Pinboard is 11 years old today, and I'm trying to figure out where the blog went so I can brag about it. Hooray for Pinboard!
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How do you run a profitable online business for eleven years? The secret is to do it for ten years and then just kind of stay in the groove. As the ancient Chinese proverb says, the journey of 10,000 steps begins with 9,999 steps.
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The Pinboard beta testers really got their (no) money's worth.pic.twitter.com/XAFKZ9QcYV
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Here's the original call for beta testers I made. Note that the site was already intentionally retro in 2009. https://idlewords.com/2009/06/seeking_testers_for_a_bookmarking_site.htm …
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At the time I started the site, charging for a product or service online was a concept so alien I had to constantly defend itpic.twitter.com/wtuIcjtLTK
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I still miss (and genuinely love) the slowly rising fee, based on the total users. Such a wonderful idea.
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It was @joshu's great idea
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He's a good one
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