I swear, it's like HEY makes products personally tailored for me. Or they're reading my mind. Or both. When I learned about HEY sometime last summer I knew I had to hop on board. I recall sending a ridiculous "hate letter" about my relationship with traditional e-mail to HEY for a chance to get an early invite to the service. The product went live a couple of days later, so I missed out on the ✨exclusivity✨. I considered making that e-mail my first HEY World post. But I don't think so... maybe later.
Like many of the HEY World publishers I've read today, I too have been looking to go back to writing. I used to write. A lot. LiveJournal, Xanga, Blogger, you name it. I also keep journals. I have so, so, so many journals stashed around my apartment. And you know what, sometimes they piss me off, because I'll find one and decide to write an entry and see that the last one I wrote was about an ex who had pissed me the hell off and then I get pissed again re-reading it, but I digress. Point is, I've missed writing. But here's the thing, I hate the word "blog;" I always have. Moreover, I hate blogging sites. Like bullet journaling, you have to spend so much time setting it up that by the time you're ready to actually use it as intended you're OVER IT. Well, that's my experience.
Enter HEY World. I've been following Jason and David, the founders and CEO and CTO of Basecamp/HEY, respectively, since I joined HEY. You should follow them, too, you'll learn a lot about a lot. When Jason first wrote about HEY World, I was intrigued. I didn't quite understand what it was—because I was thinking too hard about it—but the more entries I read from him and David, I realized that this novel publishing product was worth following.
It's so simple. If I want to compose an e-mail to a friend, I send it to their e-mail address. If I want to publish my thoughts to the world, also compose an e-mail and send it to HEY World. I sometimes struggle with translating thought to speech, but I have no problem with written language. In fact, I find it very therapeutic. So here's my start. Let's see where this takes me. Do I think people will read this? Are people going to subscribe? I honestly don't think I care. I'm having fun.
Like many of the HEY World publishers I've read today, I too have been looking to go back to writing. I used to write. A lot. LiveJournal, Xanga, Blogger, you name it. I also keep journals. I have so, so, so many journals stashed around my apartment. And you know what, sometimes they piss me off, because I'll find one and decide to write an entry and see that the last one I wrote was about an ex who had pissed me the hell off and then I get pissed again re-reading it, but I digress. Point is, I've missed writing. But here's the thing, I hate the word "blog;" I always have. Moreover, I hate blogging sites. Like bullet journaling, you have to spend so much time setting it up that by the time you're ready to actually use it as intended you're OVER IT. Well, that's my experience.
Enter HEY World. I've been following Jason and David, the founders and CEO and CTO of Basecamp/HEY, respectively, since I joined HEY. You should follow them, too, you'll learn a lot about a lot. When Jason first wrote about HEY World, I was intrigued. I didn't quite understand what it was—because I was thinking too hard about it—but the more entries I read from him and David, I realized that this novel publishing product was worth following.
It's so simple. If I want to compose an e-mail to a friend, I send it to their e-mail address. If I want to publish my thoughts to the world, also compose an e-mail and send it to HEY World. I sometimes struggle with translating thought to speech, but I have no problem with written language. In fact, I find it very therapeutic. So here's my start. Let's see where this takes me. Do I think people will read this? Are people going to subscribe? I honestly don't think I care. I'm having fun.