Matthew Graybosch

April 28, 2021

Freedom of Speech at Work

After reading about how Basecamp's founders no longer want Basecamp workers to talk about politics on company channels, I've decided to delete my Basecamp account and cancel my hey.com subscription. I don't like to talk about politics at work myself. I don't like to talk about anything that isn't work-related at work, because I'm only ...
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March 5, 2021

Saying No, Setting Boundaries

I recently had cause to remember something so important that society seems to spend years trying to make us forget it: “No” is a complete sentence. Why is “no” a complete sentence? • Your first duty is to yourself. • You have the right to set boundaries for yourself. • You have the right to say “no” to anything and anybody. • You don’t...
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March 5, 2021

Hello, World

I've been tentatively excited about the opening of HEY World to paying HEY customers ever since I first read on Hacker News that Basecamp was experimenting internally with the service. In fact, I even tried sending an email to world@hey.com before it was officially open, just to show interest. But now that it's here, I must now decide ...
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