised when they asked me to enter my very long website password using my phone keypad. That’s a new one!

Cold emails, coming in hot fromtheplateau.micro.blog

Jedi Survivor is much better thsn Fallen Order because now you can pet Boglings.

The best way to finish something is to have something else you really want to do, once you’re done with the first thing

Thinking more about SaaS growth recently, I remembered that I used to have a pretty popular blog called FreshArrival. It posted one cool thing every day, and it got a respectable 150-200k visits a month.

I forgot all about that when I moved into SaaS. I’ve gotten traffic before. I can do it again.

We’ve reached the part of the summer where I caught a mosquito perched on my hand about to bite me, and I slapped it so hard that I hurt the hand that it was about to bite

Cold email prep, partnerships, promotions fromtheplateau.micro.blog

Why do government entities send you the scariest looking snail mail to tell you that they owe you money?

The longest wait in the world is the time between when you click “restore tabs from last session” and when they load (or don’t)

I made a little website to express the exasperation that I feel towards Apple for the limited watch faces that they offer on the Apple Watch after 9+ years: thirdpartywatchfaces.com

Cold Emails, for the first time in 12 years. fromtheplateau.micro.blog

I always looked at resistance bands as a bit of a joke, considering that they look like (and basically are) giant rubber bands. But they are even more effective than dumbbells for a lot of exercises, and they can go in basically any travel bag. You can even do bench presses without a bench. Consider me con... richardfelix.com

"Looking for a Vein" by Dave Matthews perfectly encapsulates how SaaS founders feel fromtheplateau.micro.blog

Did conference sponsorship move the needle? Remains to be seen. fromtheplateau.micro.blog

Rivian headlights make them look like surprised Jeeps.

Reddit killed all of their 3rd party apps. The least they could do now is make a first party one that doesn’t lock up and not respond to taps every time I use it

I just ate leftover pancakes for the first time in 42 years. AMA

Homepage tweaks fromtheplateau.micro.blog